Indian-origin journalist Shruti Tripathi Chopra has been honoured with the prestigious Freedom of the City of London, one of the world’s oldest ceremonial awards, dating back to the 1200s.

The Journalist Federation of Kashmir (JFK) has urged the immediate release of Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj, who has spent more than 1,000 days in jail under the UAPA and IPC provisions.

In an effort to strengthen public broadcasting, the Union government is modernising Prasar Bharati through a Rs.2,539.61 crore investment under the Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) Scheme.

With an aim to curb the spread of fake news related to the Government of India, the government has asked citizens to report any suspected misinformation directly through WhatsApp.

Top television industry bodies have avoided taking a clear position on the government’s proposal to exclude “landing page” exposure from TV ratings, even as individual broadcasters and cable operators remain divided.

A senior Kashmir-based journalist has claimed police harassment after officers allegedly seized his mobile phone without a warrant or any other legal procedures.

Arnab Goswami hasn’t turned rebel. He’s reading the room. From the Aravalli carve-out to Delhi’s choking air and welfare optics over real crises, the gaps are too visible to ignore. Add TRP pressure, rising anti-incumbency, and old scars from 2020, and even pro-establishment TV is testing its leash.

Kolhapur city journalists staged a protest at the historic Dasara Chowk against Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Prakash Ambedkar over his alleged objectionable remarks against media owners, journalists, and camerapersons, made while addressing a rally on Wednesday.

Even as OpenAI is fighting copyright infringement cases with news publications and content producers across the world including in India, the AI pioneer has launched the OpenAI Academy for News Organizations, a digital learning hub designed to help journalists and publishers integrate artificial intelligence into their workflows. But what happens when journalists feed all the material collected through painstaking research and legwork into an AI system to make their work easier?

As the India Today Group marks 50 years, it has launched a five-part documentary series titled India Today @ 50, tracing the journey of the media house and its role in shaping Indian journalism.

Independent journalist Pankaj Mishra, 50, died after being assaulted at his home in Dehradun’s Rajpur area on Monday night. Police arrested two men — Amit Sehgal, a digital media journalist, and Parthoshil Seal — after reviewing CCTV footage and witness statements.

In some bright news, HSC results get coverage, crime is down in the NT, but most is still Bondi-related with the funeral for 10-year-old Matilda, a police stop, 'terror cops swoop', 'our nation needs a mourner in chief', and '$500K to find Angie's killer' up north. All that and more in today's news roundup. Stories and pictures by Harry Brill, Peter Jenkins and Eliza Barr, Phillip Coorey, Jonathan Shapiro and Emma Rapaport, James Massola, Paul Sakkal, Michael Read, Richard Ferguson, Ben Packham and Geoff Chambers. Liam Mendes and Lachlan Leeming, Henry Ergas, John Kaila, Jessica Wang and James O'Doherty, Matthew Benns, Anthony Dowsley, Eli Green, Peter Jenkins, Charles Chadwick, James Morrow, Josh Hanrahan and Madeline Crittenden, Jake Gramenz and Perry Duffin, Natassia Chrysanthos, Nick Newling and Brittany Busch, Eryk Bagshaw, Julie Power, Lucy Macken, and Harriet Alexander, Kate Geraghty, James Brickwood and Jamie Barrett.

Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati’s OTT platform WAVES has reached 80 lakh downloads in its first year since launch.

Prasar Bharati has drafted a Content Syndication Policy, 2025, aimed at expanding cultural outreach while monetising its content in line with its public service role.

Meher Castelino, one of the earliest and most influential voices in Indian fashion journalism, has passed away at the age of 81. A trailblazer who helped define how fashion was reported and understood in India, she is remembered as both a chronicler and shaper of the industry.