In the backdrop of ongoing trade negotiations with the United States, the country's vice president JD Vance arrives in New Delhi with his family for a three-day visit that will include a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hot Off the Press India is the second leg of a week-long two-nation tour by Vance that began on April 18 and has already taken him to Italy. The India-US negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement and President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, currently paused till July, are expected to figure in Vance’s official interactions in New Delhi, wrote Rezaul H Laskar for the Hindustan Times. The external affairs ministry has said the visit is an opportunity for both sides to review progress in implementing the outcomes of the India-US joint statement issued on February 13 during Modi’s visit to the US. Meanwhile, HT's Rajeev Jayaswal  reported that the US wants India to give preferential access to American farm goods on the principle of “reci

Based on the weekly reports by Data Beings, Week 15 saw Aajtak leading in Hindi live news across five slots, News18 India leading in one, Republic Bharat in three, and India TV News in two slots.   In the English news live, CNN-News18 tops with six slots. WIONews was second with five slots, and Firstpost across one slot.   TN Navbharat led the Hindi news weekly viewership with a 21 per cent views share, followed by News18 India and IndiaTV News with 19 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively. For the English news weekly viewership, ANI led with a 19 per cent share, followed by Firstpost and CNN News18.   TV9 Marathi led the Marathi news weekly viewership with 35 per cent share, followed by ABPMajha and SaamTVNews with 27 per cent and 18 per cent respectively.  For the Telugu news weekly viewership, NTV Telugu takes the top spot with 34 per cent share, followed by TV9 Telugu and ABN Telugu TV.   News18 Bengali led the Bengali news weekly viewership with 29 per cen

On Purpose has been appointed the agency on record for Central Square Foundation (CSF) after a competitive multi-agency pitch. The creative consultancy will lead strategic communications to amplify CSF’s mission of delivering quality education for every child. “We’re proud to support CSF in shaping conversations that drive real change in education,” said Girish Balachandran, Founder & CEO, On Purpose. Romonika D Sharan, Director – Policy and Communications at CSF, said the agency brings “the right mix of insight and commitment to help us move the needle on foundational learning.” CSF currently works across 14 states, with a strong focus on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) in 11 of them, in partnership with governments and education stakeholders.

  After three and a half years at the editorial helm of Nine's Brisbane Times, Editor Sean Parnell is preparing to say goodbye to the news outlet and hello to taking on a new challenge and opportunity outside journalism.  Announcing the move on LinkedIn, Parnell said, “This newsroom has changed almost as much as Brisbane in that time. We’ve established new roles, experimented with different forms of story-telling, welcomed new staff, said goodbye to others, celebrated births and parenthood, mourned the death of a colleague, and strived to cover as much as we can of the vibrant, layered and beautiful city we call home. “Above all else, we’ve sought to engage with our readers – our community – to serve their interests and satisfy their news and information needs. Since our 2023 relaunch, BT has experienced consistent subscription growth (no easy feat for an editor!) and our creative social media team has connected us with even more people. “Yet, to me, the most sati

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) questioned provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which de-recognised the “established” waqf-by-user category of property, allowed non-Muslims into waqf administrative bodies and granted the state power to determine if a property was waqf or government. Hot Off the Press The two-hour hearing of around 100 petitions in a packed courtroom saw Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, heading a three-judge Bench, refer to the communal violence in West Bengal over the 2025 Act as “very disturbing”, reported Krishnadas Rajagopal for The Hindu. During the hearing, the Chief Justice went on to propose a three-point interim order to “balance equities” on all sides in the case. Firstly, he suggested that properties already declared waqf by courts need not, for the time being, be de-notified or treated as non-waqf properties. These would include properties categorised as ‘waqf-by-user’ or waqf by long usage without forma

Tasting Tokyo Two potentially gripping TV programs coming up this next week, when the ABC’s Four Corners speaks to an Australian secret service agent who spent years inside extremist groups, and Foreign Correspondent goes to Tokyo for a meal or two.  Four Corners’ The Agent Inside sees investigative reporter Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop talk to an ex-ASIO agent who’s broken cover to talk about years spent inside extremist circles. In the Four Corners exclusive, the former ASIO agent reveals how a resurgent Islamic State (IS) network is radicalising Australian teens and plotting violence. He exposes the network’s links to a global web of terrorist leaders. The agent spent years inside extremist circles, helping authorities thwart attacks and stop IS terrorists. Now, with teenage terrorism and hate crimes on the rise in Australia and around the world, he’s stepping out of the shadows to sound the alarm, says the ABC. And on a lighter note, another of the ABC’s heavy hitt

ABP Nadu has entered its fifth year as one of Tamil Nadu’s top digital news platforms, celebrating four years of strong audience growth and engagement. Launched in 2021, the digital-only Tamil news channel has become the youngest publisher to break into the top two on the Comscore leaderboard, achieving the No.1 spot in December 2024 and maintaining its No.2 rank since. With over nine million monthly users and 1.6 million YouTube subscribers, ABP Nadu has recorded 1.2 billion video views and 4.6 billion impressions on the platform. It now approaches 100 million monthly views--without traditional TV promotion--underscoring its growing influence among native Tamil-speaking audiences worldwide. As it enters year five, ABP Nadu plans to expand its content formats while continuing to focus on regional relevance, digital-first storytelling, and next-generation news delivery. ABP Nadu is part of Ananda Bazar Patrika Group, an Indian media conglomerate established in 1922 and headquar