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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "#UsToo"
- Workplace - the place where you work
- Social media - platforms such as Facebook and Twitter that allow people to interact on the Web or using mobile phones
- Forth - forwards, or out
- Sexual harassment - the offensive or threatening behaviour of a person who regularly makes sexual comments or touches someone in a sexual way
- Aftermath - the effects and results of something bad or important
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- At the hands of someone - if you suffer or die at the hands of someone, they make you suffer or die
- Trauma - a bad experience that makes you feel very upset, afraid, or shocked
- Testimony - a formal statement about something that you saw, know, or experienced, usually given in a court of law
- Concerned - involved in something, or affected by something
- Mainstream - considered ordinary or normal and accepted or used by most people
- Assault - a physical attack on someone, or the crime of physically attacking someone
- Propositioning - to offer to have sex with someone, especially in an offensive way
- Suggestive - making you think of or remember a particular thing
- Stalking - the crime of following and watching someone in a threatening way
- Vast - extremely large
- Majority - most of the people or things in a group
- Breezily - in a lively and confident way that can seem careless
- Gain currency - to become more commonly known or accepted
- Corroborate - to support what someone says by giving information or evidence that agrees with them
- Abuse - forced sexual activity with someone who cannot prevent it
- Outpouring - the act of expressing a strong emotion
- Emerging - just beginning to exist or be noticed
- Grave - so serious that you feel worried
- For instance - for example
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something, or that something may or may not be true
- Disquiet - a feeling of being very worried or nervous
- Instance - an example of something happening
- Open secret - something that should be secret but is not because a lot of people know about it
- Break free - to escape from an unpleasant person or situation that controls your life
- Humiliation - the unhappy and ashamed feeling that you get when something embarrassing happens
- Transgression - to do something that is not allowed by a law, custom, or religion
- Ensure - to make certain that something happens or is done
- Deem - to consider that someone or something has a particular quality
- Proportionate - correct or suitable in size, amount, or degree when considered in relation to something else
- Misdemeanour - an action that is bad or wrong, but not in a serious way
- Outpouring - the act of expressing a strong emotion
- Disregard - the attitude of someone who does not respect something or consider it important
- Internalise - to accept or absorb an idea, opinion, belief, etc. so that it becomes part of your character
- Autonomy - the power to make your own decisions
- Discrimination - unfair treatment of someone because of their religion, race, or other personal features
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "An economics fix"
- Long-run - not immediately but at some time in the future
- Sustainability - capable of continuing for a long time at the same level
- Duo - two people who work together or who often do things together
- Considerably - a lot
- Externality - damage caused by a company's activities for which it does not pay, or something positive created by it for which it does not receive payment
- Spillover - an effect that spreads more than people expected or intended
- Pioneer - one of the first people to do something important that is later continued and developed by other people
- Quantify - to measure or describe something as a quantity
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Impose - to introduce something such as a new law or new system, and force people to accept it
- Carbon tax - a tax on vehicles or factories that produce a lot of carbon emissions
- Detrimental - harmful or damaging
- On the other hand - used for giving two different opinions about something
- Endogenous - found or coming from within something
- Outgrowth - something that develops from something else
- Undersupply - an insufficient stock or amount of something
- Innovation - a new idea, method, piece of equipment etc
- Consequently - as a result
- Subsidy - an amount of money that the government or another organization pays to help to reduce the cost of a product or service
- Patent - an official document that gives someone who has invented something the legal right to make or sell that invention for a particular period of time, and prevents anyone else from doing so
- Intervention - a situation in which someone becomes involved in a particular issue, problem etc in order to influence what happens
- Investment - the act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage, or the money, effort, time, etc. used to do this
- In essence - used for emphasizing what is the most important feature of something
- Concerning - about a particular subject
- Critic - someone who does not like something and states their opinion about it
- Flaw - a mistake or fault in something that makes it useless or less effective
- Economist - an expert in economics, especially one who advises a government department, business, or organization
- Troublesome - causing problems or difficulties, especially in an annoying way
- Determine - to control what something will be
- Devise - to invent a method of doing something
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Determine - to control what something will be
- Consideration - careful thought before making a decision or judgment about something
- Real-world - ordinary life with all its practical problems, rather than theories or policies that do not seem relevant to it
- Nonetheless - despite what has just been said
- Relevant - directly connected with and important to what is being discussed or considered
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