''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news
magazine
A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...
published by
Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
, 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 was 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 o ...
as its publisher.
[Bhandare, Namita]
"70's: The decade of innocence"
.''Hindustan Times
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media Limited, an entity controlled by the Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia, the daughter o ...
''. Retrieved 29 July 2012. At present, ''India Today'' is also published in
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
,
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
,
Malayalam
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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.
On 25 March 2024, Gulf News announced their recent partnership extablished between the platforms, stating they will begin distribution the India Today magazine in the Middle East, thereby expanding its reach to the Indian diaspora in the UAE.
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
Weekly news magazines
Mass media in Uttar Pradesh
Godi media
Right-wing politics in India
Conservatism in India
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