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30th anniversary issue ofIndia Today | |
| Editor-in-chief | Aroon Purie Madhu Trehan (founding editor) |
|---|---|
| Categories | News magazine |
| Circulation | 1,600,000[1] |
| Publisher | Living Media India Limited |
| Founder | Vidya Purie |
| First issue | 1–15 December 1975 |
| Company | Living Media |
| Country | India |
| Based in | Noida, Uttar Pradesh[2] |
| Language | English |
| Website | indiatoday |
| ISSN | 0254-8399 |
India Today is a weekly Indian English-language newsmagazine published byLiving Media India Limited.[3][4] It is the most widely circulated magazine inIndia, with a readership of close to 8 million.[5].In 2014,India Today launched a new online opinion-orientated site called theDailyO.[6]
India Today was established in 1975[7] by Vidya Vilas Purie (owner of Thompson Press), with his daughterMadhu Trehan as its editor and his sonAroon Purie as its publisher.[8][9] At present,India Today is also published inHindi,Tamil,Malayalam andTelugu. TheIndia 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.[10]
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.[11]
Gross Domestic Behavior, a civic survey is conducted by the India Today on the following 4 parameters where overall ranking of states as well as ranking on these 4 individual parameters is published:
First annual survey was conducted in 2025, in which overall ranking, from higher or better to lower was as follows:[12]
Ranking is also done on each of 4 parameters, for example in 2025 Haryana ranked as follows:[12]
It looks like The India Today Group has launched a new opinion-oriented site called DailyO that provides commentary on news from various categories like politics, sports, life, sci-tech, money, humour and art & culture.