Reading the news: a worksheet

World Bank scales up India’s FY27 GDP growth projection to 7.1%

7 reports from 6 outlets over 9 hours. Those outlets have 4 owners.

• Business Today and India Today have the same owner: India Today Group.
• The Hindu BusinessLine and The Hindu have the same owner: The Hindu Group.
• Business Today and The Hindu used nearly the same words. Headlines this close usually come from one news agency’s copy.

1. BT Business Today · 16 h · ≈ same wording
   World Bank scales up India’s FY27 GDP growth projection to 7.1%

   Words only this outlet used: scales.

2. ND NDTV · 16 h
   World Bank Upgrades India's FY27 Growth Forecast To 7.1%

   Words only this outlet used: Upgrades.

3. HB The Hindu BusinessLine · 16 h
   World Bank ups India’s growth to 7.1% in FY27
4. ET The Economic Times · 16 h
   World Bank raises India FY27 growth aim to 7.1%

   Words only this outlet used: aim.

5. IT India Today · 15 h
   World Bank raises India FY27 growth forecast to 7.1%, sees AI as growth driver

   Words only this outlet used: sees AI, driver.

6. ND NDTV · 14 h
   World Bank Raises India's GDP Growth Forecast To 7.1% For This Fiscal

   Words only this outlet used: Fiscal.

7. TH The Hindu Business · 7 h · ≈ same wording
   World Bank ups India's GDP growth projection to 7.1% for FY27

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?

Each headline links to the outlet’s own report. Huduku shows headlines only. https://huduku.org/story/2319