Entity

Diwali

A topic on our watch list — we track its coverage across 2 coverage verticals, including India South Asia and Middle East.

As of 8 Nov 2026Last evidence 8 Nov 2026

What is happening now

  • 'Heading to Bastar': PM Modi to celebrate Diwali with security forces, recalls region’s journey from Naxalism to development

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attends Deepotsav celebrations in Ayodhya ahead of Diwali

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

  • Prime Minister Modi and Rajnath Singh celebrate Diwali with troops, highlighting India's defence growth

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

  • PM Modi extends Diwali greetings, says he will continue tradition of celebrating festival with soldiers

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Delhi NCR declares air emergency with pollution reaching severe levels before Diwali

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

All 12 events and claims involving Diwali

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 64 mentions on 8 Nov 2026, against 5 on 14 Oct 2026 (+1180%).
  • State Last recorded change: wire tier went from watch to flagged on 8 Nov 2026 (2 changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026).
  • Claims 5 claims first reported since 7 Nov 2026.

How well we know this

483 documents · 45 publishers · 6% say something specific about it · last evidence 8 Nov 2026

  • Gap: 6% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Diwali

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

IndiaDelhiModiGoldDhanterasRahul GandhiMumbai
  • India · 359 shared documents
  • Delhi · 181 shared documents
  • Modi · 113 shared documents
  • India Congress · 84 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Gold · 67 shared documents
  • Dhanteras · 61 shared documents
  • Rahul Gandhi · 60 shared documents
  • Mumbai · 53 shared documents
  • Uttar Pradesh · 49 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • India Bloc · 45 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 64 mentions on 8 Nov 2026 with 5 on 14 Oct 2026 (+1180%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +1500% from 6 Oct 2026 to 8 Nov 2026, between 4 and 64 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Diwali, day by day.

Market price, cited

Not priced yet

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For developers

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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving Diwali

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • 'Heading to Bastar': PM Modi to celebrate Diwali with security forces, recalls region’s journey from Naxalism to development

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attends Deepotsav celebrations in Ayodhya ahead of Diwali

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • Prime Minister Modi and Rajnath Singh celebrate Diwali with troops, highlighting India's defence growth

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • PM Modi extends Diwali greetings, says he will continue tradition of celebrating festival with soldiers

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Delhi NCR declares air emergency with pollution reaching severe levels before Diwali

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • ODOP: The new economics of Diwali

    Reported claim · first reported 6 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Delhi's air quality worsens to brink of 'severe' category ahead of Diwali, 30 stations record severe AQI

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    single source

  • Amid 'vote chori' campaign, Rahul Gandhi brings Congress together for Diwali party

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • Gold prices continue to fall ahead of Dhanteras, Diwali; demand likely to increase

    Reported claim · first reported 3 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Supreme Court permits certified green crackers for Diwali in Delhi NCR on November 7 and 8 with restrictions

    Reported claim · first reported 3 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • Delhi Air Quality Dips To Severe Ahead Of Diwali: BJP, AAP Trade Charges Over Stubble Burning

    Reported claim · first reported 2 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • 61 illegal immigrants, mostly Bangladeshis, detained in Ahmedabad ahead of Diwali: Police

    Reported claim · first reported 2 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

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Diwali

Entity.

Evidence
483 documents · 45 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 4 Sept 2026, last seen 8 Nov 2026
Measured
6% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
8 Nov 2026
22 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Diwali, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

What it connects to

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Recorded history

  • 8 Nov 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 3 Nov 2026

  • 8 Nov 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to rising

    Previous state held since 3 Nov 2026

2 changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026, newest first.

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