Highlights of India Today Hindi 5th August 2026 edition:
Cover Story: Angry Youth
Gen-Z Ka Aakrosh
How a protest against an exam paper leak has become a youth movement holding the Modi government to account.
Upfront: India Semiconductor mission
Chip Ke Kshetra Me Agli Chhalang
Semicon 2.0 raises India’s ambitions from attracting global chipmakers to building a domestic semiconductor ecosystem across design, manufacturing, research and talent
State Scan: Punjab
Jatt Banam Jatthedaar
A never-before contest for space between religious authority and state—CM Mann is chastened but still combating Gargaj
Special report: Jauhar University
Taleem Par Bulldozer ya Siyasat Ka Waar?
Students agitated after government order to demolish Jauhar University within 38 days. Merely after six months state is going for elections. The trust which runs the institutions is under investigation.
Health: Cancer Drugs
Jokhim Bhari Killat
A shortage of platinum-based chemotherapy drugs is sending anxious cancer patients scrambling for essential medicines. Doctors, meanwhile, are deliberating on substitutes and delayed treatment with great caution
Cinema: Horror movies
Daro, Daro, Aur Daroo
Horror is seeing a revival in the Hindi film industry, with studios bolstered to greenlight audacious new voices and distributors seeing commercial viability in a genre that has been neglected in India for decades
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