Pehel's goal is to give South Asian readers accurate, concise, and neutral news in their preferred language. This page describes how we meet that goal.
1. Sourcing
Every story on Pehel is derived from a published article by a third-party news organisation. We link to the original source on every article page under the "Source" heading, and preserve the publisher's name and URL.
We source from a curated allow-list of reputable international and regional outlets. The allow-list is reviewed periodically; any source found to have repeatedly published inaccurate, fabricated, or agenda-driven content is removed.
2. AI disclosure
Pehel uses large language models for two specific tasks:
- Summarisation. The model reads the full source article and produces a shorter summary in the source language.
- Translation. The summary is translated into each of our five supported languages.
AI is not used to generate original reporting, opinions, or commentary. Summaries aim to preserve the source's factual claims without embellishment.
3. Human oversight
The source allow-list, category taxonomy, tagging rules, and translation quality checks are defined and monitored by human editors. Stories flagged as low-confidence, off-topic, or in violation of policy are removed from the feed.
4. Neutrality
We do not take editorial positions on political, religious, or sectarian issues. When a source article contains contested claims, we attribute those claims to the source rather than presenting them as fact.
5. Verification
Breaking news is marked as such, and summary confidence is flagged when the underlying source is preliminary. As corroborating reports emerge, summaries are updated and the article's modified timestamp is refreshed.
6. Corrections
We welcome correction reports — see our Corrections policy for the process.
7. Independence
Pehel has no political party, government, or corporate sponsor that influences editorial decisions. See Ownership for details on funding and governance.