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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Wilful on defaulters? : on RBI"
- Wilful defaulter - default means non-payment of a loan availed by a borrower. A willful defaulter is an entity or a person that has not paid the loan back despite the ability to repay it
- Sought - to ask for something
- In the midst of something - while something else is happening
- Tangle - a situation that is difficult to deal with because things are not organized properly
- Impose - to introduce something such as a new law or new system, and force people to accept it
- Ostensible - appearing to be true, or stated by someone to be true, but possibly false
- Defiance - refusal to obey a person or rule
- Disclose - to give information to people, especially information that was secret
- Come down on someone - to punish someone or treat someone severely
- Uphold - to show that you support something such as an idea by what you say or do
- Statutory - controlled by a law or statute
- Privilege - a special benefit that is available only to a particular person or group
- Obligation - something that you must do for legal or moral reasons
- Ensure - to make certain that something happens or is done
- Transparency - the quality of being done in an open way without secrets
- Burgeoning - growing or developing quickly
- Acknowledge - to accept or admit that something exists, is true, or is real
- Gravity of - the seriousness or importance of something
- Accountability - a situation in which people know who is responsible for something and can ask them to explain its state or quality
- Numerous - existing in large numbers
- Consistently - in the same way and without changing in behaviour, attitudes, or qualities
- Invoke - to use a law or rule in order to achieve something
- Fiduciary - involving responsibility for looking after money or property that belongs to someone else
- Apex - the top or highest part of something
- Comply with - to obey a rule or law, or to do what someone asks you to do
- Provision - a part of an agreement or law that deals with a particular problem
- Rhetorically - in a way that expects or wants no answer
- Unsparing - used about the cruel behaviour of someone who does not care if they hurt people
- Forthcoming - happening or coming soon
- Justifiably - if something is justifiable, there is a good reason for it
- Contemplate - to consider doing something in the future
- Proceedings - the actions taken, usually in court, to settle a legal matter
- Initiate - to make something start
- By-product - a product that is made as a result of making another product
- Mala fide - illegal or dishonest
- The onus is on something - if the onus is on someone to do something, it is their responsibility or duty to do it
- Make a clean breast of something - to tell the truth about something wrong that you have done so that you can stop feeling guilty about it
- It behoves someone to do something - used for saying that someone should do something because it is the right thing to do
- Furnish - to provide someone with something that they need, especially information
- Owing - money that is owing has not been paid to someone yet
- To start with - as a beginning, or as the first thing
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The forgotten million: on Indian soldiers in World War I"
- Sacrifice - to give up something important or valuable so that you or other people can do or have something else
- Immense - extremely large
- Contribution - something that you do that helps to achieve something or to make it successful
- Incrementally -increasing gradually
- Memorialise - to make people remember a person or event, or to show that you remember them
- Unveil - the act of officially announcing something such as a plan or a new product that was previously a secret
- Overseas - happening or existing in a country across the sea from your country
- Memorial - a structure built to remind people of a famous person or event
- Abroad - in or to a foreign country
- Formalise - to make something such as a plan, system, or agreement official
- Poppy - an artificial flower that people in the UK wear for Remembrance Day (a day when people remember the soldiers who died in wars)
- Partition - the process of dividing a country into two or more separate countries
- Ally - a country that makes an agreement with another country that they will work together to help each other, especially in a war
- Victoria Cross - a medal given to British soldiers for very brave acts
- Outstanding - extremely good or impressive
- Bravery - brave behaviour
- Continent - one of the very large areas of land on Earth that are usually divided into several countries
- Pomp - formal ceremony, especially involving expensive clothes, special traditions etc
- Officialdom - government departments, or the people who work in them
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something, or that something may or may not be true
- Poignant - giving you feelings of sadness
- Enlist - if someone enlists or is enlisted, they join the armed forces of their country
- Colonial - relating to a system or period in which one country rules another
- Empire - a number of countries ruled by one person or government
- Veteran - someone who was in the armed forces, especially during a war
- Transcript - a written copy of the exact words that someone said
- Inhumane - treating people or animals in a very cruel way
- Flogging - a punishment in which someone is hit many times with a stick or whip
- Brazen - behaving in a way that is not moral or socially acceptable, and not caring if other people are shocked or offended
- Racial - relating to someone’s race
- Discriminatory - treating a particular group of people unfairly because of their religion, race, or other personal features
- Troops - soldiers, especially in large numbers
- Backed - supported
- Bourgeoisie - the social group between the rich and the poor
- Enthusiastic - very interested in something or excited by it
- Underway - already started or happening
- Fledgling - new and without experience
- Defend - to protect someone or something from attack
- Enormous - very large in size or quantity
- Death toll - the number of people who are killed on a particular occasion
- Outcome - the final result of a process, meeting, activity etc
- Escalation - to become or make something become greater or more serious
- Psyche - the part of your mind that controls your attitudes and behaviour
- Tenet - a principle, or a belief
- Non-alignment - a country that is non-aligned does not receive support from a more powerful country
- Embody - to be the best possible example of a particular idea, quality, or principle, especially a good one
- Core - the most important or most basic part of something
- Ethos - the set of attitudes and beliefs that are typical of an organization or a group of people
- Treaty - an official written agreement between two or more countries
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Steer - to influence the way that something happens or the way that people behave
- Combat - fighting during a war
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
- Personnel - the people who work for a company or organization, or who are members of a military force
- Peacekeeping - military efforts to prevent war, especially between groups who have been fighting
- Predecessor - the person who had a job or official position before someone else
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