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BBC World Service shares online journalism expertise with India students
MUMBAI: BBC World Service has announced that the online site of BBC Hindi – bbchindi.com – has joined forces with its online partner Webdunia to conduct online journalism workshops for students in India.
Teams are holding special sessions at universities and schools of journalism in Madhya Pradesh and Delhi. The sessions will provide the students with an insight into how online works, and give them hands-on training in how best to write for web audiences.
At the end of the workshop, the students will be assigned special subjects to write on, and the best three pieces will be published on bbchindi.com. BBChindi.com editor Salma Zaidi said, “I am looking forward to sharing with the budding online journalists the BBC’s editorial standards, which are the backbone of the BBC Hindi journalism. I hope that they will be able to implement these principles of objectivity in their future careers, further raising the benchmark of Hindi-language journalism.”
Webdunia CEO Vinay Chhajlani says, “The universities offer several courses for print and audio-visual journalism but students do not have enough practical knowledge of online journalism. I am sure that this workshop will prove very beneficial in this direction.”
BBC Hindi programmes are produced from studios in London and New Delhi and are set in a rolling format, with news, current affairs and features. The interactive morning and evening programmes, Aaj Ke Din and Aaj Kal, bring the BBC Hindi listeners news, analysis and interviews on a range of issues, from current affairs and careers to showbiz and sports. BBC Hindi is available on shortwave and medium wave radio transmitters and via cable television. Hindi speakers can access BBC Hindi programmes in text and in audio at bbchindi.com.
MUMBAI: When margins wobble, liquidity talks and in Q3 FY25-26, cash did most of the talking. Den Networks Limited closed the December quarter with consolidated revenue of Rs.251 crore, marginally higher than the previous quarter but down 4 per cent year-on-year, even as profitability stayed resilient on the back of strong cash reserves and disciplined cost control.
Subscription income softened to Rs.98 crore, slipping 3 per cent sequentially and 14 per cent from last year, while placement and marketing income offered some cheer, rising 15 per cent quarter-on-quarter to Rs.148 crore. Total costs climbed faster than revenue, up 7 per cent QoQ to Rs.238 crore, driven largely by higher content costs and operating expenses. As a result, EBITDA dropped sharply to Rs.13 crore from Rs.19 crore in Q2 and Rs.28 crore a year ago, pulling margins down to 5 per cent.
Yet, the bottom line refused to blink. Profit after tax stood at Rs.40 crore, up 15 per cent sequentially and only marginally lower than last year’s Rs.42 crore. A healthy Rs.57 crore in other income helped cushion operating pressure, keeping profit before tax at Rs.48 crore, broadly stable quarter-on-quarter despite the tougher cost environment.
The real headline-grabber, however, sits on the balance sheet. The company remains debt-free, with cash and cash equivalents swelling to Rs.3,279 crore as of December 31, 2025. Net worth rose to Rs.3,748 crore, while online collections accounted for 97 per cent of total receipts, underscoring strong cash discipline across operations, including subsidiaries.
In short, while Q3 showed signs of operating strain, the financial backbone remains solid. With zero gross debt, steady profits and a formidable cash war chest, the company enters the next quarter with flexibility firmly on its side proving that in uncertain markets, balance sheet strength can be the best growth strategy.
