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ಹುಡುಕು Huduku · Saturday, 7 November 2026

Reading the news: a worksheet

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

HDFC Bank probe finds execs leaked business secrets

11 reports from 10 outlets over 16 hours. Those outlets have 7 owners.

  • The Economic Times and Times of India have the same owner: The Times Group.
  • 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 India Today 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: HDFC, Bank, probe, leaked, senior, executives

  1. The Economic Times
    HDFC Bank probe finds execs leaked business secrets

    Words only this outlet used: execs.

  2. Business Today changed ≈ same wording
    Two HDFC Bank senior executives leaked confidential business information, finds probe

    Earlier headline Two senior executives leaked confidential business information, finds HDFC Bank probe · change seen 21 Oct, 3:35 pm?

  3. NDTV
    HDFC Bank's Senior Executives Leaked Confidential Data, Reveals Probe

    Words only this outlet used: Reveals.

  4. The Hindu BusinessLine
    HDFC Bank probe finds two senior executives shared confidential information with outsiders

    Words only this outlet used: shared.

  5. India Today ≈ same wording
    HDFC Bank probe finds two senior executives leaked confidential information
  6. Times of India
    HDFC Bank probe finds executives leaked confidential information: Report
  7. Hindustan Times
    2 senior HDFC officials leaked confidential data, bank's internal probe shows

    Words only this outlet used: officials, shows.

  8. ABP Live
    HDFC Bank Probe: Two Senior Executives Leaked Confidential Info To Outsiders, Says Report
  9. Deccan Herald
    HDFC Bank probe finds that senior executives leaked secrets
  10. The Hindu Business
    HDFC Bank initiates internal probe into alleged data leak by two senior executives

    Words only this outlet used: initiates, alleged.

  11. Times of India
    HDFC Bank probes 2 executives for leak of sensitive information

    Words only this outlet used: sensitive.

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/6024