Delhi SIR revealing striking reversal of expected patterns with affluent constituencies lagging from digitization over low income areas, published by TOI, stands out among stories published today. The increase in LNG imports and the surge in import of low cost medical devices from Asean countries are some of the other top stories published in leading English dailies today.

Photojournalist Binuraj from Kerala won the first prize Focus on News 2.0, a national-level photography exhibition organised by the Karnataka Media Academy in association with the Department of Information and Public Relations while Kunal Patil from Mumbai and Veeragoni Rajinikanth Goud of Telangana received the second and third prize among the 220-odd entries from across the country. The vital role played by photojournalists in documenting history and bringing untold stories to the public took centre stage at the event.

Vinyl Group CEO Josh Simons and Mumbrella managing director Simon Grover will meet on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing dispute between the two media companies.

The Reporters’ Collective has invited applications for a three-day, in-person investigative journalism training workshop to be held in Delhi from August 31 to September 2, 2026.

The Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) has urged the Karnataka government to expedite the implementation of the Rural Journalists’ Free Bus Pass Scheme and the Chief Minister’s Media Health Sanjeevini Scheme, calling for an immediate meeting of the committee responsible for overseeing the initiatives.

Author, journalist and academic Mehru Jaffer died in Goa on Wednesday following complications from an intestinal obstruction that led to sepsis. She was in her mid-70s.

Gullak, a gold savings platform that helps users plan and accumulate gold over time, has appointed The Womb as its strategic and creative partner to drive the next phase of its brand growth. The mandate was awarded without a pitch.

A data-rich investigation into how India's PLI-driven electronics manufacturing boom is bringing women into factory work at unprecedented scale ranks as the best story of the day while the struggle of a 19-year-old with testicular cancer, born with cryptorchidism and having had one testis removed in infancy to save his sperms ranks among our top ten stories of the day. Centre testing farming beneath solar panels and a detailed probe into why government schools are shutting down across the country complete the list.

For nearly two decades, freelance journalist Sameera Kapoor Munshi, who writes for Hindustan Times, has built her career around a simple principle: every story deserves to be verified, understood and told from the perspective of the people it affects.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai has urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to conduct an independent inquiry into what he described as a growing trend of criminal cases and police action against journalists, digital media professionals and independent reporters in the state.

Smaller and regional publishers will benefit from last-minute changes the government will introduce to its news bargaining incentive legislation, but major newsrooms are likely to receive less from the final bill.

Journalists at Nine are threatening to strike over changes the media organisation are forcing through newsrooms, under the Future News program.

Arena Media India, part of the Havas Media Network India, has won the integrated media mandate for Keo Karpin, one of India’s longest‑standing hair care brands, following a competitive multi‑agency pitch.

Senior journalist Rakesh Thapliyal from Delhi has been elected President of the National Union of Journalists (India) [NUJ(I)], while Rakesh Sharma from Jaipur has been elected Secretary General.

The Press Club of India will hold a condolence meeting on July 31 at 3 pm to pay tribute to veteran sports journalist Jasvinder Sidhu.