Image source: The Core Report; Edited by Pragadish Kirubakaran   India woke up to a travel nightmare this week: its largest airline buckled under its own scale. What began as murmurs of delays snowballed into the biggest operational meltdown in IndiGo’s 20-year history — more than 500 cancellations in a single day, thousands stranded nationwide, and a system stretched so thin that even rival airlines felt the ripple. The crisis has exposed not just a staffing crunch but a deeper structural fragility in India’s aviation ecosystem, one that relies heavily on a single low-cost behemoth to keep the skies moving. Hot Off the Press Saurabh Sinha of the Times of India captures the chaos with brutal clarity: IndiGo admitted to the DGCA that it “grossly underestimated” pilot requirements under the new crew-fatigue rules that took effect on November 1. The airline had expanded winter capacity by 6 per cent despite the tighter norms — a planning gap

InnovationAus’ Associate Editor Justin Hendry has described the publication’s new journalist, David Allen, as a “real great addition to the team”.  “I’m looking forward to seeing what he brings to the role,” Hendry told Influencing. “He’s going to be the man on the ground in Canberra, attending press conferences and taking the temperature of tech policy in the capital.”  Allen joined InnovationAus last month, departing his role as Daily Briefings Editor at Isentia. He has also moved from Melbourne to Canberra for the role.  He’ll be working out of the masthead’s Press Gallery Office, filing news stories and contributing to the publication's day-to-day editorial activity.  Allen joins Hendry, Senior Journalist Joseph Brookes and Editorial Director James Riley as the publication’s full-time editorial team.  Allen’s addition, Hendry said, meant InnovationAus can, “begin chasing after more of the juicy stuff, begin putting in FOIs, and give more fo

After 15 years navigating the dynamic world of media across London, Sydney, and Melbourne, journalist and TV producer Troy Nankervis is working with a colleague on a new venture - a podcast dedicated to men's wellness titled Working on It, Real Talk for Modern Men. Nankervis, whose extensive career spans television, radio, print, online, and social media, recently transitioned from roles at news.com.au, where he covered e-commerce, tech, lifestyle, and fashion, and as a producer for Channel 10's The Project. The shift has allowed him to dedicate more energy to freelancing, particularly in travel writing and collaborating with tourism operators. But it's his latest project that truly excites him. ‘Working on It’ emerged organically from Nankervis's recent experiences in Southeast Asia, particularly Bali, where he's spent considerable time over the past two years.  "One of the people I've been working with in a wellness capacity, he wanted to start a podcast," Nankervis explai

Welcome to Friday and our roundup of today's main news and let's begin with a story that focuses on the rising cost of power.  Angela Macdonald-Smith at The Australian Financial Review pens their front page lead story this morning ('Gas exporters' east coast offer') about a consortium of major gas exporters in Queensland offering to cut purchases of gas from local suppliers and trim LNG shipments. The move is in response to the federal government looking at getting it hands on more of our gas for domestic consumption, in a bid to tamp down energy costs. Yes, of course these things are complicated but all this selling of our own energy resources by international companies overseas while prices soar for consumers and businesses here, doesn't pass the pub test. Once the gas has gone, it's gone and what will we have to show for it?  Another interesting piece in the AFR - picture and pull-in on page 1 and story by tech editor Paul Smith

The Kalamassery police have registered a case against a senior official of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) and the owner of Malayalam news channel Reporter for allegedly tampering with television ratings data. The FIR, filed on Monday, follows a complaint by C. Unnikrishnan, Senior Vice President of rival channel 24 News. According to The Hindu, the complaint accuses Premnadh, a senior manager at BARC, of manipulating viewership data between July 14, 2025, and subsequent dates to artificially boost ratings for Reporter while suppressing those of 24 News. The FIR also alleges that Premnadh shared confidential data from BARC’s rating meters with the second accused, identified only as the “owner of Reporter channel.” The manipulation reportedly led to an estimated Rs 15 crore loss in advertising revenue for 24 News. BARC, an industry body responsible for monitoring television viewership across India, has not yet issued a public statement. The accused have been b

The Editors Guild of India (EGI), in a statement released on December 3, 2025, expressed deep concern over the raid conducted by the Special Investigation Agency (SIA) at the locked premises of the Kashmir Times office in Jammu. The raid was reportedly justified on the basis of grave charges levelled against the newspaper’s editor, Anuradha Bhasin, including allegations of “disseminating terrorist and secessionist ideology” and “challenging the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India” through print and digital content. The Guild noted that no credible evidence has been presented to support these claims. The EGI said the Editor of the paper confirmed that the raid took place in premises that have been shut and unoccupied for several years. Officers allegedly recovered ammunition and grenade pins from the site, though the authorities have not explained the relevance of these items or how they relate to the charges. Terming the timing of the raid “deeply troubling,�

Navneet Kumar Sehgal has resigned from his post as Chairman of Prasar Bharati, India’s public broadcaster. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) confirmed that his resignation, dated December 2, has been accepted with immediate effect under Section 7(6) of the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990, Hindustan Times reported. A retired IAS officer from the 1988 Uttar Pradesh cadre, Sehgal had taken charge of the role on March 16, 2024. His tenure saw key developments in public broadcasting, though no official reason has been cited for the resignation. The move comes amid broader conversations around leadership transitions in India’s media institutions.