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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 2nd July 2017 (Sunday)
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Step back: Tension at Bhutan tri-junction suits neither China nor India"
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Step back: Tension at Bhutan tri-junction suits neither China nor India"
- Step back - to stop for a moment in order to consider something
- Sustained - continuing at the same level or rate for a long time
- Stand-off - a disagreement or fight in which neither opponent can do anything to win or achieve their aim
- By all accounts - according to what people say
- Unprecedented - never having happened or existed before
- Counsel - to give someone advice about what to do in a particular situation
- Negotiation - formal discussions in which people or groups try to reach an agreement, especially in a business or political situation
- Liberation - freedom and independence
- Preserv - to keep something as it is
- Pilgrim - someone who travels to a holy place that is important in their religion
- Coincidence - a situation in which separate things happen by chance at the same time or in the same way
- Bilateral - involving two groups or countries
- Warmth - a kind and friendly quality in someone or something
- Obviously - in a way that is clear for almost anyone to see or understand
- Misleading -intended to make someone believe something that is incorrect or not true
- Deteriorate - to become worse
- Setback - a problem that delays or that stops progress or makes a situation worse
- Sovereignty - the right to rule a country
- Spurn - to refuse to accept something, do something, or deal with something
- Maritime - involving ships or the business of moving people and goods in ships
- Uptick - a small increase
- Rhetoric - a style of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Dialogue - formal talks between opposing countries, political groups, etc
- Defusing - to make a difficult or dangerous situation calmer by reducing or removing its cause
- Precondition - something that must happen or be true before it is possible for something else to happen
- Apart from - except for or not considering
- Status quo - the present situation
- Treaty - a written agreement between two or more countries, formally approved and signed by their leaders
- Face-off - if people or groups face off, they compete or fight with each other
- Sovereignty - the power of a country to control its own government
- Exemplary - very good and suitable
- Escalation - the process of becoming greater or more serious, or a particular situation when this happens
- In the face of something - despite having to deal with a difficult situation or problem
- Aggressive - behaving in an angry and violent way towards another person
- Barrage - the action of continuously firing large guns to protect soldiers advancing on an enemy
- Discreet - careful not to cause embarrassment or attract too much attention
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Victory in Mosul: Iraqi forces take back al-Nuri mosque from IS"
- Win over somebody - to persuade someone to support you or agree with you, often when they were opposed to you before
- Caliph - a Muslim ruler
- Caliphate - an Islamic state, especially one ruled by a single religious and political leader
- Atop - on or at the top of
- Minaret - a tall, thin tower on or near a mosque (a Muslim holy building) from which Muslims are called to pray
- Retreat - to go away from a place or person in order to escape from fighting or danger
- Confine - to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way
- Torturous - involving a lot of suffering or difficulty
- Casualty - a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war
- Resistance - the act of fighting against something that is attacking you, or refusing to accept something
- Elsewhere - at, in, from, or to another place or other places; anywhere or somewhere else
- Turnaround - an occasion when a business, plan, or system suddenly becomes successful
- Nominal - very small
- Alarming - frightening or worrying
- Defend - to protect someone or something from attack
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Jihadist - someone who is engaged in jihad (a holy war or fight that Muslims take part in to defend Islam)
- Militia - a group of ordinary people who are trained as soldiers to fight in an emergency
- Conflicting - describes two or more things that cannot all be right or cannot all happen at the same time
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Uneasy - slightly worried or uncomfortable about a particular situation
- Forge - to work hard to achieve something
- Replicable - that can be done in exactly the same way as before, or produced again to be exactly the same as before
- Displace - to force someone to leave their own country and live somewhere else
- Insurgency - an attempt by a group of people to take control of their country by force
- Predecessor - the person who had a job or official position before someone else
- Subsequent - happening or coming after something else
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Restive - unwilling to be controlled or be patient
- Simmering - something that is simmering is controlled but may burst out at any time, often violently
- Sectarian - caused by disagreements among people from different religious groups
- Regime - a government that controls a country, especially in a strict or unfair way
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