Foreign minister S Jaishankar's comments that if Pakistan returns the “stolen part” of Kashmir to India, the matter would be fully resolved has once again brought the contentious issue to glaring media limelight with Pakistan slamming the remark as "baseless" and J&K CM Omar Abdullah questioning the government's stand on territory occupied by the Chinese. “On Kashmir, actually we have done, I think, a good job solving most of it. Removing Article 370 was step number one, restoring growth and economic activity and social justice in Kashmir was step number two, and holding elections with a very high turnout was step number three,” said Jaishankar at Chatham House, an international affairs think tank. He also assured that Kashmir will be solved when Pak returns PoK back to India, according to a report in The Times of India. Jaishankar’s remarks, made at an event hosted by the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London on Wednesday evening, prompted a pushback o

News Corp's Lou Barrett News Corp Australia is set to unveil what they claim is "a powerful new video strategy" which uses advanced data capability tools and will "demonstrate its superior strength of engaged reach at D_Coded next week". The publisher's Client Partnerships Managing Director Lou Barrett said, “We will unveil our expanded video strategy and partnerships which will open up exciting new opportunities for our clients, we will show how our supercharged audience intelligence data tools will produce deeper insights and smarter campaigns, and we will deliver tangible proof that real audience engagement leads to unparalleled client outcomes.” The company’s annual event for clients, partners, marketers and digital specialists takes place over three days in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The series of live presentations, led by News Corp Australasia Executive Chairman, Michael Miller and Barrett, will provide insights, strategies and real-world results illustrating

The Victorian Government’s Office for Women in Sport and Recreation has partnered with Broad Radio to launch Play Big, a new sports radio show dedicated to amplifying women's voices in sports media, Mumbrella reported.  The four-part series will air Saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m., starting March 15. It will be hosted by gender equality advocate Emma Race and Broad Radio’s Rana Hussain, alongside a panel of experienced and emerging commentators. With women’s sports gaining record-breaking attention, Play Big aims to offer insightful and respectful commentary while challenging the gender gap in sports broadcasting.  Broad Radio CEO Jo Stanley emphasised the need for more women in sports commentary, stating, "Women deserve not just to play, but to lead the conversation around sport." Recent research from the Victorian Government found that only 23 per cent of radio sports news bylines are written by women. Minister for Community Sport Ros Spence hopes the show will encourage mo

Women Love Tech’s editor-in-chief and owner Robyn Foyster says the new Women Love Tech mentorship program is an opportunity for women to get a helping hand and support, “from other people who’ve been there”.   Foyster told Influencing, “The impetus is that I wanted to see a platform that could help women learn from other people who've been there.”  Partnering with mentorship company OneUpOne Down, Foyster said WLT is, “offering a tech, mentoring platform that's available to anyone”.   “It opens up a way for our young women in tech to reach out to other women they want to be mentored by, and vice versa.”  And she has big plans for the platform.  “I don't see Women Love Tech as an Australian-only website. Many of our audience come from America, the UK, and Asia. The long-term plans are, I would say, to build the brand into a much bigger brand globally.”  Foyster says championing women is the core purpose at Women Love Tech, and she points to t

  L-R: Beroze Dubash, Associate Director, Rochelle Cervantes, Associate Director, Laura Blue, Business Director, Agnes Wan, Senior Consultant.   Kicker Communications - launched in 2017 by veteran tech journalist Fran Foo and PR expert Ashford Pritchard - has appointed Laura Blue as Business Director and promoted Beroze Dubash and Rochelle Cervantes to Associate Director, and Agnes Wan to Senior Consultant. In her first role post-parental leave, Blue brings 15 years of PR and corporate communications experience in B2B SaaS, HR tech, and fintech. She has worked in Sydney and Melbourne with Australia’s top disruptive brands, tech figures, and startup bodies.  Blue combines a strong ability to land key stories in Tier 1 media with solid business acumen, delivering strategic, high-impact communications. She will work closely alongside co-founders Fran Foo and Ashford Pritchard - her role will focus on leading business development and the company’s aggressive gr