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	\|image_file = IndiaToday-20-20061218.jpg		\| title =
	\|image_size = 150px		\| logo = India Today logo.png
	\|image_caption = 30th anniversary issue of ''India Today''		\| image_file = IndiaToday-20-20061218.jpg
	\|editor = Aroon Purie <br />[[Madhu Trehan]] (founding editor)		\| image_size = 150px
	\|editor_title = Editor-in-chief		\| image_caption = 30th anniversary issue of ''India Today''
	\|staff_writer =		\| editor = Aroon Purie <br />[[Madhu Trehan]] (founding editor)
	\|frequency =		\| editor_title = Editor-in-chief
	\|circulation = 1,600,000<ref>[http://mruc.net/irs2012q1-topline-findings.pdf "IRS 2012 Q1 Topline Findings"]. {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092737/http://mruc.net/irs2012q1-topline-findings.pdf \|date=7 April 2014}}. mruc.net. Retrieved 31 March 2013.</ref>		\| staff_writer =
	\|category = [[News magazine]]		\| frequency =
	\|company = [[Living Media]]		\| circulation = 1,600,000<ref>[http://mruc.net/irs2012q1-topline-findings.pdf "IRS 2012 Q1 Topline Findings"]. {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092737/http://mruc.net/irs2012q1-topline-findings.pdf \|date=7 April 2014}}. mruc.net. Retrieved 31 March 2013.</ref>
	\|publisher = Living Media India Limited		\| category = [[News magazine]]
	\|firstdate = 1–15 December 1975		\| company = [[Living Media]]
	\|country = [[India]]		\| publisher = Living Media India Limited
	\|based= [[Noida, Uttar Pradesh]]<ref name="indiatodaygroup1">{{cite web\|url=http://www.indiatodaygroup.com/new-site/publications/ite.html \|title=Publications \|publisher=India Today Group\|access-date=28 September 2010}}</ref>		\| founder = Vidya Purie
	\|language = English		\| firstdate = 1–15 December 1975
	\|website = {{URL\|indiatoday.in}}		\| country = [[India]]
	\|issn = 0254-8399		\| based = [[Noida, Uttar Pradesh]]<ref name="indiatodaygroup1">{{cite web\|url=http://www.indiatodaygroup.com/new-site/publications/ite.html \|title=Publications \|publisher=India Today Group\|access-date=28 September 2010}}</ref>
			\| language = English
			\| website = {{URL\|indiatoday.in}}
			\| issn = 0254-8399
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	'''''India Today''''' is a weekly Indian English-language news [[magazine]] published by [[Living Media\|Living Media India Limited]].<ref>{{cite book\|author=Douglas Bullis\|title=Selling to India's Consumer Market\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4dWLuerJl4C&pg=PA46\|access-date=7 May 2016\|year=1997\|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group\|isbn=978-1-56720-105-5\|page=46}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=Advertising N Promotion\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQEiBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA713\|access-date=5 May 2016\|year=2009\|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education\|isbn=978-0-07-008031-7\|page=713}}</ref> It is the most widely circulated magazine in [[India]], with a readership of close to 8 million.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/irs-2017-india-today-most-read-magazine-in-the-country-business-today-no-1-among-business-magazines/story/268717.html\|title=IRS 2017: India Today most-read magazine in the country, Business Today No.1 among business magazines\|date=10 February 2018\|website=Business Today\|access-date=2019-07-20}}</ref> In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new online opinion-orientated site called the ''DailyO''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.medianama.com/2014/09/223-india-today-dailyo/\|title=India Today Group launches Medium clone DailyO\|author=Vivek Pai\|date=15 September 2014\|access-date=27 March 2019\|quote=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.\|work=Medianama}}</ref>		'''''India Today''''' is a weekly Indian English-language news [[magazine]] published by [[Living Media\|Living Media India Limited]].<ref>{{cite book\|author=Douglas Bullis\|title=Selling to India's Consumer Market\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4dWLuerJl4C&pg=PA46\|access-date=7 May 2016\|year=1997\|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group\|isbn=978-1-56720-105-5\|page=46}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=Advertising N Promotion\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQEiBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA713\|access-date=5 May 2016\|year=2009\|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education\|isbn=978-0-07-008031-7\|page=713}}</ref> It is the most widely circulated magazine in [[India]], with a readership of close to 8 million.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/irs-2017-india-today-most-read-magazine-in-the-country-business-today-no-1-among-business-magazines/story/268717.html\|title=IRS 2017: India Today most-read magazine in the country, Business Today No.1 among business magazines\|date=10 February 2018\|website=[[Business Today (India)\|Business Today]]\|access-date=2019-07-20}}</ref> In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new online opinion-orientated site called the ''DailyO''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.medianama.com/2014/09/223-india-today-dailyo/\|title=India Today Group launches Medium clone DailyO\|author=Vivek Pai\|date=15 September 2014\|access-date=27 March 2019\|quote=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.\|work=Medianama}}</ref>

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	==History==		==History==
	''India Today'' was established in 1975<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Far East and Australasia 2003\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LclscNCTz9oC&pg=PA490\|access-date=2 June 2016\|year=2002\|publisher=Psychology Press\|isbn=978-1-85743-133-9\|page=490}}</ref> by Vidya Vilas Purie (owner of Thompson Press), with his daughter [[Madhu Trehan]] as its editor and his son [[Aroon Purie]] as its publisher.<ref name="HT">Bhandare, Namita. [http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/70-s-The-decade-of-innocence/Article1-700294.aspx "70's: The decade of innocence"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817115158/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/70-s-The-decade-of-innocence/Article1-700294.aspx \|date=2012-08-17 }}.''Hindustan Times''. Retrieved 29 July 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow-india-s-top-50-influentials-1218058#top\|title=India's Top 50 Influentials \| date=1 January 2009 \| publisher=Daily News and Analysis (DNA) \| access-date=7 July 2018 }}</ref> At present, ''India Today'' is also published in [[Hindi]], [[Tamil language\|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]. The India Today news channel was launched on 22 May 2015.		''India Today'' was established in 1975<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Far East and Australasia 2003\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LclscNCTz9oC&pg=PA490\|access-date=2 June 2016\|year=2002\|publisher=Psychology Press\|isbn=978-1-85743-133-9\|page=490}}</ref> by Vidya Vilas Purie (owner of Thompson Press), with his daughter [[Madhu Trehan]] as its editor and his son [[Aroon Purie]] as its publisher.<ref name="HT">Bhandare, Namita. [http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/70-s-The-decade-of-innocence/Article1-700294.aspx "70's: The decade of innocence"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817115158/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/70-s-The-decade-of-innocence/Article1-700294.aspx \|date=2012-08-17 }}.''[[Hindustan Times]]''. Retrieved 29 July 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow-india-s-top-50-influentials-1218058#top\|title=India's Top 50 Influentials \| date=1 January 2009 \| publisher=Daily News and Analysis (DNA) \| access-date=7 July 2018 }}</ref> At present, ''India Today'' is also published in [[Hindi]], [[Tamil language\|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Telugu language\|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.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Ray \|first=Shantanu Ray \|date=18 October 2017 \|title=Aroon Purie hands over reins of India Today to daughter Kallie; appoints her as group vice-chairperson \|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/aroon-purie-hands-over-reins-of-india-today-to-daughter-kallie-appoints-her-as-group-vice-chairperson-4155361.html \|work=First Post \|access-date=5 December 2017 }}</ref>		In October 2017, Aroon Purie passed control of the India Today Group to his daughter, Kallie Purie.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Ray \|first=Shantanu Ray \|date=18 October 2017 \|title=Aroon Purie hands over reins of India Today to daughter Kallie; appoints her as group vice-chairperson \|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/aroon-purie-hands-over-reins-of-india-today-to-daughter-kallie-appoints-her-as-group-vice-chairperson-4155361.html \|work=First Post \|access-date=5 December 2017 }}</ref>
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	===Fake News===		===Fake News===
	India Today's sister channel, Aaj Tak, a Hindi news channel was fined Rupees 1 Lakh by NSBA (News broadcasting standards authority) for fake news on Sushant Singh Rajput case. <ref>{{cite news \|date=10 October 2020 \|title= Aaj Tak fined for Fake News \|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/aaj-tak-being-fined-faulty-185406566.html \|work=Yahoo news\|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>		India Today's sister channel, Aaj Tak, a Hindi news channel was fined Rupees 1 Lakh by NSBA (News broadcasting standards authority) for fake news on Sushant Singh Rajput case.<ref>{{cite news \|date=10 October 2020 \|title= Aaj Tak fined for Fake News \|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/aaj-tak-being-fined-faulty-185406566.html \|work=Yahoo news\|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

	== Awards==		== Awards==

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{{Infobox television channel
| name = India Today
| logo = India_Today_TV_Channel_logo.jpg
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_alt =
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2003|04|07}}
| owner = [[Living Media]]
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| area = India and Worldwide
| picture_format = 4:3 (576i, SDTV) <br> HDTV (1080p/720p 16:9)
| headquarters = [[Noida, Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatodaygroup.com/new-site/publications/ite.html |title=India Today Group |publisher=India Today Group |date= |accessdate=2010-10-09}}</ref>
| former_names = Headlines Today
| replaced =
| sister_channels = [[Aaj Tak]], [[Tez]], Aaj Tak HD
| web = {{URL|https://www.indiatoday.in/}}
| online_chan_1 = [https://www.indiatoday.in/livetv Watch Live]
}}

'''India Today''' (formerly '''Headlines Today''') is a 24-hour [[English language]] [[television network]] based in [[Noida, Uttar Pradesh]] that carries news, current affairs and business programming in India. The channel is owned by [[TV Today Network|TV Today Network Ltd]], which is a part of [[Living Media]].

==History==
The channel was launched in 2003 as a sister channel of the Hindi [[Aaj Tak]] news channel. It is one of the four news channels from the TV Today Network stable, the others being [[Aaj Tak]], Tez and [[Delhi Aaj Tak]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k4/nov/nov75.htm|title=Alok Verma to head TV Today spl. projects|date=8 November 2004|publisher=}}</ref> was brought in as the Executive Producer to successfully launch TV Today group's foray into the English news channel category.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aaj Tak English channel may launch in 10 days|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/old-html/headlines/y2k3/feb/feb151.htm|accessdate=3 April 2017|work=Indian Television|date=24 February 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TV Today's Delhi Aaj Tak likely to launch mid-May |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/node/23101 |publisher=Indian Television |accessdate=3 April 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207233838/http://www.indiantelevision.com/node/23101 |archivedate=7 February 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Media watchers flagged the channel for unethical use of footage in September 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehoot.org/media-watch/media-practice/unethical-use-of-unrelated-videos-8912|title=Unethical use of unrelated videos|publisher=}}</ref> and sexist content.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehoot.org/media-watch-briefs/india-today-s-offensive-video-8205|title=India Today's offensive video|publisher=}}</ref>

==Controversies==

===Fake TRP Scandal===
India Today named in FIR filed by Mumbai police in Fake TRP Ratings Scandal.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 October 2020 |title= India Today named in Fake TRP Scandal- Source- Times Now|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/videos/times-now/india/fake-trp-scandal-india-today-named-in-fir-mumbai-police-confirms-to-times-now/77266 |work=Times Now|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

===Viewership Manipulation===
India Today was fined Rupees 5 Lakh, for Viewership Manipulation, by BARC.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 October 2020 |title= India Today fined 5 lakh rupees- Source- newstracklive|url=https://english.newstracklive.com/news/india-today-accept-that-barc-put-penalty-on-him-in-fake-trp-case-sc111-nu764-ta764-ta277-1123095-1.html |work=newstracklive|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref> India Today admitted to being fined for viewership malpractice<ref>{{cite news |date=10 October 2020 |title= India Today fined 5 lakh rupees- Source- India today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-today-group-s-statement-on-claims-made-in-the-trp-scam-case-1730122-2020-10-09 |work=India Today|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

===Fake News===
India Today's sister channel, Aaj Tak, a Hindi news channel was fined Rupees 1 Lakh by NSBA (News broadcasting standards authority) for fake news on Sushant Singh Rajput case. <ref>{{cite news |date=10 October 2020 |title= Aaj Tak fined for Fake News |url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/aaj-tak-being-fined-faulty-185406566.html |work=Yahoo news|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

== Awards==
* Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=TV Today Network wins big at ENBA 2015|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/enba-2015-india-today-television-wins-big/1/595343.html|accessdate=3 April 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:24-hour television news channels in India]]
[[Category:India Today Group]]
[[Category:English-language television stations in India]]
[[Category:Mass media companies of India]]
[[Category:Television channels based in Noida]]