Our method
How we verify.
A site about verified news is worth exactly as much as its rules are public. Here are ours. Hold us to them.
The labels
What each badge means.
Two or more independent sources, or a first-party document.
One credible source. We're still confirming.
Circulating widely. We could not confirm it.
Checked and found to be untrue.
The rules
What we hold ourselves to.
- 01
Two independent sources, or a document
Nothing gets a green badge on one report. Two outlets running the same agency copy is one source, not two. A court order, a gazette notification, or an official notice counts on its own because it is the primary record.
- 02
Every item shows its sources
If we can't link where something came from, it doesn't get published as verified. You should never have to take our word for it.
- 03
We publish uncertainty instead of hiding it
When something is circulating widely and we can't confirm it, we list it and say we couldn't. Silence gets filled by whatever is loudest.
- 04
Corrections stay visible
If we get something wrong, we mark it corrected and say what changed. We don't quietly edit a headline and move on.
- 05
No numbers we can't attribute
Crowd sizes, detention counts, and injury figures are the easiest things to inflate in either direction. We attribute them or we leave them out.
- 06
No unblurred faces of individuals
Wide crowd shots are fine. Identifiable close-ups of participants are not, unless they are a public figure acting publicly.
Send us something
Tips and corrections.
What helps
- A link to the original, not a screenshot of a screenshot.
- Where and when — as specific as you can get.
- The earliest version of a clip you can find.
- For a correction: what we said, and what it should say.
Before you send
Don't send us anything that puts you at risk to obtain, and don't include other people's names, numbers, or faces without asking them first. We can't offer you legal protection and we won't pretend otherwise.
A submission form and a contact address go here once the team has agreed how they want to receive things.
Who we are
An independent noticeboard.
Awaaz Delhi is run by students. We are not affiliated with any political party, student union, media house, or government body, and we don't take money from any of them.
We are not neutral about facts — a leaked paper either happened or it didn't. We do try to be careful about the difference between what is known, what is claimed, and what is being demanded, and to keep those three visibly separate on every page.
If you think something here is wrong, tell us. That is the only mechanism this site has, and it only works if people use it.