Editorial policy

This page explains how InsightNE News chooses, checks and publishes news. Our editor, Prasenjit Debnath, is responsible for everything we publish.

Independence

We decide what to report on news value alone. Advertisers, sponsors, political parties and officials do not decide what we publish or how. Sponsored content is always labelled “Sponsored”.

What we publish

• Original reports by our own reporters, with their name shown as the byline (“By …”).
• News briefs: short summaries, in our own words, of important stories first reported by other publishers. Every brief names and links the original publisher. We never copy their articles.
• Videos from our YouTube channel.

Checking before publishing

News collected from other sources is checked by our team before it appears on the site. Stories about violence, crime, accidents, religion, communities, elections or rumours get an extra check. We attribute claims to the people or institutions who made them, and we do not report unconfirmed information as fact.

How we use technology and AI

• We use software to collect headlines from other news websites, and AI tools to help draft the first version of some brief summaries. Our team reviews summaries before they are published.
• Stories in বাংলা, हिन्दी, অসমীয়া and नेपाली may be translated automatically; such stories say “Translated automatically”.
• When a story has no real photo, we may show an AI-generated illustration. These are always labelled “AI illustration” and never show real people or events.

Sensitive subjects

We do not name or show victims of sexual crimes or children involved in crime or tragedy. We report on communities, religion and conflict carefully, without language that could spread hatred or panic.

Mistakes

When we get something wrong, we correct it openly. See our Corrections policy and our Ethics and fact-checking policy.

Last updated: 29 October 2026