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👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES - 2 -> 18 MAY👀

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 2  from editorial  - Arbitrary, capricious: on Karnataka mandate 💥 arbitrary (adjective) – capricious, personal (whim/choice), erratic/irregular. Hindu Editorial usage  :   Arbitrary, capricious: on Karnataka mandate bank on (phrasal verb) – rely on, depend on, count on. Hindu Editorial usage  :   The Governor has banked not so much on the count the BJP had, as on what it could engineer engineer (verb) – arrange/mastermind, orchestrate, choreograph. Hindu Editorial usage  :   The Governor has banked not so much on the count the BJP had, as on what it could engineer summarily (adverb) – immediately, instantly, straight away. Hindu Editorial usage  :   In summarily ignoring the claim of H.D. Kumaraswamy, Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala abandoned both propriety and common sense, acting in a politically partisan manner unbecoming of his office. propriety (noun) – morality, correctness, decency...
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A move to equivalence

💥After the agreement with France, India must hold bilateral talks for degree recognition with other countries Several Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and agreements were signed between France and India recently on French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit. The most important of these was the landmark agreement signed at the ‘Knowledge Summit’ between the two countries on mutual recognition of educational qualifications, the first of its kind. This provides an opportunity for India to refine its policy on higher education by inking such pacts with other countries, thereby seamlessly integrating the Indian student community across the world. 👉Current policy framework According to government data, there were an estimated 5 lakh Indian students pursuing degrees in higher education abroad in 2017, mostly in the U.S., the U.K., and the European Union. However, it is ironical that many who are trained at the best universities abroad are unable to share their expertise in In...
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Tipping point in West Asia

👉So far, Iran’s response to U.S. provocation has been rhetorical but President Rouhani has little room for manoeuvre👈 The long-standing Palestinian-Israeli conflict in West Asia has been overshadowed by new flashpoints in the region, both internal and external, since the Arab Spring. The fight against the Islamic State and its offshoots, beginning with Iraq; the Syrian conflict that has drawn in the U.S., Russia, Iran and Turkey; renewed skirmishing between Israel and Iran across the Golan Heights; and the civil war in Yemen where the involvement of Saudi Arabia and Iran has heightened tensions, exposing old regional fault lines. Growing drumbeats of a wider conflict can threaten to overturn the boundaries imposed after World War I. 👉U.S. withdrawal To this volatile mix, new uncertainty was added on May 8 when President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. was walking out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). A flurry of diplomatic activity followed with Ira...
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A dangerous incursion

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👉The opposition of the government to the elevation of Justice K.M. Joseph is on specious grounds👈 The government’s opposition to the elevation of the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court, Justice K.M. Joseph, to the Supreme Court, as recommended by the Supreme Court collegium as far back as January 10, 2018, is per se unprincipled. Its logic is faulty, both statistically and otherwise. Justice Joseph pronounced a historic judgment in April 2016 when he struck down the imposition of President’s rule in Uttarakhand. Little did he know that his judgment would stand in the way of his elevation. This has created a situation where the very independence of the judiciary is now under attack. We will have to await the response of the collegium. I hope its members stand together and speak in one voice. That is the only way the Supreme Court can reassert its supremacy in the matter of judicial appointments. Justice Joseph’s request to be transferred to the Andhra Pradesh ...
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👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES - 1-> 15 MAY👀

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial  - Alien versus alien: On Assam Citizenship Bill  💥 alien (noun) – migrant/immigrant, non-native, foreigner. Hindu Editorial usage :   Alien versus alien: On Assam Citizenship Bill disquiet (noun) – concern/unease, distress, worry. Hindu Editorial usage :   Disquiet in Assam should convince the Centre to reconsider the new Citizenship Bill exaggeration (noun) – overstatement, magnification, dramatization/hyperbole. Hindu Editorial usage :   In Assam, where illegal migration, in fact as well as in exaggeration, has defined the political landscape since the 1980s landscape (noun) – the distinctive features of a field of activity. Hindu Editorial usage :   In Assam, where illegal migration, in fact as well as in exaggeration, has defined the political landscape since the 1980s inevitably (adverb) – automatically, certainly, definitely. Hindu Editorial usage :   Citizenship (Amendment) B...
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