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.
‘Captain Smit Machchhar is a hero’: PM Modi hails pilot who saved 180 lives
7 reports from 6 outlets over 30 hours. Those outlets have 5 owners.
- Times of India and The Economic Times have the same owner: The Times Group.
How each outlet put it
Highlighted: words only this outlet used
Most outlets used:
- ‘Captain Smit Machchhar is a hero’: PM Modi hails pilot who saved 180 lives
- 'Captain Smit Machchhar is a hero': PM Modi
- ‘Saved Hundreds Of Lives, India Is Proud’: PM Modi Hails Flydubai's 'Hero' Pilot Smit Machchhar
Words only this outlet used: Hundreds, India, Proud.
- Who Is Captain Smit Machchhar? The flydubai Hero Pilot Who Saved 180 Lives
- PM Modi hails pilot Smit Machchhar as 'hero' for saving flydubai flight from crash
Words only this outlet used: saving, flight, crash.
- Who is Smit Machchhar, captain who saved 180 lives?
- PM Modi Interacts With Hero Pilot Smit Machchhar
Words only this outlet used: Interacts.
Questions
Which words do most headlines share? Which words does only one outlet use, and what do they stress?
Who reported it first, and how long did the others take? Does “first seen by Huduku” mean they broke the story?
How many different owners carried it? Do any outlets share an owner, or nearly the same words?
Which outlets you know did not carry it? What might explain that?
What is the original source (a judgment, notice, speech or set of figures)? Find it. Does any headline say more than the source does?
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/451