Paoninlkhon Daily, an Imphal-based evening newspaper, celebrated its 36th Foundation Day at Usha Hall Complex in Paona Bazaar. The event was attended by All Manipur Working Journalists Union (AMWJU) president Ashem Bhakta as chief guest and advocate Chongtham Romen as guest of honour, while editor CH Meghabarna presided over the programme.

The Federation of Press Clubs, a national platform representing eight Press Clubs from across the country, was formally launched in Hyderabad on Saturday, August 22, by Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka.

Live Times, positioned as India’s first global multicast news hub, has completed two years of operations, marking a milestone in its journey to deliver news and information to audiences in India and abroad.

The Dainik Bhaskar Group has launched a free training-cum-job programme to train and recruit digital journalists at the district, block and panchayat levels across Bihar.

The Press Information Bureau, Maharashtra-Goa Region, organised a press tour to New Delhi for three journalists each from Maharashtra’s aspirational Districts of Gadchiroli, Washim, Dharashiv and Nandurbar. The delegation visited ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI) to learn about agricultural research, technological advancements and farmer-focused innovations.

The Editors Guild of India has condemned the BJP’s description of senior journalist and former Guild president Rajdeep Sardesai as a “Dimagi Naxal” (Intellectual Naxal), calling the remark an attempt to target and discredit an independent media professional.

Veteran Meghalaya journalist Patricia Mukhim has found herself at the centre of a social media backlash after an old article criticising unsustainable tourism resurfaced following violence during the Khasi Students’ Union’s black-flag bike rally in Shillong on August 19.

The Australian Financial Review’s Edmund Tadros and Hannah Wootton have been crowned ‘Journalists of the Year’ at the 2026 Kennedy Foundation Awards, held on Friday evening at Royal Randwick in Sydney.

The journalist community across Assam, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala is mourning the deaths of four senior journalists, with press clubs and associations paying tribute to their contributions.

Journalist Abhishek Upadhyay has approached the Supreme Court seeking to quash a Ghaziabad FIR linked to an alleged road-rage incident, calling the case fabricated and asking that a central agency, not the UP Police, investigate, citing fears of arrest.

The Journalists’ Union of Sikkim (JUS) has opened a 24-hour public reading centre in Gangtok in an effort to keep newspapers accessible as more readers shift towards digital news.

In today's IN PR, one Indian agency makes its way down under while another advertises for a new role.

Eeshwari Jedhe has joined Daily City News (DCN) as Senior Journalist. She previously worked as a Sub-Editor and Business Writer at Corporate Citizen Business Magazine.

World Photography Day, observed annually on August 19, was marked across India with exhibitions, competitions and events recognising photographers and photojournalists.

India's vernacular news market is projected to more than double to $3.1 billion by 2031, but journalism schools are moving the other way. IIMC has discontinued its Urdu and Hindi-medium courses, as students chase English-medium degrees and a shrinking job market makes language of instruction a secondary concern.