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Absconding journalist Rohan Kadam has surrendered before police in connection with a case involving the alleged filming of a woman while she was changing clothes at a lodge in Budhwar Peth.

Election reporting in India is changing and not in journalists' favour. From a Kerala journalist facing coordinated online abuse after questioning a BJP candidate over a cash-for-votes row, to correspondents in West Bengal being kept 100 metres from polling booths, reporters covering the Assembly elections say access is shrinking and campaigns are getting better at controlling the message. On the ground, the work remains physically punishing and for some, asking the right question still carries a personal cost, write Meena R Prashant and Suganthi Marimuthu

Today’s stories move across power, pressure, and big structural shifts. India’s political moment stands out first, with record-breaking voter turnout in both West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, even as concerns around voter rolls and election integrity linger. At the same time, a surge in global crude prices has put fuel retailers under severe stress, with steep per-litre losses exposing the economic impact of the West Asia crisis. On the corporate front, Sun Pharma’s $13 billion bid for Organon and Bharti’s potential insurance stake sale signal major consolidation moves in global-facing Indian businesses.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has proposed stricter disclosure rules for AI‑generated content under amendments to the Information Technology Rules, 2021.

Embattled media proprieter Antony Catalano has put his lawyers onto The Herald Sun claiming his privacy was breached while attending a rehab facility alongside a News Corp reporter, The Age has reported.

The Northern Daily Leader will cease its daily print edition, dropping back to an "expanded" weekend print edition on Saturdays and re-focusing its daily coverage online.

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James Valentine’s death has seen the media universally praise the ABC presenter as an Australian broadcast industry icon, and achieved Valentine's desire to have the topic of voluntary assisted dying feature prominently in public discourse.

As the clock ticks down for embattled Sydney community radio station 2SER, the mood seems to be turning both sad and angry.

Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal, has opened admissions for its Post Graduate Diploma in Odia Journalism for the 2026–27 academic session.

The Bharatiya Janata Party's announcement of a proposed Rs 5,000 monthly pension for journalists in West Bengal has been welcomed by Press Club Kolkata, which called it a step towards addressing a long-pending demand from the media fraternity.

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s son Vivek Kiran’s Guruvayur temple visit has sparked a press freedom row after journalists were allegedly told to delete visuals. Media voices argue that routine coverage of a public figure should not be censored, questioning transparency and the right to report, writes Meena R Prashant

In Delhi, migrant workers are rushing back to West Bengal, to protect their right to vote amid fears of voter roll deletions. At the same time, teachers are being pulled out of classrooms to handle Census and election duties. On the national security front, India is accelerating its push for indigenous AI in defence, signalling a shift toward tech sovereignty even as a 22.9 crore digital fraud case exposes serious gaps in banking safeguards. Meanwhile, from Pahalgam’s lingering economic scars to India’s ships navigating tensions near Hormuz, institutions are being tested and the impact is hitting people first.

The Editors Guild of India (EGI), in collaboration with the India International Centre (IIC), hosted an offline conference on April 17, 2026, titled “Reimagining Journalism in the Time of AI”.


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