Editorial Policy: Source-first reporting and responsible automation

Editorial purpose and scope

We focus on Indian markets, banking, business, regulation, the economy and material global events that have a clear connection to those subjects. A story should help a reader understand what happened, when it happened, who published the information and why it may matter. We do not publish unrelated trending content merely to increase page count.

Source hierarchy

When available, we prefer exchange notices, regulator circulars, central-bank releases, government publications, company filings and official statements. Reputable financial publishers can provide timely reporting and useful context, but important claims should remain attributable. Anonymous social-media posts, copied aggregations and unsupported screenshots are not treated as sufficient confirmation on their own.

Our source and calculation practices are described further in the Data Sources and Methodology.

Verification before publication

Editors and automated checks look for a valid publication date, a working source, topic relevance, duplicated coverage, numerical consistency and signs that an item is stale or materially incomplete. Official items may follow a higher-confidence workflow; editorial feeds should normally enter a review lane. If evidence is too thin, the correct outcome is a draft, rejection or unavailable state.

Headlines and summaries

Headlines should describe the confirmed event without promising a market result. We avoid false urgency, guaranteed-return language and claims that a single indicator “proves” what the market will do. A summary should add plain-language context rather than reproduce a publisher’s complete article.

Facts, interpretation and uncertainty

Confirmed details, such as a policy decision or filed result, should be separated from possible effects. Words such as “may”, “could” or “possible” are used where the outcome is uncertain, but cautious wording is not a substitute for evidence. When credible sources disagree or information is developing, the article should say so.

Use of software and AI

Automation may assist with source collection, duplicate detection, transcription, structured data, classification, calculations and drafting. It must not invent a quotation, financial figure, filing, source or personal credential. Generated text should be constrained by supplied evidence and checked against quality rules. Important source dates and numerical claims deserve particular attention.

We do not publish large volumes of near-identical pages solely to manipulate search visibility.

Market tools and model output

Tool pages use transparent data-availability rules. Expired option contracts are rejected, stale institutional data is excluded from current scoring and missing values should not silently become a neutral score. The confidence label represents the coverage and agreement of selected inputs, not a guaranteed success rate.

Corrections and updates

Material factual errors should be corrected promptly after verification. Significant changes should be explained in an update or correction note rather than silently rewriting the record. Minor grammar, formatting or link repairs may be made without a separate notice when they do not change meaning. See the Corrections Policy.

Advertising, sponsorship and conflicts

Advertising does not buy a favourable ordinary article or change a model output. Sponsored content should be labelled and reviewed for relevance, legality and user safety. Writers or reviewers should not knowingly conceal a material relationship that would reasonably affect how a reader evaluates the content. See the Advertising and Affiliate Disclosure.

Reader feedback

Readers can challenge a source, number or description by using Contact Us or emailing [email protected]. A specific report with the URL and supporting evidence is more useful than a general disagreement.