A journalist’s phone was allegedly hacked in Hyderabad on Sunday, triggering a wider breach of WhatsApp groups operated by public relations officers of state Ministers. The incident has raised serious concerns about digital security and the vulnerability of official communication channels. According to Telangana Today, the attack began when cybercriminals posing as representatives of the State Bank of India (SBI) sent an APK file to the journalist, claiming it was for Aadhaar update services. Once the journalist unknowingly interacted with the malicious file, the hackers gained access to his WhatsApp account and contacts. Using the compromised account, the attackers forwarded the same APK file to multiple WhatsApp groups linked to Ministers, including one associated with Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka’s team. This infiltration allowed the hackers to tamper with the groups, including altering their display pictures. Members of the affected groups later received a

A male journalist was allegedly beaten up by a group of men while he was on duty covering a rave party raid conducted by Gurugram Police on November 22,  Saturday morning. Among the assaulters was Sukhwinder Sangvan, the prime accused in the Sonali Phogat murder case. In his FIR, the journalist stated that he and his cameraperson had accompanied the Gurugram Police during the raid on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. According to him, the police had received information that a rave party was being organised at a local café. While the journalist was attempting to film the police action, Sukhwinder Sangvan allegedly attacked him. The journalist was beaten, and the police complaint was later converted into an FIR at Sector 50 police station in Gurugram, Times Now reported.

An FIR has been registered against retired IAS officer Hitesh Dev Sarma for allegedly threatening a journalist over a report related to a protest involving his son, who serves in the police force. According to Hindustan Times, a case was filed at Pathshala police station under Sections 351(2) for criminal intimidation and death threat, 352 for intentional insult with the intent to provoke a breach of peace, and 296 for obscene acts in a public place under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Sarma, who retired as the state coordinator of the National Register of Citizens in Assam in 2022, is accused of calling journalist Rana Deka of NKTV on Thursday and objecting to the channel’s coverage of the October 15 violence outside Baksa district jail. The incident occurred when the police were shifting five persons arrested in connection with singer Zubeen Garg’s death following a court order. Meanwhile, Bajali police have asked Deka to appear at the police station to record his statement. O

Image source: WION, ET and CNN; Edited by Dinesh Raj M   A moment that felt both symbolic and overdue — the first G20 Summit on African soil closed in Johannesburg with leaders navigating geopolitics, technology and the future of global governance. And at the heart of the week’s most defining exchanges stood Prime Minister Narendra Modi, arguing that the world can’t keep running on 20th-century institutions while battling 21st-century crises. Hot off the Press The Times of India reported that the IBSA Leaders’ Meeting — held on the G20 sidelines and attended by PM Modi, Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa — was dominated by calls for structural reform. Modi’s message was pointed: the UN Security Council “no longer represents today’s world,” and the IBSA trio must send a unified signal that reform is now “imperative, not optional.” He warned there can b

India’s capital market witnessed 25 IPO listings over the past 45 days, with Adfactors PR playing a significant role in the public communication efforts for 16 of these companies. The firm’s mandates accounted for nearly 80 per cent of the more than Rs. 70,000 crore raised during this period. The IPOs supported by Adfactors PR included issuances linked to multinational corporations, four unicorn listings and what is described as the largest NBFC IPO in the country. The firm also handled several offerings that involved structured pre-IPO reputation-building programmes as part of the communication strategy. Adfactors PR’s involvement spanned IPOs of varied scales and sectors, backed by coordinated efforts across its public relations, investor relations, digital, content, ESG, experiential and advertising teams. The firm expressed gratitude via a LinkedIn post, thanking clients for their trust and acknowledging the partnership of investment bankers, legal advisors and other mar

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in Mumbai has approved a major restructuring plan by , the parent company of the Times of India group. The plan involves separating the company’s core newspaper business from its other ventures. As part of the restructuring, a new wholly owned subsidiary, Times Horizon, has been created to house all non-publishing businesses. The two-member NCLT bench reviewed and cleared the scheme of arrangement, noting that it complies with the provisions of the Companies Act. According to BMI, The Times Group said the restructuring aims to give sharper management focus to both segments, allowing the traditional publishing business and the rapidly expanding non-publishing portfolio to operate with strategies suited to their specific needs.

Reviews.org’s Fergus Halliday has shifted his Multiplier newsletter from Substack to Ghost, saying the project had outgrown Substack’s limitations. “Things are now at a point with the project where it makes more sense to make the shift over there to a more customizable platform,” Halliday told Influencing.  Halliday said the switch, completed recently, gives the publication a cleaner URL, a visual refresh and a new blog section, SoloQ, which will feature further reporting and criticism from the journalist, including his past investigative feature on Hellgate London. Halliday maintained it was business as usual, and he would continue to chat with new people in the games space. He added the initial catalyst for the move was Substack’s “unfortunate habit of amplifying and profiting off far-right content. This is an issue that’s been in the media for a couple of years now…The company's long-term failure to respond to those demands has somewhat pushed me away from it