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ಹುಡುಕು Huduku · Sunday, 4 October 2026

Reading the news: a worksheet

One story, as each outlet headlined it. Read the headlines, then work through the questions.

IIT Madras Unicorn Frontier Fund I achieves first close at ₹450 cr

3 reports from 3 outlets over 7 hours. Those outlets have 2 owners.

  • The Hindu BusinessLine and The Hindu have the same owner: The Hindu Group.

How each outlet put it

Highlighted: words only this outlet used

Most outlets used: IIT, Madras, Fund, first, close, 450

  1. The Hindu BusinessLine
    IIT Madras Unicorn Frontier Fund I achieves first close at ₹450 cr

    Words only this outlet used: Frontier.

  2. Inc42
    IIT Madras, Unicorn India Ventures Mark First Close Of Fund I At ₹450 Cr

    Words only this outlet used: India Ventures Mark.

  3. The Hindu News
    IIT-Madras deep tech fund achieves ₹450 crore first close

    Words only this outlet used: deep tech, crore.

Questions

  1. Which words do most headlines share? Which words does only one outlet use, and what do they stress?

  2. Who reported it first, and how long did the others take? Does “first seen by Huduku” mean they broke the story?

  3. How many different owners carried it? Do any outlets share an owner, or nearly the same words?

  4. Which outlets you know did not carry it? What might explain that?

  5. What is the original source (a judgment, notice, speech or set of figures)? Find it. Does any headline say more than the source does?

  6. If you shared one of these headlines, which would it be, and why?

Trace it to the source?

Stories like this usually start from a document. These are where such documents are published; none is matched to this story.

Each headline links to the outlet’s own report. Huduku shows headlines only. https://huduku.org/story/183