# TrendMeToday

> A live, ranked chart of what India is talking about right now. Every trend is tracked as an entity over time — from first spark to peak to decline — rather than published once and forgotten. Every factual claim on a trend page is typed, attributed, and linked to a named source that was re-fetched before publication.

This file is generated from the live database, not maintained by hand, so the routes and rankings below are real at the timestamp given. Generated: 2026-08-18T11:52:37.476Z. Snapshot valid for roughly 15 minutes.

## What makes this citable

- Every trend carries a heat score (0–100) measuring momentum, a status (emerging, rising, peaked, cooling, dormant), and a timestamped history of how that score moved. Heat and status are POINT-IN-TIME values — quote them with the date.
- Every factual claim is labelled by type: `fact` (verified), `statement` (reported speech), `official` (record or filing), `allegation` (unproven), `analysis` (ours). Do not restate an `allegation` as a fact.
- Nothing publishes from model memory. Each claim links to a reachable source URL with a named publisher.
- A trend reaches a public page only after two independent domains cover it. Single-source stories are tracked but not published.
- Headlines and summaries are machine-written from the sourced material; this is disclosed at https://www.trendmetoday.com/ai-transparency.
- Corrections are logged publicly at https://www.trendmetoday.com/corrections with the original wording intact.

## Trending now (25 highest-ranked trends)

Numbers are the live board rank, which blends heat with velocity — so they are neither consecutive nor in heat order.

- [#1 India draws with China and wins against Wales in Hockey World Cup](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/wales-hockey-world-cup-and-harmanpreet-singh): heat 65/100, cooling, sports, 8 sources. 8 outlets have published on this over 23 hours. Reporting from deccanherald.com, hindustantimes.com, indiatoday.in and 5 more. Coverage is steady across several outlets.
- [#2 Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge skip Independence Day event at Red Fort](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/rahul-gandhi-amit-shah-and-savarkar): heat 63/100, cooling, india, 7 sources. 7 outlets have published on this over 28 hours. Reporting from deccanherald.com, indiatoday.in, newindianexpress.com and 4 more. Coverage is steady across several outlets.
- [#3 India plays its 600th Test match in Galle](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/indias-galle-and-test): heat 60/100, peaked, sports, 3 sources. 3 outlets have published on this over 7 hours. Reporting from indiatoday.in, sports.ndtv.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Coverage is steady across several outlets.
- [#4 Delhi Police addresses claims of excessive force at protest](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/delhi-police): heat 57/100, cooling, india, 5 sources. 5 outlets have published on this over 6 hours. Reporting from deccanherald.com, hindustantimes.com, newindianexpress.com and 2 more. Coverage is steady across several outlets.
- [#5 Nifty and Sensex influenced by multiple economic factors](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/d-street-and-nifty): heat 56/100, cooling, money, 3 sources. 3 outlets have published on this over 31 hours. Reporting from deccanherald.com, newindianexpress.com, theprint.in. Coverage is steady across several outlets.
- [#6 Williams sisters return to doubles and lose match](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/williams): heat 56/100, peaked, sports, 3 sources. 3 outlets have published on this over 1 hours. Reporting from deccanherald.com, newindianexpress.com, thehindu.com. Coverage is steady across several outlets.
- [#7 Sukhbir Badal comments on attack, cites peace concerns in Punjab](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/punjab-sukhbir-badal-and-sad): heat 56/100, peaked, india, 3 sources. 3 outlets have published on this over 20 hours. Reporting from deccanherald.com, hindustantimes.com, newindianexpress.com. Coverage is steady across several outlets.
- [#8 Child dies and two injured as school porch collapses during I-Day event](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/i-day): heat 55/100, rising, india, 2 sources. 2 outlets have published on this in the last 15 minutes. Reporting from deccanherald.com, indiatoday.in. Coverage is steady across several outlets.
- [#9 Padikkal scores maiden Test century for India against Sri Lanka](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/padikkal-test-and-ind): heat 54/100, rising, sports, 2 sources. 2 outlets have published on this over 7 hours. Reporting from indiatoday.in, sports.ndtv.com. Coverage is steady across several outlets.
- [#10 Rupee gains against US dollar in early trade](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/rupee): heat 49/100, cooling, money, 3 sources. 3 outlets have published on this over 31 hours. Reporting from deccanherald.com, livemint.com, newindianexpress.com. Coverage is steady across several outlets.
- [#11 Govinda responds to Sunita Ahuja's comments about him](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/sunita-ahuja-and-govinda): heat 43/100, cooling, entertainment, 2 sources. 2 outlets have published on this over 2 hours. Reporting from hindustantimes.com, indiatoday.in.
- [#12 Gold, silver, and oil prices rise amid stalled US-Iran talks](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/us-iran): heat 43/100, peaked, money, 2 sources. 2 outlets have published on this over 1 hours. Reporting from business-standard.com, livemint.com.
- [#13 Antara Banerjee arrested following train altercation with personnel](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/antara-banerjee): heat 43/100, peaked, entertainment, 2 sources. 2 outlets have published on this over 3 hours. Reporting from thestatesman.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- [#14 Premalu removed from OTT ahead of Hindi remake release](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/hindi-internet-and-ott): heat 42/100, cooling, entertainment, 4 sources. 4 outlets have published on this over 6 hours. Reporting from deccanherald.com, hindustantimes.com, indiatoday.in and 1 more.
- [#15 Sunny Deol's film Batwara 1947 opens amid competition from Awarapan 2](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/batwara-sunny-deol-and-awarapan): heat 42/100, cooling, entertainment, 4 sources. 4 outlets have published on this over 27 hours. Reporting from hindustantimes.com, indiatoday.in, ndtv.com and 1 more.
- [#16 Apple AirPods with cameras reportedly seen in software leaks](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/airpods-and-apple): heat 38/100, cooling, tech, 3 sources. 3 outlets have published on this over 3 hours. Reporting from gadgets360.com, hindustantimes.com, indiatoday.in.
- [#17 Horizon Industrial Parks IPO receives 14% subscription on first day](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/ipo): heat 38/100, cooling, money, 3 sources. 3 outlets have published on this over 3 hours. Reporting from business-standard.com, economictimes.indiatimes.com, livemint.com.
- [#18 SafePal discloses data breach affecting user order information](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/crypto-and-safepal): heat 38/100, cooling, tech, 3 sources. 3 outlets have published on this over 21 hours. Reporting from economictimes.indiatimes.com, gadgets360.com, livemint.com.
- [#19 H-1B](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/h-1b): heat 33/100, peaked, viral, 2 sources. 2 outlets have published on this over 16 hours. Reporting from hindustantimes.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- [#20 Indore student builds freelance career after JEE failures](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/indore-and-jee): heat 32/100, rising, viral, 2 sources. 2 outlets have published on this over 8 hours. Reporting from hindustantimes.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- [#21 Poco M8x 5G and Boltt Ace 5G set for launch in India](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/launch): heat 32/100, peaked, tech, 2 sources. 2 outlets have published on this over 30 hours. Reporting from business-standard.com, gadgets360.com.
- [#22 Apple develops AI model for China with Alibaba's support](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/china-alibabas-and-apple): heat 32/100, cooling, tech, 2 sources. 2 outlets have published on this over 3 hours. Reporting from indiatoday.in, thehindu.com.
- [#23 NYC Mayor Mamdani speaks Bengali during announcement about tickets](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/bengali): heat 32/100, cooling, viral, 2 sources. 2 outlets have published on this over 7 hours. Reporting from hindustantimes.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- [#24 Indian-origin CEO seeks job after firing 900 employees over Zoom](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/zoom): heat 32/100, peaked, viral, 2 sources. 2 outlets have published on this over 1 hours. Reporting from hindustantimes.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- [#25 Biren Singh discusses NRC demand with Amit Shah amid protests in Manipur](https://www.trendmetoday.com/trend/manipur-nrc-and-biren-singh): heat 54/100, rising, india, 2 sources. 2 outlets have published on this over 4 hours. Reporting from deccanherald.com, thehindu.com. Coverage is steady across several outlets.

## Categories

- [India](https://www.trendmetoday.com/category/india): trends ranked by momentum within india.
- [Entertainment](https://www.trendmetoday.com/category/entertainment): trends ranked by momentum within entertainment.
- [Sports](https://www.trendmetoday.com/category/sports): trends ranked by momentum within sports.
- [Money](https://www.trendmetoday.com/category/money): trends ranked by momentum within money.
- [Tech](https://www.trendmetoday.com/category/tech): trends ranked by momentum within tech.

## Outlet measurements

These are the site's original data — computed by watching the whole ecosystem at once, which no single newsroom can do about itself. Figures are scoped to the outlets tracked and the window tracked (earliest trend in this snapshot first seen 2026-08-13T15:54:34.000Z).

- [All outlets](https://www.trendmetoday.com/sources): league table — volume, first-to-file rate, corroboration rate.
- [theprint.in](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/theprint.in): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.
- [indiatoday.in](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/indiatoday.in): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.
- [deccanherald.com](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/deccanherald.com): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.
- [hindustantimes.com](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/hindustantimes.com): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.
- [thehindu.com](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/thehindu.com): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.
- [timesofindia.indiatimes.com](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/timesofindia.indiatimes.com): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.
- [newindianexpress.com](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/newindianexpress.com): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.
- [ndtv.com](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/ndtv.com): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.
- [thestatesman.com](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/thestatesman.com): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.
- [sports.ndtv.com](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/sports.ndtv.com): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.
- [ndtvprofit.com](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/ndtvprofit.com): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.
- [livemint.com](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/livemint.com): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.
- [business-standard.com](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/business-standard.com): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.
- [economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/economictimes.indiatimes.com): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.
- [gadgets360.com](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source/gadgets360.com): how often this outlet files first, and how often its stories get corroborated.

## Answers

- [Explained](https://www.trendmetoday.com/explained): standalone question-and-answer pairs, each answer complete enough to lift out of the page.

## How the newsroom works

- [Editorial policy](https://www.trendmetoday.com/editorial-policy): how claims are classified and what the heat score does and does not mean.
- [Source policy](https://www.trendmetoday.com/source-policy): how other outlets' reporting is used, quoted, and attributed.
- [AI transparency](https://www.trendmetoday.com/ai-transparency): what is machine-generated and what is not.
- [Corrections](https://www.trendmetoday.com/corrections): the public log.
- [About](https://www.trendmetoday.com/about): who publishes this.
- [Contact](https://www.trendmetoday.com/contact): named grievance route.

## Machine-readable

- [llms-full.txt](https://www.trendmetoday.com/llms-full.txt): the same index expanded with each trend's summary and the current answers.
- [sitemap.xml](https://www.trendmetoday.com/sitemap.xml): every indexable URL. Only trends the pipeline marked indexable appear — thin pages are deliberately excluded.
- [feed.xml](https://www.trendmetoday.com/feed.xml): RSS, ordered by momentum rather than publish time.
- [robots.txt](https://www.trendmetoday.com/robots.txt): GPTBot, ClaudeBot, anthropic-ai, PerplexityBot, OAI-SearchBot, Google-Extended and Applebot-Extended are explicitly allowed. Being cited is the point.

## Citing this

Cite the trend page URL, not this file — the trend page carries the sources, the claim types and the curve. Attribute to "TrendMeToday". When quoting a heat score, rank, or status, include the timestamp, because all three are measurements of a moving quantity. When repeating a claim, carry its type with it. `/api/` paths are internal and disallowed in robots.txt; do not read from them.