The 12 most important stories, each read across outlets and scored for ideology and stance toward the government. Editions come out at 07:00 and 19:00 IST; stories keep updating in between.
New since the last edition: 8 stories have updates, marked “New”.
Latest: CM defends moving stampede injured to private hospital and seeks report on doctors who spoke out
Latest: Gwalior temple crash toll reaches 16 as magisterial inquiry into checkpoint lapse begins
Latest: Delhi has disposed of only 1,238 of 4.5 lakh Form 6 applications in 42 days
Latest: Police say two of three arrested admitted role in attack; ammunition missing from Sinai camp
Latest: Rubio says Quad summit will be held in Manila, no date fixed
Latest: CBI takes over Jhota murder probe after Mann accepts family's demand; Shah meets family
Latest: Jaishankar thanks Rubio for 26/11 tribute, seeks zero tolerance on terror from partners
Latest: Industry chief says India-New Zealand trade could double in two to two-and-a-half years
Latest: Experts warn hospitals may raise other charges as hospital company shares fall after cancer drug margin cap
Latest: UP minister says state will comply with panchayat poll order as pradhans' body plans Supreme Court challenge
Latest: Court also wants digital safety and sex education in core curriculum, with NCERT and SCERTs preparing material
Latest: Business lobby says waiver could ease inflation, help exporters; Rubio's 60-day review and US criticism continue
Nineteen people died and about 25 were injured in a crowd surge at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata on Saptami amid rain.
Latest: CM defends moving stampede injured to private hospital and seeks report on doctors who spoke out
Left-leaning 0Centre 9Right-leaning 0
A paddy-laden, Punjab-registered truck hit devotees near the Sheetla Mata temple in Gwalior around 1.30 am on 18 October, during Navratri.
Latest: Gwalior temple crash toll reaches 16 as magisterial inquiry into checkpoint lapse begins
21 outlets, no real disagreement
The Election Commission has directed 17 states and Union Territories to carry out a Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls with 1 January 2027 as the qualifying date, and will give recognised parties readable versions of the rolls at draft and final stages.
Latest: Delhi has disposed of only 1,238 of 4.5 lakh Form 6 applications in 42 days
Left-leaning 9Centre 13Right-leaning 1
Suspected militants fired on about 14 to 16 firewood collectors near the Imphal East-Kangpokpi border on Monday.
Latest: Police say two of three arrested admitted role in attack; ammunition missing from Sinai camp
Left-leaning 1Centre 29Right-leaning 1
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Mumbai on October 20 for a three-day visit and said the India-US trade deal is 'very, very close', with only a few items left.
Latest: Rubio says Quad summit will be held in Manila, no date fixed
Left-leaning 0Centre 11Right-leaning 0
A CBI team has reached Mansa to take over the probe into the 13 October killing of anti-drug activist Parwinder Singh Jhota, after Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann said his government accepted the family's demand.
Latest: CBI takes over Jhota murder probe after Mann accepts family's demand; Shah meets family
Left-leaning 0Centre 1Right-leaning 1
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Mumbai on Tuesday after laying a wreath at the Taj memorial for 26/11 victims.
Latest: Jaishankar thanks Rubio for 26/11 tribute, seeks zero tolerance on terror from partners
20 outlets, no real disagreement
The India-New Zealand free trade agreement came into force on October 20, after being signed on April 27 and ratified on September 21.
Latest: Industry chief says India-New Zealand trade could double in two to two-and-a-half years
9 outlets, no real disagreement
The NPPA has capped trade margins at 30% of MRP (excluding GST) on 137 non-scheduled anti-cancer drugs under Paragraph 19 of DPCO 2013, with revised prices from November 9, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers said.
Latest: Experts warn hospitals may raise other charges as hospital company shares fall after cancer drug margin cap
Left-leaning 5Centre 7Right-leaning 0
A division bench of the Allahabad High Court directed the Uttar Pradesh government and State Election Commission to complete gram, kshetra and zila panchayat elections within three months.
Latest: UP minister says state will comply with panchayat poll order as pradhans' body plans Supreme Court challenge
Left-leaning 0Centre 2Right-leaning 0
A Supreme Court bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran, in an order dated 15 October on a plea by the NGO Just Rights for Children Alliance, held that internet access is a fundamental right under Articles 21 and 19(1)(a), and that it covers children.
Latest: Court also wants digital safety and sex education in core curriculum, with NCERT and SCERTs preparing material
18 outlets, no real disagreement
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on 16 October waiving sanctions and tariffs of up to 100% under the Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, a day before they were due to take effect, certifying to Congress that this serves US national interest.
Latest: Business lobby says waiver could ease inflation, help exporters; Rubio's 60-day review and US criticism continue
Left-leaning 0Centre 17Right-leaning 1
Critical, Neutral or Supportive, scored separately. It refers to the Union government unless the story is about a state. On the spectrum strip, each dot is an article: its position is the ideology score and its colour is the stance.
If an article would score differently with the parties' roles reversed, that signal is partisanship. It goes into the stance tag, not the ideology score.
High, Medium or Low, based on how much of the article was read, how many clear signals it has, and whether they agree.
Stories with fewer than five articles are marked. A blindspot is a contested story where we found coverage from only one side.
Articles that touch none of the three dimensions, such as a car launch or a match report, carry no ideology score.
This prototype is refreshed by hand (last on 17 Oct, 03:00 IST). At launch:
| Wires and the top 20 outlets | checked every 5 minutes |
| All other outlets | checked every 15 minutes |
| New story | goes up at 3 articles from 2 or more outlets, marked Limited coverage |
| Live stories | new articles added every 15 minutes; summary rewritten at most hourly |
| Home page order | every 15 minutes |
New facts go into a dated update log at the top of the story. New articles carry an “Added” tag. If a note or list changes, the earlier version stays viewable.
A story is Live while coverage arrives, Winding down after about 2 days without new coverage, and Archived after about 7. Nothing is deleted: links never change, archived scores are frozen, and stories stay on their issue pages and in search.
NDTV, India Today, Times of India, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, Indian Express, News18, ABP, Times Now and Mint block the reader used for this prototype, so their articles are missing. Each story shows how many of India’s 15 largest outlets we read. The launch pipeline will read outlets’ public feeds, TV transcripts and Hindi articles.
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No detail that could identify a child or a survivor of sexual violence (Juvenile Justice Act, POCSO, BNS section 72). Court cases are reported as what was said and alleged. No analysis of a poll in the 48 hours before voting there (Representation of the People Act, section 126). Press Council and NBDSA norms on communal incidents.