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Proof: INDIA bloc yet to get President’s appointment on ECI concerns

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T01:21:32Z","headline":"INDIA bloc yet to get President’s appointment on ECI concerns","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"thehindu","url":"https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-bloc-yet-to-get-presidents-appointment-on-eci-concerns/article71556695.ece","v":1}

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SHA-256

f8abe3c12f338755590737a0826c347fb266730dbbefa303088e949444ccf1f4

OpenTimestamps

Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-10-08 01:22 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 01:22 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 01:23 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-f8abe3c12f33.json prints f8abe3c12f338755590737a0826c347fb266730dbbefa303088e949444ccf1f4. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-f8abe3c12f33.json and headline-f8abe3c12f33.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-f8abe3c12f33.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, 1 min after it was first seen.