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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 13th August 2017 (Sunday)
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "US-North Korea stand-off: Sound and fury"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Wages of neglect: on Gorakhpur deaths"
- Tragedy - a very sad event that causes people to suffer or die
- Prompt - to cause something to happen or be done
- Holisitic - dealing with or treating the whole of something or someone and not just a part
- Overhaul - to completely change a system in order to make it work more effectively
- Referral - the process of sending someone to another person or place for help, information, or advice
- Jolted - to shock someone so that they suddenly change what they are doing or thinking
- Conscience - the ideas and feelings you have that tell you whether something you are doing is right or wrong
- Perish - to die, usually because of an illness or something that happens suddenly
- Disruption - a situation in which something cannot continue because of a problem
- Frantic - done in a very urgent way
- Requisitioning - to make an official request or order that something should be given or made available
- Assertion - a definite statement or claim that something is true
- Inappropriate - not suitable in a particular situation
- Prejudice - an unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially the feeling of not liking a particular group of people
- Probe - an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Credibility - qualities that someone has that make people believe or trust them
- Unremitting - continuing for a long time without stopping or ever getting better
- Encephalitis - a very serious disease affecting your brain that is caused by an infection
- Afflicted - if you are afflicted by an illness or serious problem, you suffer from it
- Claim - if war, disease, or an accident claims someone’s life, they die as a result of it
- Outbreak - the sudden start of war, disease, violence etc
- Mortality - the number of deaths within a particular area, group etc
- Subsequent - happening or coming after something else
- Parliamentarian - a member of a parliament
- Epidemic - a situation in which a disease spreads very quickly and infects many people
- Wrack - to make someone or something suffer from pain or unpleasant feelings
- Constituency - the people who live and can vote in a particular area
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Incidence - the number of cases of an illness or a medical condition in a particular place, group, or situation
- Fatal - causing someone to die
- Crippling - causing severe damage or problems
- Robust - a robust person is strong and healthy
- Determinant - something that controls or decides how something else will develop or what result it will have
- Sanitation - conditions and processes relating to people’s health, especially the systems that supply water and deal with human waste
- Ecological - relating to the environment and the way that plants, animals, and humans live together and affect each other
- Encephalitis - a very serious disease affecting your brain that is caused by an infection
- Correlate - if two or more things correlate or are correlated, they are connected in a way that is not caused by chance
- Irrigation - to supply land with water so that crops and plants will grow
- Proximity - how near something is to another thing, especially in distance or time
- Viral - caused by or relating to a virus
- Paediatric - relating to the part of medicine dealing with children and their diseases
- Intensive - involving a lot of effort, energy, or attention
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Emergency - an unexpected situation involving danger in which immediate action is necessary
- Neighbouring - near each other
- Affordable - cheap enough for ordinary people to afford
- Diagnostics - identifying a particular illness using a combination of signs and symptoms
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "US-North Korea stand-off: Sound and fury"
- Stand-off - a disagreement or fight in which neither opponent can do anything to win or achieve their aim
- Wind down - to end, or to finish something gradually
- Initiate - to make something start
- Harsh - harsh actions, words, judgments, or laws are strict, unkind, and often unfair
- Rhetoric - a style of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people
- Strident - holding firm opinions or beliefs and tending to express them frequently
- Peninsula - a long piece of land that is mostly surrounded by water, but is joined at one end to a larger area of land
- Drastically - in a way that is likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect
- Emerge - to appear, or to become recognized
- Miniaturised - made to be much smaller than normal
- Warhead - the front part of a bomb or missile that explodes
- Threaten - to tell someone that you might or you will cause them harm, especially in order to make them do something
- Deter - to make someone decide not to do something
- Escalating - to become much worse or more serious, or to make something do this
- Appalling - very unpleasant and shocking
- Substantial - important, or real
- Diplomatically - in a sensitive and tactful way
- Massive - very large
- Diminish - to become less
- Volatile - a volatile situation can suddenly change or become more dangerous
- Artillery - large powerful guns that are used by an army and are moved on wheels or fixed in one place
- Demilitarise - to remove military forces from an area
- Predecessor - the person who had a job or official position before someone else
- Crisis - a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering
- Sanction - an official order to stop communication, trade, etc with a country that has broken international law
- Intimidate - to deliberately make someone feel frightened, especially so that they will do what you want
- Totalitarian - controlling a country and its people in a very strict way, without allowing opposition
- Regime - a government that controls a country, especially in a strict or unfair way
- Conflict - fighting between countries or groups
- Negotiation - formal discussions in which people or groups try to reach an agreement, especially in a business or political situation
Can u send pdf file regarding all editorials from jan 2017
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