NEW DELHI: Marking a milestone upgrade in how our national and international journalism reaches readers across phones, tablets, and desktops, CNN-News18 today announced the official transition of its English digital news portal from our legacy news18.com web address to our new dedicated Indian domain, cnn-news18.in. Designed around a clean, authoritative broadsheet newsroom layout, the new platform prioritizes verifiable primary-source reporting, instant page speed, and uninterrupted reader focus.
Readers visiting cnn-news18.in gain immediate access to all nine specialist editorial verticals—spanning India & Governance, Business & Economy, Live Markets, Explainers & DataPulse, Tech+, World & Diplomacy, Cricket, Cities, Movies, and Lifestyle—backed by accountable named editors and institutional beat desks detailed on our About & Masthead page.
Why We Transitioned From news18.com to cnn-news18.in
Over the past decade, legacy digital news portals accumulated heavy third-party script bloat, layout-shifting banner slots, and fragmented URL structures that slowed mobile reading—especially for commuters and researchers on variable cellular connections. Rather than layering incremental patches onto legacy templates from news18.com, our editorial and engineering leadership elected to commission a purpose-built, sovereign .in home at cnn-news18.in.
Every article page on cnn-news18.in is pre-compiled for edge delivery over HTTP/3 and TLS, pairing classical broadsheet serif typography with modern newsroom utilities: a continuous right-to-left Breaking News wire, a real-time Live Markets benchmark strip, adaptive Dark Mode, reader typography scaling (A- / A+), instant Command-K full-text search, and built-in AI voice narration for hands-free listening.
| Platform Dimension | Legacy Web Portal | New Official Digital Home |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Web Address | news18.com (Legacy Portal) | https://cnn-news18.in/ (Active Canonical Home) |
| Page Experience & Layout | Legacy multi-widget portal templates | 1300px Broadsheet Grid, Zero Pop-Ups & Adaptive Dark Mode |
| Live News & Market Strips | Static or script-heavy widgets | Continuous Hardware-Accelerated Breaking & Market Tickers |
| Master RSS & News Sitemaps | Legacy feed endpoints | cnn-news18.in/feed.xml & /news-sitemap.xml |
| Editorial & Grievance Desk | Legacy portal mailboxes | newsdesk@cnn-news18.in • grievance@cnn-news18.in |
| Verified Social Channels | Official @cnnnews18 network handles | Unchanged — YouTube, X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp & Telegram |
Continuity of Editorial Standards, Archives and Primary-Source Rigor
While our domain address and technical architecture are new, our journalistic mandate remains unchanged. Every dispatch published on cnn-news18.in adheres to our published Editorial Standards and four-step Fact-Checking Protocol—cross-verifying Union Cabinet outlays, Reserve Bank of India liquidity operations, Supreme Court reportable judgments, and scientific telemetry directly against official gazettes and institutional filings.
Researchers, civil-service aspirants, and policy analysts will also find complete continuity across our Daily Current Affairs hub, 90+ Topic Silos, and our Multi-Year Historical Archive (2017–2026), where milestone national and global dispatches are preserved with structured executive takeaways, DataPulse benchmark tables, and cited primary records.
Quick Action Checklist for Readers, Syndication Partners & Institutions
To ensure uninterrupted access to breaking alerts, morning briefings, and institutional feeds following our transition from news18.com, our newsroom recommends four quick steps:
- Update Browser Bookmarks & Home-Screen Shortcuts: Bookmark https://cnn-news18.in/ on your desktop and mobile browser. On Android and iOS, cnn-news18.in supports standalone web-app installation directly to your home screen.
- Connect Updated XML RSS Feeds: Corporate media-monitoring teams, researchers, and RSS reader users should update feed subscriptions via our RSS Syndication Directory (master feed at
/feed.xml, plus dedicated per-beat feeds for India, Business, Tech+, World, and Cricket). - Whitelist Official Newsroom Mailboxes: Press releases, documentary verification records, and commercial inquiries should be addressed to the updated mailboxes listed on our Contact Us page, including
newsdesk@cnn-news18.in,advertising@cnn-news18.in, and statutory grievance redressal atgrievance@cnn-news18.in. - Verify Official Social Handles: All official social distribution continues seamlessly on our verified channels—including YouTube (
@cnnnews18), X (@CNNnews18), Facebook, Instagram, our verified 2.2-million-follower WhatsApp Channel, and Telegram (@news18dotcom)—each linked in the site footer and Contact Directory.
Readers with questions or feedback regarding the new platform experience on cnn-news18.in are invited to write directly to our central desk at newsdesk@cnn-news18.in.
