Briefs

Everything else on this site is gathered from other newsrooms. This is the part we write ourselves — explainers that stay useful after the news cycle moves on.

GovernmentExplainer26 August 2026·4 min read

Press release, notification, gazette: what a government announcement actually means

A scheme is announced, then announced again, then quietly starts six months later. A short guide to which document counts and where to verify it.

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EditorialTransparency26 August 2026·3 min read

How we choose sources, and what we refuse to do with them

Tathya Post is an aggregator. That comes with obligations — to the reader and to the newsrooms whose work fills this page. Here they are in plain terms.

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GoldMoneyExplainer25 August 2026·5 min read

How to read India's gold rate without getting overcharged

999, 916, 750, per 10 grams, before GST — what the published gold rate actually means, and the four things a jeweller adds on top of it.

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Digital literacyExplainer20 August 2026·6 min read

Six checks before you forward that video

Most misinformation in India travels through people who mean well. These checks take under two minutes and catch the great majority of it.

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GoldMoneyExplainer19 August 2026·7 min read

Jewellery, coins, ETFs, SGBs, digital gold: what each one actually is

Five ways to own gold in India, and the specific thing that separates them — cost to enter, cost to exit, custody, and who regulates it.

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MoneyExplainer18 August 2026·6 min read

What an RBI rate decision actually does to your EMI

The repo rate moves, the headline says loans are cheaper, and your instalment does not change for months. Here is the machinery in between.

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GovernmentExamsExplainer17 August 2026·6 min read

How to read an exam notification without missing a deadline

Corrigenda, correction windows, fee dates that differ from application dates — the structure of a recruitment notice, and where aspirants lose out before the exam.

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Media literacyExplainer16 August 2026·5 min read

Why two newspapers report different numbers for the same event

Death tolls that rise, growth figures that get revised, crowd sizes that differ tenfold. Usually nobody is lying — the numbers are measuring different things.

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What a trending search actually measures

Trending does not mean popular, and the scores are not search counts. How to read the trends list on this site, and everywhere else.

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Media literacyExplainer14 August 2026·5 min read

How to tell reporting from public relations

Advertorials, planted stories and press releases printed as news all look like journalism. The tells are consistent once you know them.

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