Highlights of India Today Malayalam issue dated July 9th, 2014. In its cover story talks about the Iraq crisis. The story examines the growth of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) and how it successfully invaded the Syrian and Iraqi regions. 40 Many Indians are held hostage among 10000 of Indians in Iraq but the number of Indians in the civil war affected area might be less than 6000. If any problem occurs anywhere in the world, at least a single family in Kerala would be affected. Around 46 Malayali nurses working in Iraq are affected this latest internal war Kerala has a ministry and a department to deal with the issue of keralites working abroad. In the Union Budget-2014 curtain raiser, Aravind Panagaria, economics professor in US Colombia university, explores various ideas for fixiong the Indian economy. A special report on judiciary supported with facts and figures, the Chief Justice comments on the need to function full years divesting of court vacations. The tussle between the IAS officers in Kerala reveals the potholes inside the executive. Former additional chief secretary Dr. D Babu Paul writes a column about the conduct of civil servants. The Modi government should act with the expectations of people and he must go through an inclusive path, says writer Ganendra Pandey in a guest column. A story about FIFA 2014 world cup examines the group round competitions and finds that the European teams are the losers and the Latin American teams are gainers of the round.Cinebits and eye catcher page contain stories from celebrity world.