Godrej Industries Group and Avian We. won the Gold Fulcrum Masters awards in the corporate and consultancy categories, respectively, at the 2026 Fulcrum Awards, held at Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty on September 26.

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Journalists covering Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan at an event in Kochi on September 26 say police lined up to keep them away, and that an ACP told them not to ask questions. The officer calls it a misunderstanding. The Ernakulam Press Club plans to raise the issue with the CM directly instead of issuing a formal protest.

Nine Entertainment CEO Matt Stanton will take on the company’s TV and streaming division on an interim basis, following the announcement of Amanda Laing as announced on Thursday.

Independent journalist and digital content creator Kavya Karnatac said she and her team were asked to leave two hotels in Madhya Pradesh while reporting on the deaths of tribal children and local demands for better healthcare.

Poonam Devi, wife of late Dainik Jagran correspondent Harish Singh Bisht, received financial assistance of 5 lakh rupees under Uttarakhand’s Journalist Welfare Fund in Chamoli district.

Bhaskar Majumdar, a veteran communications professional with 25 years of experience, passed away on September 24 following a prolonged illness.

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Dipti Raut, senior journalist and city incharge with Dainik Bhaskar Group’s Marathi newspaper Divya Marathi, won the first prize at The Statesman Awards for Rural Reporting 2025 on September 16, 2026, for her investigation into unsafe childbirth practices in rural Maharashtra.

In an Influencing Insider conversation, The Free Press Journal correspondent Raina Assainar discusses why AI and social media cannot replace ground reporting, and how verification, source-building and deeper questioning remain essential to journalism.

NDTV will host YUVA 2026 in Mumbai on September 28 under the theme ‘Young Voices, Bold Dialogues’, bringing together voices from politics, sports, cinema, entrepreneurship, technology, governance, health and comedy.

Amid frequent criticism and political exchanges on social media, a conversation between The Followup senior journalist Sunny Sharad and Jharkhand Transport Minister Deepak Birua on X drew attention for its focus on public transport.

The Equality Fund has opened applications for its 2026 Journalism Fellowship for journalists from eligible Global South countries.

Senior journalist, theatre personality and Karnataka Working Journalists' Association State President Shivananda Tagaduru was presented with the State Nataka Academy’s annual award at a ceremony held at Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bengaluru.

Journalist Devendra Kumar Pandey of Shakun Times has alleged that a constable assaulted him, snatched his mobile phone and bike keys, and abused him at the Pandepur outpost under Lalpur Pandeypur police station in Varanasi.