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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Sage advice: on Raghuram Rajan's suggestions"
- Sage - someone who is wise and shows good judgment
- Advice - an opinion that someone gives you about the best thing to do in a particular situation
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Heed - to consider someone’s advice or warning and do what they suggest
- Note of caution - a warning that you should be careful
- Non-performing asset - a loan or advance for which the principal or interest payment remained overdue for a period of 90 days
- Potential - possible or likely in the future
- Micro - extremely small
- Enterprise - a business company or organization
- Contingent - a group of people representing a place, organization etc at a meeting or event
- Liability - the amount of money that a company owes
- Disbursement - an amount of money that is paid from a fund (=an amount of money available for a particular purpose)
- Outstanding - an amount of money that is outstanding has not yet been paid
- Informal - not official and has no fixed rules
- Monitor - to regularly check something or watch someone in order to find out what is happening
- Debatable - something that is debatable is not certain because it is possible for people to have different opinions about it
- Manpower - all the people who are available to do a particular job or to work in a particular place
- Under the radar - to keep a low profile; to remain unnoticed
- In the course of time - after some time has passed
- Crop - a plant grown for food, usually on a farm
- Waiver - an official statement or document that says a right, claim, or law can be officially ignored or given up
- Turn a deaf ear - to refuse to listen to a warning, a request, or an attempt to change your attitude
- Vitiate - to make something less effective or legally acceptable
- Hazard - something that could be dangerous or could cause damage or accidents
- Invariably - always, or almost always
- Defend - to protect someone or something from attack
- Criticism - comments that show that you think something is wrong or bad
- Unfair - not fair or reasonable
- Ludicrous - extremely silly
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Take note of - to notice something and try to remember it because you think it is important
- Forward-looking - looking at the future in a positive way and happy to try new ideas and methods
- Avert - to prevent something bad or harmful from happening
- Recurrence - an occasion when something happens again
- Mess - a difficult situation with a lot of problems, especially because people have made mistakes
- Professionalise - to make an activity or organization professional, especially by paying the people involved in it
- Bureau - an organization that provides information or services
- Induct - to officially give someone a new job or position
- Deficit - a lack of a quality, skill, or ability that you should have
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Bad loan - a loan where repayments are not being made as originally agreed between the borrower and the lender, and which may never be repaid
- Purported - said by some people to be real or true, but not proved to be real or true
- Inaction - the failure to do anything, especially when you should do something
- High-profile - often seen in public, mentioned in newspapers, or appearing on television
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Uganda’s new hope"
- Status quo - the present situation
- Apotheosis - the perfect example of something
- Beacon - a bright light or fire that shines in the dark and is used as a signal to warn people against danger or to show them the way somewhere
- Crackdown - strong action that someone in authority takes to stop a particular activity
- Dissent - strong disagreement, especially with what people in authority think or with what the majority of people think
- Regime - a government that controls a country, especially in a strict or unfair way
- Gradually - slowly and in small stages or amounts
- De facto - actual, even though not official
- Campaign - to try to achieve political or social change by persuading other people or the government to do something
- By-election - an election in one particular area to choose a new representative in parliament or on a council, or to replace someone who has died or left the job
- Draw a crowd - if an event draws a crowd, a large number of people come to watch it
- Stone - to throw stones at something or someone
- Allegedly - if someone allegedly does something, another person says that they have done it, even though this has not been proved
- Reprisal - something unpleasant that is done to punish an enemy or opponent because of something bad that they have done to you
- Swift - happening quickly or immediately
- Brutal - extremely violent
- Teargas - to use tear gas to control a crowd
- Crowd - a large number of people in the same place
- Brutalise - to do very cruel and painful things to someone
- Protest - a strong complaint or disagreement
- Unrest - angry or violent behaviour by people who are protesting against something
- Escalate - to become much worse or more serious, or to make something do this
- Apparently - based only on what you have heard, not on what you are certain is true
- Ill-treat - to treat a person or animal in a cruel or unkind way
- Custody - a situation in which someone is kept in prison until they go to court for trial
- Crutch - a stick with a piece that fits under the arm, that you lean on for support if you have difficulty in walking because of a foot or leg injury
- Reprieve - to stop or delay something bad that was going to happen
- Illusion - a false or wrong belief or idea
- Smooth over - to make a problem seem less serious
- Preside over - to be in a position of power while important changes or events are happening
- Muster - to try to produce as much of a feeling such as enthusiasm or determination as you can
- Rely - to depend on or trust someone or something
- Rural - relating to the countryside, or in the countryside
- Preponderance - most of the people or things in a group
- Fierce - involving very strong feelings such as determination, anger, or hate
- Burning issue - something that people have strong opinions about and think is very important
- Starkly - very clearly
- Bruise - an injury or mark where the skin has not been broken but is darker in colour, often as a result of being hit by something
- Viral - very popular and spreading very quickly, especially on the Internet
- Stoke - to make a feeling stronger
- Ilk - a particular type
- Pressing - very important and urgent
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