How do you get your news?

Friends who know me well sometimes wonder how I manage to keep up with developments in spite of not reading any newspaper (in print) or watching any TV.

I stopped relying on the TV as a source of news more than 15 years ago (my monthly TV viewing these days averages between 2-4 hours at most).

I stopped reading news in print since 2005. At first, this was a reaction to my intense travel schedule and attendant jet lag. But as I began to  spend more time online for news, I discovered a number of time-saving tips and news sources.

Today, I would like to share some of them with you.

I typically start my day with Google News India and Google News World – this takes around 20mins.

I will then look at some of the top stories in my Google Reader and quickly glance through about two dozen blogs that I follow – time spent between 10 – 20mins.

Sometime during the day I will also try and look at my collection of news stories on Alltop and take a quick look at iVarta; time taken between 10 – 20mins

About 2-4 times a day (depending on how busy I am), I will look at some of the Twitter feeds (for news, my favourite is http://twitter.com/centerofright); This typically takes between 20-30 mins.

Altogther, I spend between 1 – 1.5 hours on this…and just about manage to keep up to date!

I supplement my online reading with my weekly dose of news-magazines in print (usually two a week; rarely more than four).

How about you? How do you get your news? And what is your favourite time-saving tip to help stay abreast of latest developments? Comments, thoughts and suggestions welcome.