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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.

RBI approves ICICI veteran Anup Bagchi as new HDFC Bank CEO

4 reports from 4 outlets over 2 hours.

How each outlet put it

Highlighted: words only this outlet used

Most outlets used: ICICI, veteran, Anup, Bagchi, HDFC, Bank

  1. Mint Companies
    RBI approves ICICI veteran Anup Bagchi as new HDFC Bank CEO

    Words only this outlet used: RBI approves.

  2. Business Today
    Meet Anup Bagchi, the ICICI veteran picked as HDFC Bank CEO

    Words only this outlet used: Meet, picked.

  3. The Economic Times
    Anup Bagchi: From ICICI veteran to HDFC CEO
  4. ICICI Group veteran Anup Bagchi to head HDFC Bank

    Words only this outlet used: Group, head.

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/598