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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Short-sighted ploy: Move to impeach Nepal Chief Justice is a setback"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Infosys, trumped: Case for free trade must not be given up"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Short-sighted ploy: Move to impeach Nepal Chief Justice is a setback"
- Ploy - a way of tricking or confusing someone in order to get an advantage or to make them do what you want
- Impeach - to formally accuse a public official of a serious crime relating to their job
- Setback - a problem that delays or that stops progress or makes a situation worse
- Proceedings - the actions taken, usually in court, to settle a legal matter
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Ignited - to start a fight or argument
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Fraught - very worried and with a lot of problems
- Proximate - nearly accurate; approximate
- Set aside - to officially state that a particular legal decision will no longer be followed
- Elevation - the act of giving someone higher status or a more important position
- Claimant - someone who brings a legal case against someone else in a court of law
- Accuse - to say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime
- Motion - a formal proposal that people discuss and then vote on in a meeting or debate
- Implication -a possible effect or result
- Narrow-minded - disliking or not interested in ideas or cultures different from your own
- Constitutional - allowed by the constitution of a country or organization
- Provision - a part of an agreement or law that deals with a particular problem
- Politicised - to bring an issue, organization, way of doing something etc to the attention of the public so that it can be discussed
- Clemency - a decision not to punish someone severely, made by someone in a position of authority
- Convicted - proved to be guilty of a crime by a court of law
- Civil war - a war fought between different groups of people within the same country
- Haul up - to force someone to go somewhere or see someone in order to be punished or to answer questions about their behaviour
- Contempt - behaviour that is illegal because it does not obey or respect the rules of a law court
- Debatable - something that is debatable is not certain because it is possible for people to have different opinions about it
- Overreach - to try to do more than your ability, authority, or money will allow
- Expedient - used for describing an action that produces an immediate result or solution to a problem, even though it may not be fair or honest
- Fledgling - new and without experience
- Consequence - a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or not convenient
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Fragile - easy to break or damage
- Protest - a strong complaint or disagreement
- Rope in - to persuade someone to do something for you
- Amendment - a change made to a law or agreement
- Prospect - the possibility that something will happen, especially something good
- Tussle - a short fight
- Frivolous - lacking any real purpose or importance
- Unlikely - not probable or likely to happen
- Mandate - to give official permission for something to happen
- Indictment - an official statement accusing someone of committing a serious crime
- Overturn - to say officially that something such as a decision or law is wrong and change it
- Monarchy - a type of government in which a country is ruled by a king or queen
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Infosys, trumped: Case for free trade must not be given up"
- Trumped - to win or to succeed, for example in sports or business
- Regime - a system of rules that control something
- Hire - to employ someone or pay someone to do a particular job
- Cloud computing - the use of computer programs that are on the Internet rather than on your own computer
- Nimbly - quickly and easliy
- Matter of fact - not showing feelings or emotion, especially in a situation when emotion would be expected
- Gearing up - to prepare for something that you have to do
- For instance - for example
- Giant - a very large and successful company
- Speculation - the activity of guessing possible answers to a question without having enough information to be certain
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Immigration - the process in which people enter a country in order to live there permanently
- Stance - an attitude or view about an issue that you state clearly
- Overseas - happening or existing in a country across the sea from your country
- Gauge - a fact or event that can be used for judging someone or something
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Diminish - to become less
- Rationale - the set of reasons that something such as a plan or belief is based on
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Obvious - clear to almost anyone
- Owing to - because of something
- Automation - a system that uses machines to do work instead of people, or the process of changing to such a system
- Accelerate - to happen or make something happen at a faster rate
- Bolstering - to make something stronger or more effective
- Diffuse - to spread something such as information, ideas, or power among a large group of people
- Validating - to officially state that something is of a suitable standard
- Populist - representing the interests and opinions of ordinary people
- Protectionist - to support a system in which a country helps its own industries by putting taxes on foreign goods
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