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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "GST Bill: Last mile concerns"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The Tawang test"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "GST Bill: Last mile concerns"
- Last mile - the last stage in a process
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something
- Common ground - something that people can agree about, especially when they disagree about other things
- Road map - a plan or set of instructions that makes it easier for someone to do something
- Constitution - a set of basic laws or principles for a country that describe the rights and duties of its citizens and the way in which it is governed
- Amend - to make changes to a document, law, agreement etc, especially in order to improve it
- Considerable - large in size, amount, or degree
- Seemingly - according to what you know or how something appears
- Irreconcilable - impossible to find agreement between or with, or impossible to deal with
- Cropped up - to happen suddenly or unexpectedly
- Public domain - if information is in the public domain, it is available for everyone to see or know about
- Compensate - to pay someone money because they have suffered an injury or loss
- Negotiation - formal discussions in which people or groups try to reach an agreement, especially in a business or political situation
- Assent - agreement with or approval of a plan or suggestion
- Swiftly - quickly
- Transition - the process of changing from one situation, form, or state to another
- Myriad - a very large number of something
- Levy - an amount of money that you have to pay, for example as a tax
- Moreover - used for introducing an additional and important fact that supports or emphasizes what you have just said
- Resist - to stop or oppose something
- Pushback - resistance to a change that has been introduced
- Roll-out - to introduce a new product or service
- Expedite - to make something happen quickly or easily
- Intent - the intention to do something
- Essential - completely necessary
- Set the cat among the pigeons - to cause trouble by doing or saying something
- Degenerated - to become worse
- Excise - a tax that a government charges on services used and goods sold inside its country
- Customs - a government department that collects taxes on goods that people bring into a country
- Explicitly - straightforward and easy to understand
- Tinker - to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it
- Profiteering - the activity of taking unfair advantage of a situation to make a large profit, often by selling goods that are difficult to get at a very high price
- Vague - not clearly or fully explained
- Draconian - extremely strict and severe
- Impassioned - expressing a lot of emotion
- Eventually - at the end of a process or period of time in which many things happen
- Exclud - to intentionally not include something
- Hasten - to make something happen sooner or more quickly
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The Tawang test"
- Bilateral - involving two groups or countries
- Gravely - seriously
- Monastery - a building where a group of monks (=a religious community of men) lives and works
- Unwarranted - not fair or necessary
- Escalation - the process of becoming more serious
- Rhetoric - speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people
- Controversy - a disagreement, especially about a public policy or a moral issue that a lot of people have strong feelings about
- Initialled - agreed to a contract by signing it
- Trilateral - involving three countries or organizations
- Retrace - to return along the same path or route that you have just travelled along
- Itinerary - a plan of a journey that you are going to make, including information about when and where you will travel
- Evoked - to make someone remember something or feel an emotion
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Eventually - at the end of a process or period of time in which many things happen
- Outweighed - to be more important, useful, or valuable than something else
- Sphere - a particular area of interest, activity, work etc
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something, or that something may or may not be true
- Castigate - to criticize someone or something severely
- Spiritual - religious
- Shrine - a religious place built to remember a particular holy person or event
- Obviously - in a way that is clear for almost anyone to see or understand
- Intimidate - to deliberately make someone feel frightened, especially so that they will do what you want
- Calibrate - adjust
- Misperception - a belief or opinion about something that is wrong or not accurate
- Indulging - to allow someone to do what they want
- Diplomat - an official whose job is to represent their government in a foreign country
- Ambassador - a senior official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country there
- Embassy - a group of officials who represent their government in a foreign country
- Exile - a situation in which you are forced to live in a foreign country because you cannot live in your own country, usually for political reasons
- Interpret - to understand an action, situation etc in a particular way
- Signify - to mean something
- Touchy - becoming angry or upset very easily
- Delegation - a group of people who represent a country, government, or organization
- Perceive - to understand or think about something in a particular way
- Dissident - someone who disagrees publicly with a government, especially in a country where this is not allowed
- Adequately - satisfactory and good enough
- Envoy - an official who represents their country in another country, with a rank below an ambassador
- Flexibility - the ability to make changes or to deal with a situation that is changing
- Worthwhile - useful, important
- Preoccupied - thinking about something so much or spending so much time doing something that you do not notice other things or cannot think about other things
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