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Table of Contents
Part - A
The Hindu Editorial – Troubled Waters (Feb 28, 2022) ..........................................................................................4
The Hindu Editorial – No quick fix (Mar 01, 2022) ....................................................................................................8
The Hindu Editorial – Counting the costs (Mar 02, 2022).................................................................................... 11
The Hindu Editorial – A Cautionary tale (Mar 03, 2022) ...................................................................................... 15
The Hindu Editorial – Lines and roles (Mar 04, 2022) .......................................................................................... 18
The Hindu Editorial – Not taking sides (Mar 05, 2022) ........................................................................................ 21
Part - B
The Hindu Editorial – The perfect storm (Feb 28, 2022) ..................................................................................... 26
The Hindu Editorial – A testing vote (Mar 01, 2022) ............................................................................................. 31
The Hindu Editorial – On top at home (Mar 02, 2022) .......................................................................................... 34
The Hindu Editorial – Kicked out (Mar 03, 2022) ................................................................................................... 37
The Hindu Editorial – Losing steam (Mar 04, 2022) .............................................................................................. 40
The Hindu Editorial – Care informed by Data (Mar 05, 2022) ........................................................................... 45
Part - C
Economic times – Show Lanka India (Feb 28, 2022).............................................................................................. 49
Indian Express – The other oil (Mar 01, 2022) ......................................................................................................... 51
Indian Express – Heed the warning (Mar 02, 2022) ............................................................................................... 53
Indian Express – Unwise Move (Mar 03, 2022) ........................................................................................................ 56
Indian Express – Divest, but… (Mar 04, 2022) .......................................................................................................... 59
Economic times – Gauge the road in front in auto sales (Mar 05, 2022) ....................................................... 62

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The Hindu Editorial – Troubled Waters (Feb 28, 2022)

1. Troubled waters (phrase) – A difficult 12. Well–known (adjective) – familiar,

situation or time. widely known, popular, common, usu

2. Lasting –
- 13. Development –

3. Fisherfolk –

4. Catch –
14. Neighbouring –

5. Alarming –
15. Point out –

6. Regularity –

16. Impound (verb) –

7. Poach –

17. Frequency –
8. Stakeholder –

18. Allegedly –
9. Concerned (ad –

10. Demonstrate – 19. International Maritime Boundary Line

(IMBL) (noun) – it usually bounds
areas of exclusive national rights over
11. Alacrity –
mineral and biological resources,
encompassing maritime features, limits
and zones.

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20. Despite – 31. Province –

21. Highlight (verb) – f 32. The Northern province (noun) – The

Northern Province is one of the nine
provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level
administrative division of the country.
22. Desperation –
33. Civil war –

23. Drive (verb) – Cause something to

happen
34. Vexatious –
24. Livelihood (noun) – (the way someone
earns) the money people need to pay
for food,
35. Aggravate –

25. Absolve –

36. Jaffna (noun) – Jaffna is the capital

city of the Northern Province of Sri
26. Culpability –
Lanka.

37. Following –
27. Endanger –
38. Clash –

28. Marine –
39. Counterpart (noun) – equivalent,
29. Biodiversity –
opposite, equal, parallel, peer (sa

40. Subsequent –

30. Vital (adjective) – key, crucial,

essentia

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41. Auction – 51. Bear the brunt (phrase) – To suffer

42. Modality (noun) – a particular method 52. Alleged – -

/ -

43. Disposal – 53. Transgression –

44. Unsalvageable – 54. Besides (preposition) – apart fro

55. In tune with –

45. Devotee –

56. Virtual (adjective) – Online

46. Joint working group (JWG) (noun) – It
57. Summit –
is a working group formed between
one or more organizations (to address
the long-standing issue of fishermen) 58. Engagement –

47. Facilitate –

59. Address ( –

48. Resumption (noun) –

60. Bilateral –

49. Talks –
61. Channel –

50. Proactive –

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62. Incentive (noun) – inducement, 68. Goodwill –

motivation, stimulus,
encour

63. Concession – 69. Paucity (noun) – insufficiency,

deficiency, scantness, sc
64. Palk bay (noun) – Palk Bay is a
semi-enclosed shallow water body 70. Fishery –
between the southeast coast of India
and Sri Lanka, with a water depth
maximum of 13 m.
71. Adequate –
65. Elicit –

72. On the part of (phrase) – Used to

66. Assistance – ascribe responsibility for something to
someone.

67. Gesture – 73. Wanting (adj –

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The Hindu Editorial – No quick fix (Mar 01, 2022)

1. Quick fix (phrase) – an easy but 12. Remark –

temporary solution to a problem

2. Mushroom – 13. Well–meaning (adjective) – Well

intentioned; kindl -

3. Bring to the fore – 14. Dynamics –

4. Plight – 15. Sought–after –

5. Pursue (verb) – be engaged in

(course of action) study 16. Decade (noun) – A period of ten
years.
6. Amidst (preposition) – between
17. Commitment –

7. Turmoil –
- 18. Affordable –
-
8. Webinar (noun) – A seminar
conducted over the internet 19. Predominantly –
(conference /meeting for discussion)

9. State (verb) – say, express, utter, tell,

20. Paramedics (noun) – a person who is
trained to do medical work, especially
10. Encourage –
in an emergency, but who is not a
doctor or nurse
11. Set up –

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21. Gravitate – 32. Barely –

33. Shortcomings (noun) – fault, flaw,

22. Empirical (adjective) – experimental, i
experiential; practical,
34. Lubricate –

23. Uneven –
35. Phenomenon –

36. Seek –
24. Spread –

37. Merely (adverb) – Just; only, solely

25. Deficiency –

38. Establishment –

26. Personnel –

39. Lead –

27. Centrepiece (noun) – focus of

attention, centre of attention
40. Fiasco –
28. Rebuilding –

41. Dotcom boom (noun) – a large

29. Anaemic (adjective) – without any
number of engineering college without
energy and ef
qualified and trained faculty.

42. Surfeit –
30. Consistently –

31. Trail –

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43. Churn out – 47. Facilitate –

48. Stem –
44. Employable (a –

49. Outflow –
45. Ease –

46. Ecosystem – 50. Aspire –

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The Hindu Editorial – Counting the costs (Mar 02, 2022)

1. Count the cost (phrase) – Experience 11. Invasion –

the adverse consequences of
something
12. Widespread –
2. Ceasefire –

13. Fallout (noun) – adverse result,

reperc -
3. Sanction (noun) – an official order,
s
14. With a view to –

15. Isolate –
4. Must –
-

16. SWIFT (noun) – Society for Worldwide

5. Hurt (verb) – harm, damage, do harm
Interbank Financial
to, undermine
Telecommunications: an electronic
6. Wider – system used by banks and financial
organizations around the world for
sending payments to each other
7. Ally –
17. Validate –

8. Raft (noun) – A large amount/series of

something.
18. Resolve (verb) – determine, decide,
9. Restrictive (adjective) – prohibitive,
take a decision,
constraining, constrictive, limiting

19. Impose –
10. Cost –

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20. Deploy – 31. Capital flow (noun) – the movement of

money for investment in and out of
coun
21. War chest (noun) – A reserve of funds
that a government keeps for fighting a 32. Lender –
war.

22. Manifest – 33. Arm –

23. Depreciation – 34. Run –

24. Rouble (noun) – currency of the Russia

35. Lead (to) (verb) – be t
25. Tumble –

26. Intra – (prefix) – Within

36. Queue –
27. Weaken –

37. Likely –
28. So far (phrase) – until now, up till

38. Prospect –
29. Benchmark interest rate (noun) –the
minimum rate of interest that is set by
a central bank, and which is the
39. Runaway inflation (noun) – it refers to
lowest rate at which it lends money to
a very rapid inflation, which is almost
other banks. This rate affects the
impossible to reduce.
interest rates which are then charged
to customers by the banks 40. Unilateral – -

30. Decade (noun) – A period of ten years.

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41. Embark (on) (verb) – begin, start, 52. Substantially –

commence, underta

53. The country (noun) – Here it refers to

42. What (pronoun) – The thing or things Russia.
that (used in specifying something)
54. Current–account surplus (noun) –It
43. All-out – refers that a country has more exports
than imports of goods and services.

44. Worldwide (adjective) – Extending or 55. Disruption (no –

reaching throughout the world; global,
internatio

45. Exposure (noun) – the act of investing 56. Brent crude (noun) – Brent is the
in something. name given to a relatively light crude
oil made from a blend of crudes from
46. Take a beating –
19 oil fields in the North Sea. Brent
Crude is one of the three main
benchmarks for crude oil prices per
barrel, along with West Texas
47. Bourse (noun) – stock exchange, Intermediate (WTI) from North America
money market. and Dubai Crude from the Persian
Gulf.
48. Given (preposition) – conside
57. Reliant –

49. Extent – 58. Spectre (noun) – the idea of

something unpleasant that might
happen in the future
50. Escalation –
59. Fan –

51. Close the tap on something (phrase) –

to restrict the flow of liquidity (i.e. 60. Bruising (adjective) – Hurting,
cash). damaging, bashing, injuring.

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61. Acceleration – 68. Regime –

62. Durable (adjective) – - 69. Pose (verb) – constitute, create, cause,

produce, give rise

63. Take hold (phrase) – to become 70. Project –

strong; to be established

64. Consequent – 71. Unquantifiable –

65. Widen (verb) – broaden, become wider, 72. Expedient –

spread, expand, extend,

66. Seek – 73. Negotiation –

67. Bypass – 74. The way forward (phrase) – the best

option or solution.

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The Hindu Editorial – A Cautionary tale (Mar 03, 2022)

1. Cautionary tale (noun) – story or 10. Dire –

event used as warning.

2. The Intergovernmental Panel on 11. Unavoidable –

Climate Change (IPCC) (noun) – The
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change is an intergovernmental body
12. Irreversible (adjective) – unalterable,
of the United Nations responsible for
unchangeable, invariable, immutable
advancing knowledge on human-
induced climate change.
13. Point out –
3. Heed –

4. Shore up –
14. Lead –

5. Climate adaptation (noun) – Adapting

15. Adapt –
to climate change means taking action
to prepare for and adjust to both the
current effects of climate change the 16. Allude (to) (verb) – re
predicted impacts in the future.

6. Amidst – 17. Set –

7. Turmoil – 18. Net zero (noun) – a target of

- completely negating the amount of
greenhouse gases produced by
8. Consortium –
human activity, to be achieved by
reducing emissions and implementing
9. Predictably (adverb) – as expected, as methods of absorbing carbon dioxide
predic from the atmosphere.

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19. Emission – 28. Heat–wave (noun) – a prolonged

period of abnormal

20. COP26 (noun) – The 2021 United 29. Linked –

Nations Climate Change Conference,
more commonly referred to as
30. Productivity –
COP26, was the 26th United Nations
Climate Change conference, held at
the SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland
31. Likely –
21. Ensure –

32. Century (noun) – A period

22. Renewable energy (noun) – energy
that is produced using the sun, wind,
etc., or from crops, rather than using 33. Meet –
fuels such as oil or coal .

23. Mark – 34. Pledge –

24. Breach –
35. Collapse –

25. Wet bulb temperature (noun) – Wet

bulb temperature is the lowest 36. Vulnerable (adjective) – easily hurt,
temperature to which air can be easily wound
cooled by the evaporation of water
into the air at a constant pressure.
37. In terms of –
26. Humidity –

38. Partisan –
-
27. Cite –
39. Calculation –

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40. Trump – 42. have the most to lose (phrase) – to

be in a position where something bad
might happen if fail/ not success

41. Consideration (noun) – Factor, issue,

point, matter.

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The Hindu Editorial – Lines and roles (Mar 04, 2022)

1. Lines (noun) – Position, rank 12. Pursue –

2. Confrontation –
- 13. Confrontational –

3. Raj Bhavan (noun) – Raj Bhavan is

the official residence of the governor
14. Course (noun) – Route, approach,
4. Infrequent (adjective) – Rare,
way, path, cou
uncommon, occas
15. Development –

5. Onus –
16. Attribute –

6. Often –
17. Partisan – -

7. Avert –

18. Constrain (verb) – O

8. Evidence (v –

19. Aid –
9. Buy –

20. Functioning –
10. Miffed –

21. Discretionary (adjective) – Optional,

11. Rather than (phras –
u

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22. Space – 32. Instance –

23. Regime –
33. Reluctance –
-
24. On tenterhooks (noun) – In suspense,
nervous, apprehensive, on edge,
agitated, anxious 34. Consideration (noun) – Thought,
deliberation, reflec
25. Lay down (phrasal verb) – Set do

35. Obvious –

26. Exercise –

36. Article 163 (noun) – Deals with

27. Well–known –
Council of Ministers to aid and advise
Governor

37. Discretion (noun) – Option, choice,

28. Illustratively (adverb) – explanatorily,
preference
elucidatorily
38. Bar –

29. Act on/upon (phrasal verb) – comply

with, act in accordance with, follow, 39. Sarkaria commission (noun) – The
go along with. Sarkaria Commission was set up in
1983 by the central government of
30. Clemency –
India. The Sarkaria Commission was
set up to examine and review the
working of the existing arrangements
31. Assent (noun) – Acceptance, between the Union and States in
approbation, nod, appr regard to powers, functions and
responsibilities.

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40. Revisit – 49. Seek –

50. Amend –
41. Lynchpin (noun) – A person or thing
vital to an enterprise or organization;
Fulcrum, cornerstone, essential,
51. Explicit (adjective) – Clear, obvious,
perquisite, kingpin.
overt, unambi
42. Apparatus –
52. Go by –

53. Consider –
43. Indeed –

54. Reconsideration –
44. Impression (noun) – Feelin

45. Oblige –
55. In addition (phr –

56. M.M Punchhi Commission (noun) –

The Punchhi Commission was
46. Heed –
constituted by the Government of
India in 2007 as a Commission on
47. Persist (verb) – Endu Centre-State relations. It was chaired
by Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi who
was formerly the Chief Justice of
48. Political force (noun) – Political party
India.

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The Hindu Editorial – Not taking sides (Mar 05, 2022)

1. Take sides – 11. Session (noun –

2. Engage – 12. Rubric –

3. Deeply ( – 13. Invoke –

4. Deepen – 14. Decade (noun) – Period of ten

15. As a result of –
5. Convincing –

16. Aborted –
6. Resolution (noun) – Declaration,
mot

7. Deplore – 17. Veto (verb) – Reject, bar, turn

down, refuse, disallow, proscribe,
d
8. Terms –
18. Teeth –

9. Withdrawal –
19. Stand –

10. Troop – 20. Commons (noun) – The common

people

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21. Sign up – 32. Turn a blind eye to (phrase) –

Overlook, ignore, take no notice of,
disrega

22. Sponsor (noun) – 33. Abstention –

23. Driver (noun) – Important factors

34. Lobby for (someone or
24. Seem –
something) (phrasal verb) – To try
to influence someone, especially an
25. Isolate – elected official or group of elected
officials, on behalf or in favor of
someone or something.

26. Motion (noun) – Proposal, 35. Shift –

resolution, re

27. Abstain –
36. Procedural –

28. Decry – 37. Call for –

38. Dialogue (noun) –

29. Recognise –

30. Make clear – 39. Room –

40. Play a role –

31. Relentless –

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41. Diplomacy (noun) – Mediat 52. Strategic (adjective) – Important or

essential in relation to a plan of
action
42. Discomfort –
53. Stand by –
-

43. Drop –
54. Disapproval (noun) – Condemnation,
displeasure, dis

44. Reference (noun) – Allusion,

mention, suggestion, c 55. Abstentionist (adjective) – Relating
to a person who refuse to take part
45. Legitimate –
in voting.

56. Call into question –

46. Interests –

47. Language (noun) – speech, writing,

57. On good terms (phrase) – to have
communication, verbal expression
a good, friendly, etc. relationship
48. Territorial (adjective) – Of or with someone
relating to the g
58. Evacuate –

49. Sovereignty –
-
59. Given –
-

50. Humanitarian –

60. Aspiration (noun) – Ambition, goal,

objective, aim, target,
51. Aid (noun) – Assistance, help,

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61. Oft – 64. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (noun) –

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam is a
Sanskrit phrase found in Hindu
62. Quoted –
texts such as the Maha Upanishad,
“the world is one
63. Motto – family’’
-
65. Concern –

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