Fresh friction in India-US trade ties as Trump’s 50% tariff kicked in, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted talks remain open despite anger over India’s Russian crude imports. 38 pilgrims have died in J&K’s Vaishno Devi landslides; reports noted CM Omar Abdullah blamed officials for ignoring weather warnings. Ravichandran Ashwin has retired from the IPL after 15 seasons, eyeing foreign leagues. US-based Clean Core Thorium Energy seeks Indian approvals for thorium fuel tie-ups with NTPC and L&T. Rajinikanth’s Coolie crossed Rs 476 crore worldwide, though Tamil Nadu numbers fell short of Lokesh Kanagaraj’s past highs.

Goldmine Advertising Pvt. Ltd. has been chosen by Maharashtra Small Scale Industrial Development Corporation (MSSIDC) as the advertising and digital services partner for the RAMP programme.

Approach Communications has been appointed as the official PR and communications partner for Sure Real Pictures.

Criteo, a commerce media platform, has expanded its strategic partnership with Zepto, a quick commerce platform. The collaboration, which began last year, focuses on scaling retail media campaigns by allowing brands to deliver personalised off-site ads and gain visibility across the open internet.

Player turned broadcaster, Scott Sattler, is returning to the dugout with the Titans as Director of Football, but will continue to contribute for at SEN for the remainder of the 2025 season.

Aerotropolis dream comes crashing down to earth, Woolies profits and shares dive, and the Iranian Ambassador is on his way out, plus the media's take on Brittany Higgins' defamation court loss, and tributes to slain police officers as hunt goes on for the shooter, while sadly another gunman opens fire on children in the US. Stories by Alexandra Smith, David Barwell, Ellie Busby and Anthony Segaert, Carrie LaFrenz, John Kalla and Mark Buttler, Carla Jaeger, Melissa Cunningham and Grant Macarthur, Tony Wright, and Paul Garvey.

Glittering awards ceremony last night and high gloss special edition of News Corp's delicious heralds 20 years of the annual produce awards.

From bush ambush to Tehran’s bungling proxies, Australia’s front pages were ablaze with violence, vengeance and a government finally forced to act. First, a sovereign citizen’s murderous “rambo-like” rampage in Victoria’s Alpine bush put police in the crosshairs. Then ASIO pulled the thread of a stolen VW and found Tehran tugging at Australia’s social fabric — and the papers had a field day. Stories from Cameron Houston and Carly Jaeger, Mark Buttler, Jon Kaila, Thomas Chamberlin, Olivia Jenkins and Regan Hodge, Andrew Rule, Cydonee Mardon and Andrew Hedgman, Ben Packham and Greg Brown, Greg Sheridan, Greg Bearup, Matthew Knott and Paul Sakkal, Perry Duffin, Riley Walter and Jessica McSweeney, Nick McKenzie and Paul Sakkal, Mark Buttler, Jon Kaila, Thomas Chamberlin, Olivia Jenkins and Regan Hodge, Clare Armstrong and Phillip Coorey.

The GST Council may move all food and textiles into the 5% slab and cut cement to 18%, with services like salons and health insurance also seeing relief, reported TOI, The Hindu and others. SC pulled up YouTubers and podcasters for mocking disabilities, with TOI, HT and The Hindu reporting that five comedians were ordered to apologise. The Hindu reported Manu Bhaker finished fourth in the Asian Shooting Championship, with India securing team bronze. IE said OpenAI launched its India-first Learning Accelerator with IIT Madras and $500,000 in funding. Deccan Herald reported KGF actor Dinesh Mangaluru passed away at 63.

ABC will be seeking a new defence correspondent after the departure of Andrew Greene following a Media Watch segment accusing him of a lack of transparency over a trip paid for by a German ship manufacturer.

Submissions are now open for fresh and original podcast pitches during the SBS Audio annual podcast pitching season.

Fighting over WFH, convicted killer in the frame, AUKUS gets a 'lethal pivot', and boys most definitely behaving very badly - it's all in today's media through the lens of some excellent stories and also first class pictures too and grabby headlines. Stories today from Peter Wilson, Sumeyya Ilanbey, Jason Edwards, Erin Pearson, John Ferguson and Ellie Dudley, Laura Placella, Joe Kelly, Yoni Bashan, Thomas Chamberlin, Brent Read, Michael Carayannis and Dean Ritchie.

Hisense India has appointed Adfactors PR as its strategic communications partner.

India Today Group has announced the launch of MO, an English-language Instagram-first platform, along with a new health and well-being vertical.