Karnataka's Rs 2,047 Cr Cybercrime Loss: How the State Plans to Fight Back in 2024

Presenting India Today Insight: Sharp analysis on topical issues by the editors of India Today magazine. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO INDIA TODAY MAGAZINE India Today Anniversary Offer: Get your annual Digital subscription for just ₹799 Rs 2,047 cr lost in 2024, Karnataka set to buff up against cybercrime Coming soon is a specialised cyber-security vertical, to be headed by a DGP-rank officer and billed as the first in the country, and an upgrade of digital forensics By Ajay Sukumaran SPECIAL REPORT: MAMATA RISING INDIA irked: Why Mamata Banerjee eyes Rahul Gandhi’s job, with Sharad Pawar, Lalu Prasad Yadav on her side The Opposition bloc is in turmoil as Mamata Banerjee challenges Rahul Gandhi’s leadership and the Congress faces accusations of poor strategy and undermining allies By Kaushik Deka GROUND REPORT: INSIDE BANGLADESH Dhaka 2.0: Sheikh Hasina fading history, city finds hope in new uncertainty The writing is on the graffiti walls: the air of liberalism must sustain against rising radicalism. Political hullabaloo aside, good ol Dhaka retains its proud character By Arkamoy Datta Majumdar INTERVIEW: CHHATTISGARH CM Interview | How Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai aims to raise more funds needed for welfare, paddy bonus An exclusive interview with Vishnu Deo Sai on the state’s financial challenges, successes against Maoists and the central government 'shadow' over key official appointments By Rahul Noronha SPOTLIGHT: FORTIFYING HIGHWAYS Good old bamboo, a certain grass could save hill highways from landslides A government panel has recommended these low-cost, natural solutions, besides hi-tech engineering, to make India’s mountain roads more resilient to cave-ins By Avishek G. Dastidar THE GOOD NEWS: LANGUAGE OF TECH How three young engineers are giving India’s linguistic diversity the AI edge DesiVocal, their Bengaluru-based start-up, focuses on text-to-speech and speech-to-speech technologies for Indian languages By Avaneesh Mishra CINEMA: GIRL POWER ‘Girls Will Be Girls’: How an old friendship culminated in one of 2024’s best films Both director Shuchi Talati and producer Richa Chadha, who go back decades, were excited by the script’s mother-daughter dynamic so rarely fleshed out in Hindi cinema By Suhani Singh FROM THE ARCHIVES (2003): POLITICAL DYNASTIES Heir styling in Indian politics The political heat against the Nehru-Gandhi family prompts a return to journalist-author Inder Malhotra’s definitive book ‘Dynasties of India and Beyond’. Some insightful excerpts By India Today Bureau 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