Sources & credits
iamaware is a curated publication rather than original reporting. It rests on public records, official press releases, and open datasets. These are the sources behind each part of the site.
News & official sources
The Daily Bulletin is compiled each day from the press releases and bulletins of official Indian institutions. Every item also credits its own source inline.
- PIB (Press Information Bureau): India’s nodal agency for official government press releases; also the source for environment coverage.
- RBI (Reserve Bank of India): Central-bank press releases (economy).
- SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India): The securities-market regulator.
- ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation): Space and science.
- MEA (Ministry of External Affairs): Foreign affairs.
- MoD (Ministry of Defence): Defence and security.
- DST (Department of Science & Technology): Science and technology.
- MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs): Home affairs.
- NewsOnAIR (Prasar Bharati, All India Radio): The public broadcaster’s news service.
- The Gazette of India: Official notifications and legislation.
Explained: long-form feeds
Topic ideas for the Explained section are drawn from leading Indian editorial feeds, then independently researched and written.
- The Indian Express, Explained: Editorial explainer feed.
- The Hindu, Opinion: Editorial and opinion feed.
Market data
The daily market strip is assembled after market close, once per day. Figures are point-in-time.
- Yahoo Finance: The BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 indices.
- IBJA (India Bullion & Jewellers Association): 999-purity gold and silver rates.
- Alpha Vantage: The USD/INR exchange rate and Brent crude oil, plus a fallback for commodities.
AI & language model
The language model behind the bulletin’s summaries and the Explained drafts.
- Google Gemini: Using gemini-2.5-pro (with gemini-2.5-flash as fallback) to summarise official releases into the bulletin and to research and draft Explained articles. Factual claims are tied to the cited source material.
Maps & geographic data
The interactive map combines open datasets with hand-compiled lists, clipped to India and simplified for the web.
- DataMeet maps: India state and union-territory boundaries and the national outline.
- Natural Earth: Rivers, lakes, and populated places (cities). Public domain.
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre: World Heritage Sites in India.
- Hand-curated by iamaware: High Courts and the Supreme Court, nuclear power plants, biosphere reserves, tiger reserves, Ramsar wetland sites and national parks, all compiled from public records.