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Business Today powers up with AI Summit 2025
MUMBAI: When intelligence meets innovation, the future takes shape. Business Today, India’s leading business news platform from the India Today Group, is bringing together the brightest minds under one roof for the Business Today AI Summit 2025, being held today in Bengaluru.
At a time when Artificial Intelligence has leapt from buzzword to boardroom, the summit aims to decode how India can harness its power responsibly, inclusively and at scale. Backed by the India AI Mission, the event marks a key milestone in India’s journey to becoming a global hub for ethical AI innovation.
The summit’s power-packed line-up features some of the biggest names across technology, policy and industry, including Infosys co-founder and chairman Kris Gopalakrishnan; Microsoft India & South Asia COO Himani Agrawal; Accenture managing director & lead India business Saurabh Kumar Sahu; McKinsey & Company partner Aparajita Puri; and Fractal CTO Shashidhar Ramakrishnaiah. Also joining them are L&T Construction’s R. Ganesan and KPMG’s Sathish in India.
Through a series of keynotes and panel discussions, the Business Today AI Summit 2025 will explore how artificial intelligence is transforming industries, from manufacturing and finance to healthcare, education and sustainability. It will also examine how India can lead the global conversation on ethical and human-centric AI deployment.
As the buzz around AI continues to grow, this summit promises to cut through the hype and focus on what truly matters: how intelligence, both human and artificial, can power progress.
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Network18 Q4 revenue grows 9.7 per cent, EBITDA at Rs 30 crore
PAT improves to Rs 306.6 crore, margins steady amid cost pressures.
MUMBAI: Not all news is breaking, some of it is quietly improving. Network18 Media & Investments Limited appears to be doing just that, tightening losses and stabilising margins even as costs continue to weigh on the business. For FY26, the company reported revenue from operations of Rs 1,955.1 crore, up from Rs 1,896.2 crore in FY25, signalling modest top-line growth in a challenging media environment. Total income stood at Rs 1,978.2 crore, compared to Rs 1,913 crore a year earlier.
Profit after tax came in at Rs 306.6 crore for the year, a sharp turnaround from Rs 3,225.4 crore in FY25, largely reflecting the absence of large exceptional items that had inflated the previous year’s numbers. On a more comparable basis, the company’s operating performance showed signs of gradual stabilisation.
However, the quarterly picture remained under pressure. For the March quarter, Network18 reported a loss of Rs 53.1 crore, narrower than the Rs 98.1 crore loss in the same period last year, but still indicative of ongoing cost challenges.
Expenses continued to track high. Total expenses for FY26 stood at Rs 2,235.7 crore, up from Rs 2,197.8 crore in FY25. Key cost heads included operational expenses of Rs 765.9 crore, employee benefits of Rs 475.9 crore, and marketing, distribution and promotional spends of Rs 427.1 crore, underlining the continued investment required to sustain reach and engagement.
At an operating level, margins remained under strain. Operating margin stood at 2.33 per cent for FY26, marginally higher than 1.77 per cent in FY25, while net profit margin remained negative at -13.02 per cent, though improved from -14.89 per cent.
On the balance sheet, total assets rose to Rs 8,957.6 crore as of 31 March 2026, from Rs 8,317.5 crore a year earlier. Equity strengthened to Rs 4,958.7 crore, while borrowings increased to Rs 3,112.8 crore, reflecting a higher reliance on debt to support operations.
Cash flows told a mixed story. While financing activities generated Rs 83.9 crore, operating cash flow remained negative at Rs -24 crore, highlighting ongoing pressure on core cash generation. Cash and cash equivalents, however, improved to Rs 33.9 crore from Rs 1.8 crore.
The numbers point to a company in transition growing revenues, trimming losses, but still grappling with structural cost pressures. In a sector where scale often comes at a price, Network18 seems to be inching towards balance, one quarter at a time.
