Highlights of India Today Telugu issue dated July 9th, 2013. The issue carried the story on Himalayan tragedy of Uttarakhand flash floods "Ravaged" as cover. This story narrated about the one of this century's biggest human and ecological tragedies in India. Also, it says that as refugees swarmed the valleys and politicians feasted on the disaster, armed forces finally came to the rescue of the abandoned and the dying. In the Nation section the Kerala story about "The passport irregularities" says that the allegations on Minister of state of Foreign affairs ministry E. Ahmad and how he denies that allegations. A story on Rupee's falling "Losing currency" says that deep structural reform, not quick fixes, needed for the rupee to be born again. The main story on Andhra Pradesh's latest developments The New Money Spinner" discussed about the policy for the new excise year beginning July 1, which is to allow liquor permit rooms being opened near liquor vends. To begin with it will be restricted to the urban areas in Andhra Pradesh and, progressively extended to other areas. One more story from Andhra Pradesh "Backlash of the Backwards" discussed about the Backward Classes in the state are planning to launch an agitation to demand a population based proportion in employment and welfare schemes for them. In Telugu Nadi (Radar) section - Why AP is facing highest shortage among southern states in urban housing?; What is the percentage of women in total police in AP and in spite of more crime on women there in numbers in total civil and armed police force is not increasing? and other items are carried. Regulars like Snippets on Telugu film industry and Eye catchers have been carried.