Vigor Media Worldwide has secured the media and public relations mandate for Vikram Roller Flour Mills Limited, as the agro-products company looks to strengthen its communication efforts while expanding its presence across regions.

Gozoop Creative has partnered with CookieMan India, the well-known Australian-origin cookie brand, as its digital and creative agency.

You don’t need a journalism degree to report in India. But without one, most newsrooms won’t even look at you. As HR filters tighten and field reporters power stories from the margins, journalism is quietly splitting into two worlds. Degrees open doors. Ground work earns trust. The tension between the two is reshaping who gets to tell India’s stories.

Two journalists were attacked and robbed while returning home from their office late Tuesday night in Ranchi, leaving one of them seriously injured.

For a brief but significant period, a small, trans-led online magazine did what much of the mainstream media in India still struggles to do. It allowed transgender people to report on their own lives.

The Panvel Taluka Journalists Development Forum has elected Rajendra Patil as its new president and announced its executive committee during a function organised to mark Journalists’ Day on January 6.

A felicitation programme was organised at the Mangalwedha Police Station on the occasion of Journalists’ Day and the birth anniversary of Darpankar Acharya Balshastri Jambhekar.

Activists, social and political groups in Raikot have demanded that the Punjab government and Police withdraw an FIR registered against 10 journalists by the Ludhiana cybercrime cell.

A delegation of journalists in Arunachal Pradesh has urged the state government to implement the Working Journalists’ Pension Scheme, which has remained pending since 2020 despite Cabinet approval.

Compass Communications has been named as the strategic communication partner for Tellado Villas, a Goa-based ultra-luxury real estate developer.

In our Fourth Right column, we discuss whether 2026 will be the year when there is a fundamental shift in the way news is consumed. Some of the key predictions on how AI will alter news in 2026 include audience primarily accessing news through AI, increased demand for verification work, automation and agents reshaping newsrooms, and further empowerment of data journalists, thanks to the raw power of AI.

The Puducherry government has unveiled new welfare schemes aimed at providing financial and health support to media persons and their families during emergencies, The Print reported.

With municipal elections underway across Maharashtra, including the high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, Aaj Tak will host ‘Mumbai Manthan’, a day-long political conclave on January 8, 2026.

The Mantralaya and Vidhimandal Vartahar Sangh has announced its annual journalism honours, coinciding with Marathi Patrakar Din on January 6.

CPR Global has won the communications and public relations mandate for Neo Kavach, India’s first rider wearable airbag technology brand.