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.
Poverty plunges in India, but top 10% earn 13 times more than bottom 10%: World Bank
4 reports from 4 outlets over 12 hours.
How each outlet put it
Highlighted: words only this outlet used
Most outlets used:
- Poverty plunges in India, but top 10% earn 13 times more than bottom 10%: World Bank
Words only this outlet used: plunges.
- India's poverty falls sharply, but top 10% earn 13 times more than bottom 10%
Words only this outlet used: sharply.
- Extreme poverty falls to 2.6%, but top 10% earn 13 times more than bottom 10%
- Scroll changedIndia’s extreme poverty falls to 2.6%, but top 10% workers earn 13 times of bottom 10%: World Bank
Words only this outlet used: workers.
Earlier headline Extreme poverty in India falls to 2.6%, but top 10% earn 13 times more than bottom 10%: World Bank · change seen 31 Oct, 12:05 pm?
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/9401