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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 11th June 2017 (Sunday)
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Pragmatic step: Kerala's new liquor policy"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Pragmatic step: Kerala's new liquor policy"
- Pragmatic - involving or emphasizing practical results rather than theories and ideas
- Relaxing - to make rules, controls, conditions etc less strict
- Boost - to help something to increase, improve, or become more successful
- Revenue - income from business activities or taxes
- Retrieve - to get something back, especially something that is not easy to find
- Retrieve lost ground - to become successful again after having been delayed or having had problems
- Discrimination - unfair treatment of someone because of their religion, race, or other personal features
- Erstwhile - previous / former (not now)
- Toddy - an alcoholic drink made of whisky with hot water and sugar
- Offset - to balance the effect of something, with the result that there is no advantage or disadvantage
- Excise - a tax that a government charges on services used and goods sold inside its country
- Manifesto - a formal statement expressing the aims and plans of a group or organization, especially a political party
- Prohibition - a law or rule that stops people from doing something
- Emphasise - to give particular importance or attention to something
- Voluntary - a voluntary action is done because you choose to do it, and not because you have to
- Abstinence - the practice of avoiding something such as alcohol
- Vigorous - full of energy, enthusiasm, or determination
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Scarce - if something is scarce, there is not very much of it
- Bootlegging - to make or sell something illegally
- Unveiling - the act of officially announcing something such as a plan or a new product that was previously a secret
- Undue - not necessary or reasonable
- Haste - (too much) speed
- Regime - a system or form of government
- Hardline - strict or extreme in your beliefs or opinions, and not willing to change them
- One-Upmanship - a way of behaving in which someone tries to get an advantage by appearing to be more skilful, important etc than other people
- Faction - a small group within a larger group, consisting of people with different opinions from the rest
- Liberalise - to make laws or rules less strict so that people have more freedom
- Approbation - approval
- Fiasco - a complete and embarrassing failure
- Spike - a sudden increase in something
- Drug abuse - the use of illegal or dangerous drugs
- Ensure - to make certain that something happens or is done
- Purported - said by some people to be real or true, but not proved to be real or true
- Revitalising - to make something that is failing or weak become strong and successful again
- Brewing - to make a hot drink
- Hooch - strong alcoholic drink, especially drink that is made illegally
- Actualised - to make something that could possibly happen or be achieved really happen or be achieved
- Violating - to do something that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
- Arterial road - an arterial road or railway is part of a larger road or rail system
- Aspect - a particular part, feature, or quality of something
- Relocating - to move to a different place, or to make someone or something do this
- Interior - the inside part of something, especially a building or vehicle
- Pragmatic - involving or emphasizing practical results rather than theories and ideas
- Holistic - thinking about the whole of something, and not just dealing with particular aspects
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Comey’s case"
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Testimony - a formal statement about something that you saw, know, or experienced, usually given in a court of law
- Dramatic - sudden and surprising or easy to notice
- Scandal - a situation in which important people behave in a dishonest or immoral way that shocks people
- Desperately - very much
- Nut job - an insulting word for someone you think is crazy
- Probe - an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident, made by an official group or by a newspaper, television programme etc
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Intervention - a situation in which someone becomes involved in a particular issue, problem etc in order to influence what happens
- Witch-hunt - an attempt to find all the people in a particular group in order to punish them or treat them unfairly
- Oath - a formal promise, especially one made in a court of law
- Lend credence to something - to make an opinion or idea seem more correct
- Integrity - the quality of always behaving according to the moral principles that you believe in, so that people respect and trust you
- Accuse - to say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime
- Assertion - a definite statement or claim that something is true
- Counter - an action that you take in order to oppose or stop something or reduce its negative effect
- Back off - to stop criticizing someone or telling them what to do
- In short - used for introducing a summary of something that you have just said
- Obstruct - to take action in order to prevent someone from doing something or to prevent something from happening
- Intent - the intention to do something
- Tactfully - in a careful and cautious way
- Loyalty - the quality of being strong and not changing in your friendship with or support for a person or an organization
- Aide - someone whose job is to help another person in their work
- Adamant - determined not to change your belief or decision about something
- Contour - the shape of the outside edge of something
- Intervention - a situation in which someone becomes involved in a particular issue, problem etc in order to influence what happens
- Predicament - a difficult or unpleasant situation that is not easy to get out of
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Clueless - stupid, or knowing nothing
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