Daily Hindu Editorials

💥DoT TO DIAL IN EASE OF DOING BUSINESS💥   ( ECONOMY) The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is set to hold discussions with the telecom industry to sort out various issues surrounding ease of doing business, in a bid to maximize the utility of the strong fundamentals of the telecom industry to attract $100 billion investment in the sector. The telecom secretary said that though it is true that now the industry is undergoing stress – there is high debt, technology disruption happening, shake out of players etc.. the fundamentals of the sector are still very robust. After the disruption caused by the coming in of JIO ,the sector is in phase of consolidation, and the three to four players that are left in the sector are all big players who are capable of pumping in capital.. But the telecom sector 👉Draft policy by the government  The draft National Digital Communications Policy 2018, released earlier this week, aimed to attract $100 billion investments in the dig...

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 2  from editorial  - Raising Fences 💥 fence (noun) – barrier, hurdle, obstacle. Hindu Editorial usage :    Raising fences plight (noun) – difficult/tough/unfortunate situation, predicament. Hindu Editorial usage :  on the plight of britons of windies origin Windrush generation (noun) – People arrived in the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries have been labelled as Windrush generation. Hindu Editorial usage :     The Windrush scandal marks another episode in Europe’s hardening politics on immigration hardening (adjective) – tough, severe, stiffening. Hindu Editorial usage :     The Windrush scandal marks another episode in Europe’s hardening politics on immigration dent (verb) – diminish, reduce, weaken. Hindu Editorial usage :       denting the continent’s image as being open, liberal and tolerant. tolerant (adjective) – open-minded, unprejudiced, unbiased. Hindu Ed...

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial  - Poll Position 💥 cite (verb) – refer to, mention, allude to/point to. Hindu Editorial usage :   Citing the Karnataka poll to delay the Cauvery scheme is a poor excuse reluctant (adjective) – opposed to, against; unwilling, averse. Hindu Editorial usage :   That it was extremely reluctant to take a decision which could have electoral repercussions in Karnataka repercussions (noun) – consequence, outcome, result, effect. Hindu Editorial usage :   That it was extremely reluctant to take a decision which could have electoral repercussions in Karnataka laughable (adjective) – ridiculous, absurd, irrational. Hindu Editorial usage :   which goes to the polls on May 12, is well known. But the Attorney General’s explanation that the draft scheme could not be readied because the Prime Minister and other ministers were busy “travelling” in Karnataka is laughable expediency (noun) – convenience, advantage...

💥If we base our view of the world on quantitative trends over history rather than on news, we will get a different picture of the state of humanity, says the cognitive psychologist💥 Professor Steven Pinker is a cognitive psychologist at Harvard University. His popular science books have dwelt on how we learn language and how our mind makes sense of the world. In his latest book, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress, he argues that the ideals of the European Enlightenment have played a key role in making the 20th century the most prosperous one in human history. In this interview conducted over the telephone, he says that pessimism from threats including terrorism and right-wing populism is largely unwarranted. Excerpts: 👉You’ve been a professional observer and analyst of language, psychology and cognitive science, and your early popular science works have focussed on these. However, since The Better Angels of Our Nature, you seem increas...