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THE RUBIO REPAIR MISSION • The US Secretary of State brought warmth, reassurance and a touch of Trump theatre to a strained partnership, but tensions over China, Pakistan, trade tariffs and migration remain far from resolved

TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS

‘India & the US are entering an era of limitless opportunities’ • On his first visit to India as US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio spoke to India Today’s Rohit Sharma. Excerpts:

SOMETHING FISHY

WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS PERILS OF PROXY ADVERTISING

A DEATH WRAPPED IN MYSTERY

IMAGINING A ‘FERTILE’ ANDHRA • Naidu plots another boom—this time, of babies. A greying demography prompts a policy to reverse the population story

Iron Man, Remade in Bengal • Suvendu gets off the blocks with tough measures, says no violator will be spared as the “rule of law” returns

MANY FIRSTS, AND SOME SECOND THOUGHTS • Team Vijay wears several colours, as Congress, VCK, IUML ministers bring novelty. Off stage, TVK cadre go a bit too vigilante

A Trail Opens For Those Who Witness the Path in Silence • Going beyond Ayodhya-Kashi-Mathura, UP opens up the Nath sect’s spiritual circuit to the mindful

GYMKHANA LOOKS AT A CLOSED SIGN • The Delhi Gymkhana Club, one of the capital’s most exclusive institutions, stares at an uncertain future as the Centre moves in to reclaim the Lutyens property

A Party in Peril • Factional feud pushes Goa’s rising regional outfit to the brink ahead of the 2027 assembly election

A REPEATED FAILURE • THE RACE FOR MEDICAL SEATS FED AN ECOSYSTEM OF PAPER LEAKS, CORRUPTION AND REFORM APATHY, ENDING IN NEET’S CANCELLATION AND LEAVING 2.3 MILLION STUDENTS IN THE LURCH WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE

THE NOT SO NEET PROCESS • The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) is a pen-and-paper common entrance exam for medical aspirants. Here is the process and where the lapses happen:

PARTLY-FOLLOWED PRESCRIPTION • The govt has failed to act on some of the 10 key recommendations of the Radhakrishnan committee, set up in June 2024 to overhaul the exam process and the NTA itself

NEET VERSUS JEE AND GAOKAO • China’s Gaokao, like NEET-UG, is also conducted in pen-and-paper mode and handles six times more candidates, yet it rarely faces any major disruption

“OPERATION SINDOOR WAS OUR FIRST NETWORK CENTRIC WAR” • India’s military stands at a moment of profound transition. The rules of warfare are being rewritten in real time—by drones and artificial intelligence, cyber conflict and electronic warfare, contested borders and rapidly shifting geopolitical fault lines. For the man at the centre of that transformation, Chief of Defence Staff GENERAL ANIL CHAUHAN, the challenge has been not just preparing for the next war, but redesigning India’s military for a new era of conflict. In a wide-ranging interview with India Today Group Editorial Director RAJ CHENGAPPA and Deputy Editor PRADIP R. SAGAR, just days before demitting...