Image source: Manoram Online, telegraph India, India Today and Republic World; Edited by Dinesh Raj M   The union government is set to begin the process of collecting signatures for a motion seeking the removal of Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, with several major political parties having expressed their willingness, in principle, to support the initiative. For the removal of a sitting judge, the motion requires the signatures of 100 MPs in the Lok Sabha and 50 in the Rajya Sabha and for the motion to pass, it has to garner the support of a two-thirds majority of the members in each House. This means that a successful impeachment motion will need multi-party support. Hot off the Press Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday (July 2, 2025) said that while the process of obtaining signatures would commence shortly, a decision was yet to be taken on whether the motion would be introduced in the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha, reported

Nine did particularly well on Thursday, its one day snapshot revealing: 9News was the No. 1 program across Australia on Thursday night with Total People and all key demos. It was the No. 1 program with Total People in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, as well as the news bulletin of choice with People 25-54 and People 16-39 in Adelaide and Perth. The combined bulletins registered a National Total TV Reach of 2.044 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.354 million - up 16.6% year-on-year. On 9Now, its BVOD audience of 132,00 was up 38.9% on the same night last year. A Current Affair dominated the 7.00pm timeslot with Total People across Australia. It recorded a National Total TV Reach of 1.534 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.002 million. On 9Now, it achieved a BVOD Audience of 96,000 - up 21.5% year-on-year. Thursday Night NRLW secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.313 million and a Total TV National Audience of 284,000 and on

  Guardian software engineer Sam Cutler. The Guardian has rolled out new secure messaging technology which allows sources to anonymously contact journalists. Secure Messaging uses espionage-style techniques to conceal and encrypt messaging sent by sources to journalists within The Guardian app. Messages are so secret that only the journalists themselves have a decryption key to view them before they self-destruct, disappearing after 14 days. The technology, which was developed in partnership with the University of Cambridge, is open source which means it can be adopted by any other newsroom. This morning, Will Dean, The Guardian’s global supporters editor, shared his interview with Guardian software engineer Sam Cutler, who works as part of the outlet’s investigations unit, about why they built Secure Messaging – and how software experts have become an integral part of how The Guardian does investigative reporting. It’s particularly pertinent as US President Donald Tr

Last night, Influencing attended the Australian launch of trade publication Marketing-Interactive, held at the Ivy Penthouse in Sydney. On stage, Marketing Interactive Australia Editor Matthew Eaton was clearly excited to formally launch the publication, outlining the aims and focus for the Australian operation. Eaton drove the launch of Marketing Interactive in Hong Kong in 2007 and was group editor across the Singapore, Malaysia, and China editorial teams. Before that he was news editor at Australia’s oldest advertising trade media publication AdNews, which is owned by Yaffa Media. The Marketing-Interactive launch in Australia comes off the back of maintaining a strong presence in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand with the publication's parent company Lighthouse Independent Media Editor-In-Chief Rezwana Manjur taking time to explain the insights from each country the publication operates in.  Please see the photos for your viewing pleasu

News Corp Australia’s fifth annual Indigenous Sport Week kicks off this weekend with a focus on the best Indigenous teenage talent from across Australia in sports ranging from footy and cricket to surfing and motorsport. The company-wide collaboration brings together News Corp state and regional mastheads, news.com.au, The Australian, CODE Sports, and Kommunity TV, with editorial rolling out across the week.  The Indigenous Sport Week logo artwork will also be integrated into the mastheads of The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail, The Advertiser, The Mercury, NT News, Cairns Post, Gold Coast Bulletin, Toowoomba Chronicle, Townsville Bulletin and Geelong Advertiser over the course of the week.  This year, Indigenous Sport Week (ISW) will run in parallel with the 50th anniversary of NAIDOC Week. Running from June 6-13, ISW will support this year’s NAIDOC theme of the Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy. News’ coverage of First Nation athletes will be amp

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has proposed policy guidelines for Television Rating Agencies in India, which was initially notified on January 16, 2014.   In an order circulated on July 02, 2025, the Ministry has sought feedback on the proposed amendments from the general public and stakeholders within 30 days.    According to the order, the revised clause 1.1 states that any applicant seeking registration to provide television rating services should be a company registered in India under the Companies Act.   Clause 1.4 has been substituted to prohibit any activities like consultancy or any such advisory role that may conflict with its primary objective of rating.   The Ministry has proposed the deletion of several clauses from the original policy. Clauses 1.5 and 1.7 of the guidelines and a related proviso have been deleted.   These revised norms will come into effect immediately and apply to new entrants as well as existing registered companies.