Highlights of India Today 19th March 2018, issue: In the cover story of this week’s issue President of France Emmanuel Macron speaks candidly in an exclusive interview on key issues and sets an optimistic agenda for relations with India. The interview comes a day before the President Macron’s visit to India at a time when France’s stature in Europe has increased and India is bidding for a greater global role.   The Big Story – How the Northeast Was won – looks at how the BJP won the northeast of India and how Himanta Biswa Sarma used his man-management skills to manoeuvre the saffron party into government in three northeastern states.   An article under business, titled Diamonds and Rust, talks about how the Nirav Modi scam shines a light on the dark underbelly of the diamond trade.   A feature under art, titled Straight from the art, explores the works of five artists whose recent works are creative responses to political and cultural disruptions. The issue also comes with two free magazines: Spice, and Simply Chennai