ARGUS/OVERWATCH
NAMES · WHO THE NEWS NAMED · 10-15 TO 10-28

Bench

org Piece of furniture on which several people may sit at the same time. Wikidata

Named in 708 articles by 12 newsrooms, in 401 stories, on 14 of the last 14 days, first on 10-15.

Rank
0.0963
by the company kept · 1 is the top name
Articles
708
1244 mentions
Linked to
867
names in 2+ shared articles
This week
0.77×
against last week
In Congress's circle
67%
of that hub's 30 closest names are also linked here
Bridging
0
between groups · 1 is the top bridge

Most exclusively tied top 30 · ties that pass the test on the right, most exclusive first

The names that appear with Bench in a large share of their own coverage: this name's own company. Exclusivity runs from 0, two names that meet no more than chance would have them, to 1, two names that only ever appear together. A name that is in everything, a president, is exclusive to no one, so the big names fall away here and the names that belong to this one stay. Only ties that pass the strength test count, so a pair seen twice is not a tie. Places are context and have no page.

NameKindExclusivityTogether
High Courtorg0.579171
Supreme Courtorg0.534443
Bombay High Courtorg0.52169
FIRorg0.518126
Oppositionorg0.51679
Election Commissionorg0.514132
Gyanesh Kumarperson0.471181
Keralagpe0.4772
Bharatiya Janata Partyorg0.45782
Dussehraperson0.45427
Madras HCgpe0.4544
Centregpe0.43684
Hindustan Timesorg0.4324
ANIorg0.42725
Delhi High Courtorg0.42243
Mumbai Policeorg0.42136
State Governmentorg0.41214
CBIorg0.40131
Dasorg0.431
Jharkhandgpe0.416
ACPorg0.39417
Singhgpe0.39339
SIRorg0.39261
Election Commission of Indiaorg0.3935
Unionorg0.38621
Andhra Pradeshorg0.38532
Union Homeorg0.37827
Scrollorg0.37720
Kochigpe0.37414
Sharmagpe0.36413

Most strongly tied the ties chance explains least

How sure the record is that two names appear together for a reason. Strength is a standard statistical test (log-likelihood): above 10.8, chance would produce the pairing less than once in a thousand times. It grows with the number of articles, so the biggest names come first here; the list on the left is where this name's own company shows.

NameStrengthTogether
Supreme Court3155443
High Court1442171
Gyanesh Kumar1170181
Election Commission987132
FIR956126
Delhi852193
Opposition62979
Bombay High Court56769
Bharatiya Janata Party55882
Jantar Mantar543117
Centre53684
Kerala51572
Delhi Police37282
Indian Express36079
SIR35261

Articles per day

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The hubs' circles share of each hub's 30 closest names that are also linked to this one

The eight most-named figures each have an inner circle: the thirty names most tied to them. This is how much of each circle this name is also tied to. A count of shared company in the coverage, nothing more.

Shared with Congress: ANI, API, Aam Aadmi Party, Abhijeet Dipke, Amit Shah, Andhra Pradesh, Assembly, BJP, Bandra than Goa, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bola Tinubu, Bollywood, Bombay High Court, CBI, CCTV, CEC, CJP, Cabinet, Central, Chandigarh.

The year 978 articles on 37 days, 2025-12-04 to 2026-10-28 · weekly bars · 14 months on record

Left is a year ago, right is this week. Older days come from headlines only, so their counts run lower than live days.

Named together, month by month · by surprise, among that month's articles · names with a page

2026-05 Donald Trump 2

Stories that name Bench newest edition first · 40 shown

Names are found by a language model trained to spot them, joined to one spelling per person, and counted per article. The relations are the model's reading of the sources. Everything else is a count of who was written about together; it says nothing about why.