RBA holds firm as house prices tipped to fall further The Reserve Bank kept the cash rate at 4.35% but warned inflation risks could still force another hike, while flagging further house price falls that may hit consumer spending and the housing construction pipeline. It’s a sobering signal for borrowers and governments banking on housing supply, with the economic outlook increasingly fragile. Covered by: Australian Financial Review, Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail, The West Australian, The Advertiser, Herald Sun, The Australian, The Age. Migration becomes the new political and economic fault line Fresh RBA warnings that growth is leaning heavily on immigration—while productivity weakens—have collided with a Coalition push to cut net overseas migration below 180,000 and tie intake to housing supply. The debate is sharpening into a national contest over living costs, housing availability and the labour market, with both sides framing migration as central to economic management. C

Aradhya Dubey has been promoted to Assistant General Manager, Corporate Communications at Network18 Media & Investments. He previously served as senior manager, client servicing and media relations at SPAG, a FINN Partners company.  Dubey began his career at Kaizzen as an assistant account manager and later worked as corporate communications manager at Miles Education.  He joined Network18 in May 2023 as Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, and has been with the company for more than three years.  He announced his promotion in a LinkedIn post, expressing gratitude for the support and opportunities he received throughout his career.  “I’m grateful for the trust, support, and opportunities that have shaped my journey so far. A big thank you to the incredible colleagues, mentors, and teams I’ve had the privilege of working with. I’m looking forward to this next chapter, embracing new challenges, and continuing to make an impact,&r

Integrated communications agency One2en Communications has onboarded LivLong 365, formerly known as IIFL Insurance, and QubeHealth-Pay as clients. Under the mandates, the agency will handle business plan communications, data-driven PR, executive profiling, media relations, stakeholder engagement and reputation management for both brands. One2en Founder Saksham Srivastava said the partnerships would focus on building clear and credible narratives to strengthen reputation, stakeholder confidence and long-term business growth. 

The Uttar Pradesh Congress has urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to examine what it describes as a growing pattern of criminal cases being filed against journalists in the state, arguing that the trend risks undermining press freedom and discouraging investigative reporting. In a representation to the Commission, the party cited several journalists, including investigative journalist Abhishek Upadhyay, journalist Mamta Tripathi, reporters from The Wire, Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair and the late Vinod Dua, contending that repeated criminal proceedings against media professionals have created a chilling effect on independent journalism. The Congress has sought an independent inquiry into the cases and called for safeguards to ensure journalists are not subjected to criminal prosecution for carrying out their professional duties. The development has renewed attention on the intersection of criminal law and press freedom, an issue that media organisations and fr

Reporters have been covering others’ experiences with deepfakes for years. Now they’re starting to get caught up in distressing deepfake scandals of their own. Charlie Dadds, an early-career journalist working for The Advertiser, might just be Patient Zero in Australia. The backstory   "We believe someone has generated a deepfake of you." It was late May, and Charlie Dadds was in a meeting room with two of his superiors at The Advertiser. The image, they told him, showed him being arrested. Had he ever been arrested? "No! Never in my life," he replied, as he later recounted in The Advertiser. The only time the Adelaide journalist could recall setting foot in a police station was to report a break-in on his first car. Somewhere inside South Australia's District Court, it was alleged, a fabricated mugshot of him had been circulating. The inciting incident A few weeks earlier, The Advertiser had unwittingly breached a suppression order in

Newsroom culture is once again under scrutiny in Indian media, as journalists across organisations speak publicly about experiences of verbal abuse, humiliation and harassment at their workplaces. The accounts, spanning different newsrooms and years, raise questions about accountability and redressal in an industry where informal power over younger staff often goes unchecked. The most serious of these involves journalist Satish Nandgaonkar, who died of a suspected cardiac arrest in 2024 after what his wife, Anjali Ambekar, alleged was a humiliating confrontation with a senior editor hours earlier. Ambekar said Nandgaonkar was "sweating profusely in a full air-conditioned office" before the episode. Ambekar filed complaints with the publication's management, the Editors Guild of India, the Press Council of India and the Mumbai Press Club, naming the editor she held responsible. A subsequent Mumbai Press Club probe found no direct causal link between the alleged harassment and Nand

Tuesday, 11 August 2026 #1  ·  Front Page  ·  Breaking news Cops Stop March to Jharkhand Assembly with Lathis, Tear Gas By ASRP Mukesh, Dhrubajyoti Malakar, Sanjoy Sahay   ·   The Times of India (Delhi Edition)  ·  Page 1 Police used lathis and tear gas to stop thousands of job aspirants demanding cancellation of JSSC-CGL (Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Graduate Level) exam and action against alleged irregularities in recruitment. Demonstrators who had marched past the Hemant Soren-led JMM government's barricades were forcibly dispersed; the state CID simultaneously arrested the Ex-Chief of JPSC. The confrontation reflects a deep political and administrative crisis over exam fraud in the state. The story combines on-ground reporting from Ranchi with multiple sourced accounts — police, demonstrators, and political actors — and contextualises the protest within a broader pattern of exam irreg