The Mumbai Press Club has opened a month-long photo exhibition titled “The Eye That Never Closes” in memory of veteran photojournalist Rajanish Kakade, who passed away in February this year.

India’s systems are showing visible strain across infrastructure, governance and the economy. An investigation found repeated warnings before Bihar’s Vikramshila bridge collapse were ignored, while forex reserves, gold imports and LPG black-market activity reveal mounting economic pressure linked to the West Asia crisis. Elsewhere, weak Yamuna penalty recovery, threats against judges, and unresolved concerns over the new rural jobs framework point to deeper institutional gaps that are becoming harder to ignore.

Ten women journalists from Uttar Pradesh share their experience reporting from rural India navigating gender and social barriers in their memoir 'The Good Reporter'. Meena Prashant speaks to these rural reporters on their struggles and success as their publication, Khabar Lahariya, marks 25 years of grassroots journalism with the book launch.

Proving that Artificial Intelligence is now firmly a mainstream topic, Crikey Associate Editor and tech correspondent Cam Wilson has been hired by the ABC as National AI reporter.

In an age of endless scrolling and shrinking attention spans, documentary filmmakers are choosing to move differently. While breaking news disappears within hours and headlines are replaced by the next cycle almost instantly, documentaries often stay with a subject long after public attention fades. They return to landscapes people have stopped looking at, spend time with communities still waiting for justice, and document realities too slow, complex, or uncomfortable for mainstream news cycles.

Deputy Editor of The Hindu, Afshan Yasmeen, has been recognised with the Excellence in Blood Cancer and Blood Disorders Reporting Award at the Lifesaver’s Honours Night 2026. The award celebrates her impactful story, “A Silent Burden: Thalassaemia Patients in Karnataka Battle Disease with Hope and Hardship,” which highlighted the struggles of patients and caregivers while capturing their resilience.

As actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay took oath as the 13th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on May 10, several journalists’ bodies welcomed him with hope and anticipation.

Motherhood has become one of the creator economy’s most powerful marketing categories, with brands increasingly relying on mom influencers to drive trust, relatability and emotional engagement. From unfiltered parenting reels to emotionally grounded campaigns, audiences are moving away from polished perfection toward content that feels lived-in and real. PR experts, marketers and creators say authenticity, not aspiration, is now shaping the future of influencer storytelling, writes Suganthi Marimuthu.

Some solo PR operators are pushing back against the freelancer label, arguing it undersells the scale, strategy and client relationships involved in running a one-person or small-team communications business.

Today’s stories reflect a country grappling with economic pressure and institutional strain. PM Modi called for a pandemic-style austerity drive to conserve foreign exchange as West Asian conflict drives oil prices across Asia. At the same time, NCRB data reveals a deeply troubling social reality: 14,500 student suicides in 2024, the highest in a decade. Meanwhile, India is accelerating plans to build indigenous battlefield AI systems for defence, driven by lessons from Ukraine and West Asia. Elsewhere, an investigation traced how men rescued from Myanmar cyber scam compounds allegedly returned to India to run fraud networks of their own.

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In journalism and communications, where deadlines rarely wait and schedules rarely hold, motherhood doesn’t just add another responsibility; it reshapes the way work itself is experienced.

Today’s stories revolve around systems breaking down and institutions scrambling to respond. In Tamil Nadu, post-election politics took a dramatic turn as the DMK explored backing long-time rival AIADMK to block the emergence of “communal forces” in a hung Assembly, exposing the extraordinary instability created by the fractured verdict. In Delhi, authorities uncovered a massive racket involving free government medicines being stolen, relabelled and sold across states, revealing deep vulnerabilities in the public healthcare supply chain. Public health pressures surfaced elsewhere too, with Delhi’s TB campaign detecting more than 12,000 cases in just six weeks in high-risk zones.

Senior journalist Palki Sharma’s new venture, India Global Review, aims to project India’s perspective on world affairs amid growing domestic interest in geopolitics. Experts say the digital‑first platform could fill a long‑felt gap, as Indian audiences increasingly seek global news that directly impacts their lives. With expansion plans across continents, IGR is seen as part of India’s push to counter Western narratives and assert its voice in “narrative wars".