India’s Union Budget 2026–27 has formally brought the Orange Economy into policy focus, recognising industries powered by ideas, culture, intellectual property, and digital storytelling as engines of future growth. Unlike traditional sectors built on physical production, this economy generates value through creativity -- spanning Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC), film, publishing, design, advertising and multimedia content.

At the DNPA Conclave 2026, digital news leaders signalled a decisive shift from chasing traffic to building trust, ownership and sustainable revenue. With AI, platform dominance and revenue sharing at the centre of debate, the industry acknowledged that credibility not clicks will determine survival in the next phase of digital journalism.

Disasters rarely wait for confirmation. They unfold in minutes, escalate in hours, and reshape lives overnight. In that window, information can save lives or deepen confusion.

Refraction Media will expand its Careers With STEM stable this month with the launch of Careers With STEM: Primary.

So Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead and it completely dominated the morning's front pages around the country.

Republic Media Network hosted an insurance awareness and enrollment drive on 26 February 2026 at its Kolkata office, in collaboration with Axis Bank and Niva Bupa Health Insurance. Employees received guidance on health insurance benefits, plan options, and claim procedures through interactive sessions and one-to-one consultations.

Most news consumers look for basic information -- not in-depth coverage or a perspective -- on recent developments and are unwilling to pay for something they anyway get as forwards on their Whatsapp or Instagram feed. Today's #fourthright discusses what could make them open their wallets.

The Tripura High Court has refused to direct the filing of an FIR on a complaint by Ramchandraghat MLA Ranjit Debbarma against an electronic media outlet, stating that no prima facie cognisable offence was made out under the BNSS, 2023.

The countdown is officially on to the 24th Samsung Australian IT Journalism Awards, as Influencing formally launched the awards last night at Cisco's North Sydney office.

In today's news roundup - AI is here, there and everywhere, AI president on the future, AFR magazine today, CommBank calls in police in $1bn fraud, 'Unions draw line in the AI sand', 'Spare me the condescension, old man', 'ABC to take revenge on Sky News', The Oz 'throws 4000-word tantrum', trail of alleged Bondi terrorists revealed, and good character references axed, plus more.

Protection for journalists has long been a pressing issue in India, and a recent report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) offers little reassurance. According to CPJ, one journalist has been killed in India every year for the past ten years.

Journalist Neelesh Sthapak has brought pressing health and environmental concerns to the fore, filing a public interest petition that prompted the Madhya Pradesh High Court on February 25 to issue notices over unsafe transportation of fly ash from a thermal power plant in Jhabua.

On the occasion of Police Week, the Chakai Police in Bihar organised a friendly badminton match between police personnel and journalists on Wednesday, February 25. The match was held at the Chakai police station premises.

Today’s Fourth Right column examines how political cartoonists in India are facing geo-blocks and account restrictions under opaque legal requests, reportedly linked to Section 69A of the IT Act. It analyses the transparency deficit in executive blocking powers, the economic consequences for creators and the broader implications for satire and democratic discourse.

WPP and Adobe have expanded their long-standing global partnership to deliver integrated AI-powered marketing solutions for brands.