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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 14th May 2017 (Sunday)
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Be scientific: on taking a call on GM mustard's usage"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "One step forward: on Colombia's new challenges"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Be scientific: on taking a call on GM mustard's usage"
- Scientific - careful and using a system or method
- Appraisal - to examine someone or something in order to judge their qualities, success, or needs
- Evaluate - to judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something
- Transgenic - a transgenic plant or animal contains genes from a different plant or animal that have been introduced using a laboratory technique
- Hurdle - one of several problems that you must solve before you can do something successfully
- Cultivate - to grow crops or plants, especially in large quantities
- Overrule - to officially change a decision that someone else has made
- Exceptionalism - the idea that a person, country or political system can be allowed to be different from, and perhaps better than, others
- Edible - food that is edible is safe or good enough to eat
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Multinational - a multinational company or business has offices, shops, or factories in several countries
- Stake - the part of a business that you own because you have invested money in it
- On the other hand - used for giving two different opinions about something
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- In essence - used for emphasizing what is the most important feature of something
- Bacterium - a type of very small organism that lives in air, earth, water, plants, and animals, often one that causes disease
- Self-pollination - the process by which pollen from the male part of a flower is carried to the female part of the same flower or to another flower of the same type
- Amenable - willing to do something or to agree with someone
- Hybridisation - the process of producing a plant or animal from two different types of plant or animal
- Custom - used before another word to mean "specially designed for a particular person or purpose
- Trait - a particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behaviour
- Pest - an insect or small animal that damages plants or supplies of food
- Resistance - the ability not to be affected or harmed by something
- Toxicity - the level of poison contained in a drug, or the ability of a drug to poison the body
- Unlikely - not likely to happen
- Proponent - someone who publicly supports an idea, policy, plan etc
- Vary with - to be different in different situations
- Compel - to force someone to do something, or to get something from someone using force
- Herbicide - a chemical used for killing weeds (=plants that are not wanted)
- Successive - coming or happening one after another in a series
- At the mercy of - in a situation that is controlled by someone or something with the power to harm you
- Expediency - the use of methods that produce an immediate result or solution to a problem, but may not be fair or honest
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "One step forward: on Colombia's new challenges"
- One step forward, two steps back - if you take one step forward, two steps back, you make progress but then experience events that cause you to be further behind than you were when you made the progress
- Confront - to deal with a difficult situation
- Integration - the process of becoming a full member of a group or society, and becoming involved completely in its activities
- Civil war - a war fought between different groups of people within the same country
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
- Conventional - of the usual, traditional, or accepted type, instead of being new and different
- Festering - infected
- Breakthrough - a discovery or achievement that comes after a lot of hard work
- Accord - a formal agreement between countries or groups
- Demobilise - to send members of military forces home, especially after a war has ended
- Amnesty - a situation in which a government agrees not to punish, or to no longer punish, people who have committed a particular crime
- Rebel - someone who tries to remove a government or leader using force
- Transition - the process of changing from one situation, form, or state to another
- Setback - a problem that delays or that stops progress or makes a situation worse
- Referendum - an occasion when everyone in a country can vote to make a decision about one particular subject
- Piecemeal - made or done in separate stages rather than being planned and done as a whole
- Negotiation - formal discussions in which people or groups try to reach an agreement, especially in a business or political situation
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Disarming - making someone feel less angry or unfriendly because of the way you behave or talk to them
- Weaponry - weapons in general, or all the weapons that a country or army has
- Milestone - an event or achievement that marks an important stage in a process
- Fraught with - full of unpleasant things such as problems or dangers
- Dissident - someone who disagrees publicly with a government, especially in a country where this is not allowed
- Retribution - punishment that someone deserves because they have done something very bad
- Narcotic - any illegal drug, especially one that is addictive (=that someone depends on)
- Retreat - if an army retreats, it moves away from a position because of danger or defeat
- Thrive - to become very successful, happy, or healthy
- Vacuum - a situation in which something is missing
- Agrarian - relating to or involving farming or farmers
- Paramilitary group - a paramilitary group is organized like an army but is not official and often not legal
- Reminiscent - similar to something else
- Prone - likely to be affected by something, especially something bad
- Determine - to control or influence something directly, or to decide what will happen
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