ಹುಡುಕು Huduku · Friday, 6 November 2026
Reading the news: a worksheet
One story, as each outlet headlined it. Read the headlines, then work through the questions.
UAE honours Captain Smit Machchhar for bravery during flydubai cockpit attack
4 reports from 4 outlets over 5 hours.
How each outlet put it
Highlighted: words only this outlet used
Most outlets used:
- UAE honours Captain Smit Machchhar for bravery during flydubai cockpit attack
- UAE honours Indian Captain Smit Machchhar for thwarting mid-air cockpit attack on Dubai-Tel Aviv flight
Words only this outlet used: Dubai, Tel Aviv flight.
- UAE honours Indian Captain Smit Machchhar, FlyDubai crew for thwarting mid-air attack
- The Hindu NewsIndian Captain Smit Machchhar, flydubai crew honoured by UAE President for bravery during mid-air attack
Words only this outlet used: President.
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/8656