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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Midnight makeover: adoption of GST"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Midnight makeover: adoption of GST"
- Makeover - a set of changes intended to make a person or thing look much better
- Road map - a plan or set of instructions that makes it easier for someone to do something
- Regime - a system of rules that control something
- Landmark - a major event or achievement that marks an important stage in a process and makes progress possible
- Reform - a change that is intended to make a system work more effectively
- Subsume - to include something in a larger group
- Cess - a tax
- Unify - to bring together; combine
- Thereby - as a result of this action
- Compliance - the practice of obeying a law, rule
- Investor - a person who puts money into something in order to make a profit or get an advantage
- Mop up - to finish dealing with something
- Exchequer - the government department responsible for a country’s financial matters
- Incentive - something that makes you want to do something
- Lobbying - the activity of trying to persuade someone in authority, to support laws or rules that give your organization or industry an advantage
- Preparedness - the state of being ready for something
- Optimal - best; most likely to bring success or advantage
- Bureaucracy - a complicated and annoying system of rules and processes
- Deferred - to arrange for something to happen at a later time than you had planned
- Deduct - to take away an amount or part from a total
- Transaction - the action or process of buying or selling something
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Intermediary - someone who carries messages between people who are unwilling or unable to meet
- Mandate - an official order to do something
- Transition - the process of changing from one situation, form, or state to another
- Compliance - the practice of obeying a law, rule, or request
- Vital - very important, necessary, or essential
- Dispute - a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time
- Exclusion - something that is deliberately not included
- Consumer - someone who buys and uses goods and services
- Incidence - the number of times something happens, especially something bad
- Stringent - stringent rules or conditions are strict and make you achieve high standards
- Profiteering - to make large profits by charging high prices for things that people need and cannot get anywhere else
- Clause - a part of a legal document or law that officially states that something must be done
- Interpret - to explain the meaning of something
- Transitory - temporary
- Informal - relaxed and friendly
- Demonetisation - to officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
- Buoyancy - the ability to be successful again after a difficult period
- Strive to do something - to make a lot of effort to achieve something
- Rationalise - to make an organization more effective
- Hiccup - a small problem or a problem that causes a short delay
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something, or that something may or may not be true
- Inevitable - impossible to avoid or prevent
- Consensus - agreement among all the people involved
- Boycott - to not take part in an event, or to not buy or use something as a protest
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Walk the talk: Modi’s remarks on cow vigilantism need to be backed by action"
- Remark - a few words that give the facts or your opinion about someone or something
- Vigilantism - law enforcement undertaken without legal authority by a self-appointed group of people
- Pointless - lacking any purpose or use
- Earnestness - sincere / seriousness
- Efficacy - effectiveness in producing the result that you intended
- Groundswell - a sudden increase in people’s feelings about something
- Revulsion - an extreme feeling of disliking someone or something that is so unpleasant
- Murderous - likely to kill someone, or intending to kill someone
- Protest - a strong complaint or disagreement
- Viral - very popular and spreading very quickly
- Elsewhere - in or to another place or other places
- Mobilisation - to organize or prepare something, such as a group of people, for a purpose
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Lynching - if a crowd of people lynch someone who they believe is guilty of a crime, they kill them without a legal trial
- Morphed - to change from one thing into another by small and interconnected steps
- Apathy - a feeling of having no interest in or enthusiasm about anything, or of not being willing to make any effort to change things
- Phenomenon - an event or situation that can be seen to happen or exist
- Scepticism - doubts that someone has about something that other people think is true or right
- Wreaked violence - to punish someone for something bad that they have done
- Compound - to make a problem or difficult situation worse
- Mischievous - a mischievous action or statement is one that is intended to cause trouble or disagreement
- Flawed - spoiled by something
- Muscular - very strong
- Tangible - important and noticeable
- Contradiction - a difference in two or more statements
- Square up - assume the attitude of a person about to fight.
- Grapple - to fight with someone
- Aggressive - behaving in an angry or rude way that shows you want to fight, attack, or argue with someone
- Sympathiser - someone who approves of and supports someone or something
- Unaccompanied - not having anyone with you
- Corroborative - to add proof to an account, statement, idea, etc. with new information
- Perpetuate - to make something such as a situation or process continue, especially one that is wrong, unfair, or dangerous
- Distasteful - unpleasant in a way that upsets or offends you
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Crack down - to start dealing with someone or something much more strictly
- Indulge - to allow yourself to have or do something that you enjoy
- Constitute - if something constitutes something else, it is considered to be that thing
- Reprimand - to tell someone officially and in a serious way that something they have done is wrong
- Uphold - if a court of law upholds something such as a claim, it says that it is correct
- Decisively - in a manner that settles an issue convincingly or produces a definite result
- Deter - to make someone decide not to do something
- Worth your salt - respected by other people because you do your job well
- Condemnation - a public statement in which someone criticizes someone or something severely
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