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Note : Click on titles to read Editorials from THE HINDU News Paper
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Visa crackdown: On Indian students’ arrest"
- Crackdown - strong action that someone in authority takes to stop a particular activity
- Afoul - in a state of difficulty or conflict with
- Immigration - the process in which people enter a country in order to live there permanently
- Wilfully -done deliberately in order to cause damage or harm
- Violate - to do something that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
- Immigration - the process in which people enter a country in order to live there permanently
- Stark - completely clear
- Prospect - chances of success, especially in a job or career
- Due diligence -the process of carefully examining something or someone, especially before agreeing to buy it or employ them or before advising someone else to buy it or employ them
- Sting operation - a deceptive operation designed to catch a person committing a crime
- Carry out -to do or complete something
- Threaten - to tell someone that you might or you will cause them harm, especially in order to make them do something
- Encompass -to include a lot of people or things
- Contentious - causing disagreement between people or groups
- Victim - someone who has been affected by a bad situation such as an accident or an illness
- Fall victim to something - become a victim
- Unscrupulous - willing to do things that are unfair, dishonest, or illegal
- Engaged - involved in doing something
- Indictment - something that shows how bad or wrong something is
- Violate - to do something that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
- Enrol - if you enrol at a school or other institution, or if someone enrols you there, you put your name on the official list of its students or members
- Fraudulent - made with the intention of tricking someone, especially illegally
- Unlawful - something that is unlawful is illegal, especially something that would be considered legal in a different situation
- Negotiate - to try to reach an agreement by discussing something in a formal way, especially in a business or political situation
- Undercover - working or done secretly in order to catch criminals, get secret information etc
- Prosecution - the lawyers who try to prove in court that someone accused of a crime is guilty
- Allege - to say that something is true or that someone has done something wrong or illegal, even though this has not been proved
- Intention - a plan in your mind to do something
- Merely - only / just
- Scrutiny - careful examination of someone or something
- Trial - the process of examining a case in a court of law and deciding whether someone is guilty or innocent
- Alleged - claimed to be true, even though this has not been proved
- Distinction - a difference between two things
- Dupe - to trick someone into believing something that is not true or into doing something that is stupid or illegal
- Deportation - to force someone to leave a country, especially someone who has no legal right to be there or who has broken the law
- Humiliation - to make someone feel ashamed or lose respect for himself or herself
- Prejudice - an unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially the feeling of not liking a particular group of people
- Instance - an example of something happening
- Fall foul of - to get into trouble with someone or something
- Racket - an illegal activity that makes money
- Reinforce - to make an idea, belief, or feeling stronger
- Credentials - documents that prove who you are or that show your qualifications or status
- Averment - an affirmation or allegation
- Aspiration - something that you want to achieve, or the wish to achieve something
- Impending - an impending event or situation, especially an unpleasant one, is one that will happen very soon
- Demographic - relating to populations
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The peace holds: On Assam blasts case verdict"
- Verdict - an official judgment made in a court
- Protest - a strong complaint or disagreement
- Amendment - a change made to a law or agreement
- Rip through - if something such as a fire, storm, or bomb rips through a place, it damages or destroys the place very quickly
- Clamour - an urgent request for something by a lot of people
- Death penalty - legal punishment by death
- Perpetrator - someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful act
- Convict - to prove in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime
- Exact - to get something from someone by threatening or forcing them or using your authority
- Toll - the total number of people who have been killed or hurt
- Injured - hurt in an accident or attack
- Mindful - careful about or conscious of something
- Circumstance - a fact or condition that affects a situation
- Ceasefire - an agreement to stop fighting for a period of time, especially in order to discuss permanent peace
- Migrant - someone who travels to another place or country in order to find work
- Rebel - someone who tries to remove a government or leader using force
- Faction- a small group within a larger group, consisting of people with different opinions from the rest
- Predecessor - the person who had a job or official position before someone else
- Espouse - to give your support to an idea, principle, or belief
- Ebb - to gradually become smaller or less
- The like of - similar in character or quality to the one mentioned
- Formerly - in the past
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Erstwhile - an erstwhile friend, employer etc was a friend, employer etc until recently but is not any more
- Regime -a system or form of government
- Chant - to keep shouting or singing a word or phrase many times
- Slogan - a short phrase that is easy to remember and is used to advertise something or to express the beliefs of a political party or other group
- Convulsion - a sudden or extreme change that causes major problems or serious harm
- Fringe - people or activities that are considered strange or extreme
- Redux - brought back; revived
- Hamstrung - prevented from doing what you want to do
- Account for - to be the reason why something exists or happens
- Autonomous - an autonomous state, region, or organization is independent and has the power to govern itself
- Purview - the area of responsibility or influence that a person or organization has
- Agnostic - someone who believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
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