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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Water equity: On Cauvery verdict"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Water equity: On Cauvery verdict"
- Equity - a fair and reasonable way of behaving towards people, so that everyone is treated in the same way
- Verdict - an official judgment made in a court
- Finality - the fact or feeling that something has ended and has no possible future
- Uphold - if a court of law upholds something such as a claim, it says that it is correct
- Dispute - a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time
- Tribunal - a special law court organized to judge a particular case
- Prospect - the possibility that something will happen
- Viable - able to work as intended or able to succeed
- Riparian - at the edge of a river, or relating to this area
- Primacy - the fact of being more powerful or important than anything else
- Significant - very important
- Equitable - fair and reasonable because everyone is treated in the same way
- Inter-State - existing or taking place between states
- Framework - a system of rules, laws, agreements etc that establish the way that something operates in business, politics, or society
- Affirmation - an action of support or approval
- Ad hoc - done only when needed for a specific purpose, without planning or preparation
- Deficit - the amount by which something is too small
- Cavil - to argue or protest about unimportant details
- Quantum - the smallest amount or unit of something
- Obligation - something that you must do for legal or moral reasons
- Adhere - to obey a rule, law, agreement etc
- Legitimate - fair and reasonable
- Grievance - a complaint about being treated in an unfair way
- Redress - something that you do for someone or money that you give to them as a way of improving a bad situation that you are responsible for
- Agrarian - relating to or involving farming or farmers
- Distress - a feeling that you have when you are very unhappy, worried, or upset
- Take heart - to feel encouraged
- Mandatory - ordered by a law or rule
- Aggrieved - feeling angry and unhappy because you think you have been treated in an unfair way
- Stipulation - to say what is allowed or what is necessary
- At the heart of something - to be the most important part of something
- Pragmatic - involving or emphasizing practical results rather than theories and ideas
- Culmination - the final result of a process or situation
- Adjudicate - to make an official decision about a problem or disagreement
- Impediment - something that makes it more difficult for someone to do something or more difficult for something to happen
- Bounty - the good things that something provides
- Distress - an unpleasant and difficult situation caused by a lack of money, food, or other basic things
- Dither - to be unable to make a decision about doing something
- Protracted - continuing for a long time, especially longer than is normal or necessary
- Oblige - to force someone to do something, or to make it necessary for someone to do something
- Deservedly - used for saying that what happens is right
- Comply with - to obey a rule or law, or to do what someone asks you to do
- Ample - enough, and often more than you need
- Adjudicate - to make an official decision about a problem or disagreement
- Emotive - causing strong feelings
- Conscientious - working hard and careful to do things well
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Case histories: On National Health Protection Scheme"
- Case history - a record of a person's health, development, or behaviour, kept by an official such as a doctor
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Band-aid - a temporary way of dealing with a problem that will not really solve it
- Intention - a plan in your mind to do something
- Infrastructure - the set of systems within a place or organization that affect how well it operates
- In a shambles - something that is very badly organized and that does not operate effectively
- Intervention - a situation in which someone becomes involved in a particular issue, problem etc in order to influence what happens
- Miss the mark - to not achieve the result that you intended
- Vulnerable - someone who is vulnerable is weak or easy to hurt physically or mentally
- Out-of-pocket - to have lost money as the result of something
- Undesirable - bad, or harmful
- Elusive - difficult or impossible to achieve
- Reliance - the state of depending on a particular person or thing
- Watered down - to make something powerful
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Majority - most of the people or things in a group
- End up - to be in a particular place or state after doing something or because of doing it
- Compensate - to pay someone money because they have suffered an injury or loss
- Beneficiary - someone who gets an advantage from a situation
- Outpatient - someone who receives medical treatment at a hospital, but who does not stay there for the night
- Adequately - in a way that is good enough or large enough for a particular purpose
- Fallout - the unpleasant effects of something that has happened
- Hysterectomy - a medical operation for removing a woman’s womb (=the part of her body where a baby can grow)
- Uteri - the organ in a woman’s body where babies grow.
- Make a quick buck - to earn money quickly, especially without making much effort
- Perverse - strange and not what most people would expect or enjoy
- Sabotage - things that are done to stop someone from achieving something or to prevent a plan or process from being successful
- Monitor - to regularly check something or watch someone in order to find out what is happening
- Empanel - enlist or enrol
- Panacea - something that people think will solve all their problems
- Ambitious - determined to be successful, rich, famous etc
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