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ಹುಡುಕು Huduku · Monday, 12 October 2026

Reading the news: a worksheet

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

Power bank catches fire mid-air, Delhi-Chennai IndiGo flight diverted to Hyderabad

6 reports from 5 outlets over 3 hours. Those outlets have 4 owners.

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

How each outlet put it

Highlighted: words only this outlet used

Most outlets used: catches, fire, Chennai, IndiGo, flight, diverted

  1. India Today ≈ same wording
    Power bank catches fire mid-air, Delhi-Chennai IndiGo flight diverted to Hyderabad
  2. Business Today ≈ same wording
    Passenger's power bank catches fire onboard, IndiGo flight to Chennai diverted to Hyderabad

    Words only this outlet used: onboard.

  3. NDTV
    IndiGo Delhi-Chennai Flight Diverted After Power Bank Catches Fire On Board

    Words only this outlet used: Board.

  4. The New Indian Express ≈ same wording
    Chennai-bound IndiGo flight diverted to Hyderabad after passenger's power bank catches fire

    Words only this outlet used: bound.

  5. The New Indian Express ≈ same wording
    Power bank catches fire mid-air on IndiGo’s Delhi-Chennai flight, aircraft diverted to Hyderabad

    Words only this outlet used: aircraft.

  6. Times of India
    IndiGo Delhi-Chennai flight diverts to Hyderabad after electronic device battery catches fire

    Words only this outlet used: electronic device battery.

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?

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Each headline links to the outlet’s own report. Huduku shows headlines only. https://huduku.org/story/4463