Highlights of India Today January 25th, 2016, issue: The Cover Story this week, Eyes Wide Shut, is on the recent Pathankot terror attack and how this attack has exposed the shocking vulnerabilities of the National Security Guard, India's premier counter-terrorist force. This issue carries a report on Mehbooba Mufti and how after her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's demise, she now faces daunting challenges as she prepares to take charge as the first woman chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. There's a special report on China and why its economy is going through a painful transition. The issue also has a report on Marathi filmmakers and how they have won back audiences with an unalloyed focus on storytelling even as the Bollywood factory churns out assembly line products. The issue has a report on West Bengal's Assembly elections scheduled for this year and why Sitaram Yechury is under pressure to have a pre-poll alliance with the Congress to revive CPI(M) fortunes. The issue also has 4 free magazines -- Woman, Simply Mumbai, Simply Gujarati and Simply Pune -- with it.
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