NazariyaEvery side of the story. You decide.
LiveSports· Updated 19 OctLimited coverage

Mona Agarwal wins Asian Para Games shooting gold; Avani Lekhara silver

Mona Agarwal won the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 gold at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya with a Games-record 250. Avani Lekhara took silver with 249.6, giving India a one-two finish.

Why it matters: The result gives India its first medals at the 2026 Asian Para Games and adds to the country's strong record in para shooting.

Based on 3 articles read in full. Scores describe each article's framing, not the outlet and not whether it is accurate.

Large outlets read: 0 of 15. Most of India’s largest outlets, including NDTV, India Today, Times of India, Hindustan Times, The Hindu and Indian Express, block our reader in this prototype, so their coverage is missing here. The launch pipeline reads their public feeds.

Left-leaningCentreRight-leaning
+ 3 Not ideological
CriticalNeutralSupportive
Ideology · 3 articles
Left-leaning 0Centre 0Right-leaning 0Not ideological 3
Stance · Union govt
Critical 0Neutral 3Supportive 0
What's missing: Reports differ on whether Agarwal's 629.1 qualification score broke the world record or fell just short of it.

What everyone agrees on

  • Mona Agarwal won gold in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 with 250.0, a new Asian Para Games record. 1 3
  • Avani Lekhara took silver with 249.6, 0.4 behind, completing an India one-two. 1 2 3
  • Agarwal topped qualification with 629.1, a new Asian Para Games qualification record. 1 2 3
  • In the men's event, Rakesh Nidagundi and Swaroop Unhalkar qualified for the final, while Anandha Krishnan placed 13th and missed out. 1 2

How the coverage differs

All three reports agree on the result; one says Agarwal's qualification score broke the world record, while another says it fell just short of the 629.4 mark.

  • Result and records: the final score of 250 and the qualification mark of 629.1 are set against Lekhara's earlier record and the world record. 1 3
  • Qualification round: the report centres on the one-two finish going into the final and the wider Indian qualifiers, including archery scores by Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag. 2
  • Lekhara's pedigree: her Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Paralympic golds frame the silver as a near miss by a champion. 3

Where they disagree

No real disagreement between sides in this coverage.

What's missing

  • World record status: One report says the 629.1 qualification score fell just short of the 629.4 world record, while another says it broke that record. No official ruling is cited. 1 3
  • Final scorecard: The reports give no full final standings beyond the top two, or the third-place score and medallist. 1 2 3
  • Men's final: Only one report gives the men's result, with Unhalkar fourth on 205.9 and Nidagundi seventh. Medallists are not named. 1
  • Record baseline: One report says Lekhara's previous Games mark was 249.6 from Hangzhou 2023. Another names a different qualification record holder, China's Zhang Cuiping. 1 2

The articles

Neutral
1 · The StatesmanConfidence: High
Asian Para Games: Mona Agarwal wins gold, Avani Lekhara takes silver in 10m air rifle
This article:

Why: A sports result report on para shooting medals with no policy, religion, social justice or state-role angle, so it is not ideological and carries no stance.

2 · Telangana TodayConfidence: High
Asian Para Games: Mona tops women’s 10m air rifle qualification with Asian record, Avani finishes second
This article:

Why: A sports report on para-shooting and archery qualification results with no policy, religion, social justice or state-role angle, so it is not ideological and carries no stance.

3 · Free Press JournalConfidence: Medium
India's Golden Start! Mona Agarwal Wins Gold, Avani Lekhara Takes Silver At Asian Para Games 2026
This article:

Why: A sports result report with no policy, identity or government angle, so none of the ideology dimensions apply. Celebratory tone is about athletes, not government.

How we score

Ideology score, −10 to +10

Left-leaning (−10 to −3)
Secular-pluralist framing, minority protection, caste justice and voter access, civil liberties, an active state.
Centre (−2 to +2)
Several positions represented fairly, neutral language, reporting kept apart from opinion.
Right-leaning (+3 to +10)
Cultural nationalism, national strength and security, scepticism of group-based policy, voter-roll integrity, market-led growth.

Stance toward the government

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.

The swap test

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.

Confidence

High, Medium or Low, based on how much of the article was read, how many clear signals it has, and whether they agree.

Limited coverage and blindspots

Stories with fewer than five articles are marked. A blindspot is a contested story where we found coverage from only one side.

Not ideological

Articles that touch none of the three dimensions, such as a car launch or a match report, carry no ideology score.

How often the feed refreshes

This prototype is refreshed by hand (last on 17 Oct, 03:00 IST). At launch:

Wires and the top 20 outletschecked every 5 minutes
All other outletschecked every 15 minutes
New storygoes up at 3 articles from 2 or more outlets, marked Limited coverage
Live storiesnew articles added every 15 minutes; summary rewritten at most hourly
Home page orderevery 15 minutes

Updates are added, never rewritten

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.

Live, winding down, archived

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.

Large outlets missing

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.

Who is accountable

Editor and grievance officer

Editor-in-charge: [name to be added before launch]. Grievance officer under the IT Rules, 2021: [name and contact to be added before launch]. Complaints are acknowledged within 24 hours and resolved within 15 days.

Funding and ownership

[Who owns and funds Nazariya, to be published before launch]. Nazariya will list every funder and will not accept money from any political party.

Appeals

Anyone, including the outlet that published an article, can appeal a score: tap any score on a story page, then "Appeal this score" to write to the editor. Outlets can also dispute a summary. The editor reviews every appeal, and any change is recorded below. Appeals: [appeals email to be added before launch].

Rules we follow

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.

Corrections log

  • 16 Oct · Goregaon toddler death: removed the building's name and an unverified claim about the 10-year-old's health, to protect the child's identity.
  • 16 Oct · India–US trade deal: merged two duplicate story pages into one.
  • 16 Oct · INS Mangrol: one report names the commissioning officer differently from three others; flagged in the story, not resolved.