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India Today to hold a roundtable in New York
NEW DELHII: The India Today group, will flag off Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most important foreign trip to the United States with a news roundtable in New York. The day long conclave promises to be a landmark event that will address the issues and key points behind Modi’s maiden visit to the US since taking over office.
While leaders of the two largest democracies meet and set agenda of international impact, the India Today Global Roundtable will make sense of the power talks and the implications on the road ahead. The high profile Roundtable event will see the presence of the most powerful personalities and thought leaders from across the globe. The discussions will cover the pertinent topics in the wake of the growing Indo – US ties.
The event will be graced by stalwarts from the United States including Former US secretary of Defence and The Cohen group chairman William Cohen, former United States ambassador to India Frank Wisner, India Caucus senate director Mark Brunner, Brookings Institution Project on International Order and Strategy director Bruce Jones, Virginia House of Delegates member Tim Hugo and many more.
Key Indian personalities and American citizens of Indian origin will be adding to the discussions with an Indian perspective. The illustrious speakers will include congress MP Shashi Tharoor, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, Intelligence bureau former director Nehchal Sandhu, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh, CCI president Ajay Shriram, BJP MP Jayant Sinha, CCI director general Chandrajit Banerjee, Columbia University professor Jagdish Bhagwati.
The exclusive telecast of the event can be seen through the day on 26th and 27th September on Headlines Today.
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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.
