''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news
magazine published by
Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new online opinion-orientated site called the ''DailyO''.
History
''India Today'' was established in 1975 by Vidya Vilas Purie (owner of Thompson Press), with his daughter
Madhu Trehan
Madhu Purie Trehan (born 1940s) is an Indian journalist. She is also the co-founder and editor-in-chief of a digital media portal called ''Newslaundry''.
Education
Trehan studied at Welham Girls' School in Dehradun, graduating in 1962. In 196 ...
as its editor and his son
Aroon Purie
Aroon Purie (born 1944) is the founder-publisher and editor-in-chief of ''India Today'', and former chief executive of the India Today Group. He is the managing director of Thomson Press (India) Limited and the chairman and managing director of ...
as its publisher.
[Bhandare, Namita]
"70's: The decade of innocence"
.''Hindustan Times
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia.
It was founded by Sunder Singh Ly ...
''. Retrieved 29 July 2012. At present, ''India Today'' is also published in
Hindi
Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...
,
Tamil,
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...
and
Telugu. The
India Today news channel was launched on 22 May 2015.
In October 2017, Aroon Purie passed control of the India Today Group to his daughter, Kallie Purie.
References
External links
Official website
1975 establishments in Uttar Pradesh
English-language magazines published in India
India Today Group
News magazines published in India
Weekly magazines published in India
Magazines established in 1975
Multilingual magazines
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