News is the abbreviated form of North, East, West and South. This means that it aims to cover all the latest happenings and details from all directions. News may be national or international. National news aims to cover all the happenings within the nation’s boundaries. International news deals with the several happenings and events taking place in nations abroad. Now-a-days news is not limited only to political news. It engulfs fields like sports, entertainment, religion, weather, and many more things which people like knowing about.
In earlier days, Romans wrote the daily happenings on stone tablets and circulated it among people who wished to read it. News was also transferred or read on birch leaves. After Egyptians invented paper, it also became a medium to circulate new. Thus began the trend of circulating newspapers. News papers are one of the age old methods of getting the latest happenings and news.
There are also several other forms and mediums of obtaining news. News can also be heard on radio. Using radios frequencies like FM and AM, listeners can hear news from several parts of the world. However the available news can only be ‘heard’ on radio. After John Logie Bard invented the TV, it has also become a great medium of getting latest news. The audio video combination of getting daily news has gained great popularity.
People now-a-days are also using the Internet for reading news. News lovers can also get news updates via SMS and mobile network alerts. These alerts are available through cell operators and require subscription. With very little monthly tariffs readers can get news from the entire world at the click of a button.










