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Presenting India Today Insight: Sharp analysis on topical issues by the editors of India Today magazine. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO INDIA TODAY MAGAZINE Save 37% with our annual Digital+Print offer just for ₹3299 H-1B visa: Uncle Don doesn’t want you Indians in America are in for trouble should president Donald Trump enforce his hardline stance on immigration. How real is the threat and what India can do about it By Anilesh S. Mahajan, Ajay Sukumaran SPECIAL REPORT: JUMBO PRAISE FROM PM Why PM Modi lauded Assam’s elephant project in ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address The praise for ‘Hati Bondhu’ brings national recognition to the initiative’s success in mitigating human-elephant conflict through innovative farming and fostering coexistence By Kaushik Deka BUDGET 2025: WHAT INDUSTRY WANTS Why experts want private investment, consumption boost in Budget 2025 A slowing economy, high food inflation, weak rupee and global concerns pose challenges for finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in balancing growth with fiscal consolidation By M.G. Arun SPOTLIGHT: BORDER INTRUDERS How Saif Ali Khan stabbing presses an old pain-point: illegal Bangladeshi settlers The BSF intercepted 18,000 Bangladeshis between 2018 and 2023 at the borders, yet many more may have slipped through—like the man police say attacked the Bollywood actor By Amitabh Srivastava GROUND REPORT: BJP’S NUMBER GAME Bengal blues for BJP again: Why even lure of posts didn’t net ‘active’ members To tick at the grassroots in the run-up to assembly polls next year, the BJP conservatively needs at least 100,000 active members—it has hardly 45,000 By Arkamoy Datta Majumdar FROM THE STATES: MADHYA PRADESH Whiff of liquor ban in MP? BJP govt may start with ‘holy’ cities, towns Prohibition is likely to be imposed in select places of religious significance from the next financial year; all eyes on the January 24 cabinet meeting By Rahul Noronha RELIGION: OF MATTERS 'HINDU' ‘Shahi Snan’ too ‘Mughal’? How Dharam Sansad may rename Kumbh traditions From ‘aligning’ Kumbh nomenclatures with Sanatan Dharma to mandir-masjid disputes, the various issues on the table at the upcoming Dharam Sansad in Prayagraj By Avaneesh Mishra FROM THE ARCHIVES (2000): WE THE REPUBLIC From the India Today archives (2000) | Fundamentals for the Republic of India Jairam Ramesh drew this roadmap back in 2000 when the resilient Indian Republic had turned 50 By Jairam Ramesh Subscribe to the India Today Magazine Explore interesting insights! Follow our WhatsApp Channel for the exclusive stories and engaging content! Click here to follow us