R. Rajagopal grew up in a house with no idols on the walls. Instead there was Nehru, Gandhi, Patel; his father a Gandhian, his grandfather imprisoned by the British for his role in the INA in Malaya. It was a household built on an inherited certainty: that the Republic, whatever its flaws, stood behind its citizens. That certainty broke this year. When Rajagopal, veteran journalist, former Editor of The Telegraph from 2016 to 2023, discovered his name had been deleted from West Bengal's electoral roll, his passport renewal stalled with it. No rejection. No explanation. Just silence, for nearly 100 days. "I was in shock," he says. "I can't use any clinical term for it, but I never expected my country to do this. I had absolute faith that the Republic would protect me. Not only did they not protect me, they abandoned me." It is a striking admission from someone who spent three decades on the other side of the notebook, asking public institutions to explain themselves. In this conver

Glamour Australia has launched as a social-first, video-led platform, debuting on TikTok and Instagram before expanding to YouTube, a dedicated website and newsletters later this year.  Remy Rippon has been appointed editor, leading the brand’s content, vision and audience growth. Edwina McCann, News Prestige and Condé Nast titles Australia editorial director, and publisher, said Glamour Australia was “an iconic global brand reimagined for a new generation”, built around how audiences consume content today. "For News Corp Australia, this launch demonstrates how we are building contemporary media brands that combine editorial authority, audience insight and commercial innovation. With a mobile-first experience and strong e-commerce opportunities, Glamour Australia represents an exciting new phase of growth for our business and our partners.” Rippon joins Glamour Australia with more than a decade of editorial experience, inclu

Prasar Bharati has invited applications for the 100th e‑auction to allot vacant MPEG‑2 slots on the DD Free Dish platform. The auction will be held online on July 16, with successful channels receiving slots from July 23, 2026, to March 31, 2027, on a pro‑rata basis. The public broadcaster said the auction will follow the E‑auction Methodology 2025, along with amendments notified in January 2026. Eligible participants include satellite television channels holding valid licences from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, as well as international public broadcasters permitted by the ministry. Channels have been grouped into genre and language buckets, including Hindi and Urdu GECs, movie, music and sports channels, Bhojpuri channels, Hindi and Urdu news, devotional, and regional language channels. Broadcasters must submit applications and the prescribed processing fee within the notified timelines. Slot allocation will be based on bids received under the

Australian has more than 100,000 paying Substack users, and might be about to mint its local first millionaires on the platform. The newsletter platform has just hired its first Australian recruit with Annabel Russel, joining as head of partnerships with a remit to support local writers. This morning The Australian Financial Review’s Sam Buckingham-Jones profiled CheckonChain, which is currently ranked as Australia’s number one Substack publication and is also ranked number one in the world in the crypto category. CheckonChain was established by co-founders James Check and Alec Dejanovic two and a half years ago and has 3000 paying subscribers netting an annual recurring run rate of $1.4 million. A third member of the team Jacinta O-Toole was brought on to work on design and creative and the three operate from a co-working space in North Sydney. Russell told the Fin that CheckonChain was a great example of what Substack could offer Australian writers and creators as

Middle East edges back to war as US-Iran strikes resume A fragile ceasefire appears to be collapsing, with the US and Iran exchanging attacks and fresh tension centred on the Strait of Hormuz — a flashpoint with direct implications for global energy prices and Australia’s cost-of-living outlook. Coverage also frames the conflict as sliding toward an open-ended phase, with Washington weighing limited response options as Tehran’s leadership rejects compromise. Covered by: The Australian, The Australian. Hanson’s slide: One Nation support drops as Coalition gains New polling suggests One Nation’s vote is slipping and flowing back to the Coalition, with Pauline Hanson’s personal ratings falling hardest among women and overseas-born voters after recent policy positions and controversies. The shift matters because it could reshape preference flows and Senate dynamics, and it sharpens the political stakes around Hanson’s media appearances and cand

The BBC has crossed the 500 million mark for the first time since contemporary audience records began, reaching 502 million people every week across BBC News, the BBC World Service and content distributed by BBC Studios. The figure represents an 11 per cent year-on-year increase. India continues to be the BBC's largest international market, with BBC News reaching 74 million people every week, up from 64 million a year earlier. The United States, Nigeria, Iran and Tanzania follow as the broadcaster's other biggest international audiences. The growth in India was driven by the BBC's Indian language services. BBC News Hindi remained the largest language service with a weekly audience of 27.3 million. BBC News Punjabi recorded the fastest growth, rising 76 per cent to 2.2 million, followed by Gujarati (up 66 per cent to 5.5 million), Marathi (up 57 per cent to 8.2 million), Telugu (up 17 per cent to 7.5 million) and Tamil (up 14 per cent to 13.7 million). Rupa Jha, Co-foun