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sravan wrote:you have a facebook friend living in another country and he is curious to learn about a major news item in your country
letter to facebook friend
 describe a news story in your country
 explain why people are interested in it
 say how the story personally relates to you

Dear Pavan,
I know, it's been since we have spoken, but I want to discuss major news event in my country which I think will help for your project thesis regarding print media and news media. Recently, there a tragedy took place at Beas river in the Himalayas where 24 students were swept away in the river and this news is beingwidely spread on Facebook and other media seeking rescue operations from the government.
This news has become well known (<-- 'popular' suggests a positive event. This news is not positive, so it is better to use a different word.) because those 24 students were from a reputed engineering college and, when the rescue operation found two bodies, many youngsters wereshocked and began to question the poor response from the government.
I heardthe news through Facebook. Quickly, I rung up all my friends because some of them are students from the same college. It has been very distracting since the news is very tragic for those students who died in this incident. I hope this information might help you in your thesis for presentation. (<-- How?)

With Best Wishes,
Sravan