No sides taken. Every consequence shown.
We read every outlet on a story, check what's claimed, lay out both sides, and then trace what the decision sets off, all the way to the people it reaches. The opinion is yours to make.
Six things happen to every story.
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Read everything
Every morning we read the feeds of Indian and world outlets and the regulators themselves: RBI, SEBI, courts, ministries.
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Note every event
Each event becomes a short note: what happened, who said so, and who it matters to, by work, life situation and state.
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Research the big ones
About twenty a day get full research: what's missing, claims only one outlet makes, numbers nobody sourced. We go to the documents.
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Show both sides
Each side in its strongest form, the facts both accept, and what is still open. No left, right or centre labels.
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Trace what it sets off
Who decided what, why they say they did it, and every change it leads to for real people, step by step.
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Keep score
Later news is checked against what we expected. Steps that came true, and steps that didn't, are marked.
Who did what, why, and who it reaches.
For every decision in the news we record who made it and the reason they gave. Reasons other people give are shown separately, each with who said it. Then we follow what it changes: the first effect, what that leads to, and so on, up to five steps out. Each step says who feels it, whether it's good or bad for them, and how we know.
- Reported A source says this effect happened or will happen. We link it.
- Expert view A named expert or body says it. We say who.
- Our reasoning No source says it. It follows from a general cause-and-effect step that we name, and we are less sure of it.
How sure we are falls with every step, so the far end of a chain is always marked as less certain. When two different events push the same change (two banks raising loan rates, say), their chains meet, which is how you can ask what is affecting any group and get every decision behind it.
DecisionHouthis struck a Saudi airport and oil field, killing at least three — “retaliating for a Saudi blockade of ports and airports in their territory and a strike on Sanaa airport”, Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree
- Brent crude oil price rises to about $110 a barrelBrent crude is a major global oil price benchmark. When attacks threaten oil facilities, traders worry that oil supply could be disrupted, so they bid the price up. A higher Brent price means oil is more expensive for everyone who buys it, from airlines to factories.
- Higher fuel costs for airlines and shippingAirlines and shipping companies use large amounts of oil-based fuel. When crude oil becomes more expensive, their fuel bills go up. They may pass some of this cost on to passengers and customers through higher ticket prices or shipping fees.
- Higher airfares for passengersAirlines spend a lot on jet fuel. When fuel costs rise, airlines often raise ticket prices to cover the difference. Passengers then pay more for flights.
Every new note is checked against the effects we expected. When one happens it gets a ✓; when the news shows the opposite, a ✗. The cause-and-effect step behind it keeps that record, and a step that keeps being wrong makes every chain that uses it less certain.
See every cause-and-effect step and its record →You are the last step in the chain.
Tell us what you work in, where you live and what describes you (a student, a home-loan borrower, a vehicle owner). We show which of today's decisions reach you and through which steps, what you need to do and by when, then the news from your fields. It is saved on your device only.
Set up For you →An illustration of the format; real chains carry their sources.
Developing stories
One page per story, however long it runs: a storyline you can scrub, chapters, each decision and what it set off, and who it has reached so far.
Open developing stories →Who's in the news
Everyone in today's news drops onto one page. Point at a name to see what they did and why, and what reaches them.
Open the map →Who's affected
Pick any group, from lawyers to farmers in Kerala, and see every decision reaching them, step by step.
Pick a group →Relations
Who is with whom, and how that is changing. A line appears only when an article shows a real interaction, and keeps the exact quotes behind it.
People and organisations →From the ground
Photos and short clips next to the story, from creators we approve, each matched to a place and date, with what it can't show.
Whose clips we use →Shorts
Today one screen at a time on your phone: swipe up for the next story, sideways for what it sets off and both sides.
Open Shorts →Tap any sentence. See where it came from.
Every line of a researched story links to the claims and sources behind it, and to the exact version of the instructions that wrote it. Every claim is marked: held up, contested, open, or from one source only. If we got something wrong, you can see where, and tell us.
- Label outlets or people as left, right or centre.
- Guess why someone acted. We give the reason they gave, and the reasons others give, each with who said it.
- Show a reasoned step without the mechanism behind it, or as if a source said it.
- Present a short note as checked. Notes summarise reports; only researched stories are checked claim by claim.
- Show clips from creators we haven't approved, or clips we couldn't match to a place and date.