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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Talaq in J&K: on PDP-BJP split"
- Split - to divide into smaller groups, or to divide people into smaller groups
- Polar opposites - complete opposite to one another
- Marriage of convenience - a marriage arranged for political or financial reasons and not for love
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Coalesce - to come together and form a group or a single unit
- Credible - able to be believed or trusted
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Compulsion - a very strong feeling of wanting to do something, especially a feeling that you cannot control
- Pulling out - to stop being involved in an activity, event, or situation
- Feed off - to use something in order to continue to exist or become stronger
- Denominational - relating to a particular religious group
- Vote bank - a large group of voters from a single community who always support a particular party or candidate in elections
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Rhetoric - a style of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people
- Divorce - a separation
- Foretold - to say what will happen in the future
- Controversy - a disagreement, especially about a public policy or a moral issue that a lot of people have strong feelings about
- Accused - a specific person that is accused of a crime in a court of law
- Sustainable - capable of continuing for a long time at the same level
- Rank and file - all the members of a group or organization except the leaders or officers
- Get the better of - gain an advantage
- Bargain - an agreement in which two people or groups each promise to do something
- Horrified - very shocked or frightened
- Brutal - extremely violent
- Cessation - an end to something / the stopping of an activity
- Launch pad - starting point to something
- Respite - a short period of rest from having to deal with a difficult or unpleasant situation
- Stone-pelting - to throw stones with force at someone or something
- Valley - a low area of land between mountains or hills, usually with a river flowing through it
- Inclination - a feeling that you want to do something
- Civilian - someone who does not belong to the armed forces or the police
- Spiral - a situation that gets worse and worse
- Futile - unsuccessful, or useless
- Stack up - to increase continuously in a way that seems threatening
- Understate - to say that something is less important, serious, big etc than it really is
- Remote - not likely to happen
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Constituency - a division of a country that elects a representative to a parliament
- Fraught with - full of unpleasant things such as problems or dangers
- Verdict - an opinion that you have or a decision that you make
- Fragmented - if something fragments or is fragmented, it breaks into a lot of separate pieces or parts
- Asunder - into forcefully separated pieces
- Stability - a situation in which things happen as they should and there are no harmful changes
- Roil - to cause something to stop working in the usual or expected way
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The last to know: on ICICI imbroglio"
- Imbroglio - a difficult, complicated, or embarrassing situation
- Conduct - behaviour
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Misconduct - seriously bad or dishonest behaviour, especially by someone who has a position of responsibility
- Maintain - to continue to say that something is true, even if other people do not believe you
- Inquiry - an official examination of a crime, accident, problem etc, in order to get information or the truth
- Level something against somebody - to accuse someone in public of doing something wrong
- Whistle-blower - someone who reports dishonest or illegal activities within an organization to someone in authority
- Controversy - a disagreement, especially about a public policy or a moral issue that a lot of people have strong feelings about
- Fester - if a problem or unpleasant feeling festers, it becomes worse because no one has dealt with it
- Inefficiency - a situation in which someone or something fails to use resources such as time, materials, or labour in an effective way
- Steer - to control
- Face-saving - done in order to stop people losing respect for you
- Reluctant - not willing to do something
- Meanwhile - at the same time
- Tenure - the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
- Successor - someone who has an important position after someone else
- Uncertainty - a nervous feeling that you have because you think bad things might happen
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Unwarranted - not fair or necessary
- Investor - a person who puts money into something in order to make a profit or get an advantage
- Allege - to say that something is true or that someone has done something wrong or illegal, even though this has not been proved
- Quid pro quo - something that you offer or give to someone in return for something that they have offered or given you
- Conflict of interest - a situation in which someone cannot make fair decisions because they will be affected by the results
- Amiss - likely to cause difficulties or problems
- Swoop - carry out a sudden attack, especially in order to make a capture or arrest
- Adequate - good enough or large enough for a particular purpose
- Disclosure - the process of giving information to people, especially information that was secret
- Defaulter - someone who does not pay interest or other money that they owe
- Firm - a business or company
- Probe - an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident
- Debatable - something that is debatable is not certain because it is possible for people to have different opinions about it
- Ascertain - to find out something
- Adequate - good enough or large enough for a particular purpose
- Stakeholder - a person or company that has invested in a business and owns part of it
- Firmament - the most famous or important people in an area of activity
- Formidable - very impressive in size, power, or skill and therefore deserving respect and often difficult to deal with
- Prejudge - to make a judgment about someone or something before you know everything about them
- Played out - if an event or situation is played out in a particular way, it happens in that way
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