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Proof: Of those deleted in SIR so far, over 71% in ‘absent, shifted or others’ category

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-29T21:50:18Z","headline":"Of those deleted in SIR so far, over 71% in ‘absent, shifted or others’ category","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"thehindu","url":"https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/of-those-deleted-in-sir-so-far-over-71-in-absent-shifted-or-others-category/article71524969.ece","v":1}

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SHA-256

eae9342ebfd41549ffae210c1b36a1c30da52c68598468400df9d462768cc9ce

OpenTimestamps

Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-09-29 21:52 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-29 21:54 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-29 21:54 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-eae9342ebfd4.json prints eae9342ebfd41549ffae210c1b36a1c30da52c68598468400df9d462768cc9ce. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-eae9342ebfd4.json and headline-eae9342ebfd4.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-eae9342ebfd4.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 2 min after it was first seen.