PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH OF THE DAY -
Credit tangle: on LoU ban
A month after the ₹12,800-crore letters of undertaking (LoUs) fraud at Punjab National Bank came to light,...
WORDS
WORDS
1) Robust
Meaning: Strong and healthy; vigorous.
Example: “The Caplan family are a robust lot”
Synonyms: Strong, Vigorous
Antonyms: Weak, Frail
2) Latter
Meaning: Denoting the second or second mentioned of two people...
PARAGRAPH WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Junior council
No member of the previous Council of Ministers has found a place in the reconstituted Ministry led by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel...
PARAGRAPH WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH OF THE DAY -
Game for talks: on the resumption of dialogue between the two Koreas -
The prospect of a thaw in relations...
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH OF THE DAY –
In inflation’s shadow: on RBI holding repo rates at 6% -
The Reserve Bank of India’s...
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH OF THE DAY –
A limiting framework -
One thing is clear. Not much can be expected within the current...
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH OF THE DAY –
Death with dignity: on SC’s verdict on euthanasia and living wills -
The core philosophy underlying the Supreme Court’s verdict...
PARAGRAPH, WORD AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH, WORD AND MEANING
TOPIC OF THE PARAGRAPH -
Improbable hopes -
“Style is art,” Susan Sontag said, questioning the distinction often made between style and substance,...
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH OF THE DAY -
Scuff and buff: on the ball-tampering controversy -
Cricket is a sport, but it is also a code...
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH OF THE DAY –
Buoyant again: on India’s GDP growth -
The latest economic data from the Central Statistics Office reveal that...
PARAGRAPH, WORD AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH, WORD AND MEANING
PAFAGRAPH OF THE DAY -
Face the inevitable: the spike in bond yields
The sharp rise in bond yields has hit banks...
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS
For a clean judiciary: the importance of in-house mechanisms
With an in-house committee concluding that a judge of the Allahabad High Court had...
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH OF THE DAY –
Rex Tillerson sacking: Rexit and beyond -
Even by his standards for unexpected diktats, U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision...
Simplification
Simplification
Q.1) 44% of 850 + 60% of 1025=? + 35% of 1880
a) 331
b) 421
c) 298
d) 357
e) 341
Q.2) ?...
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH OF THE DAY –
Disruptive Mr. Trump
This week has seen rounds of tit-for-tat tariffs between the U.S. and China, set off by U.S. President Donald Trump levying import duties of...
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS
With this in mind, Mr. Jaitley has announced a laundry list of ameliorative measures. While his intent is clearly welfarist, resource constraints have forced him to rely significantly...
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS AND MEANING
Countering hate — on murder of migrant worker in Rajasthan
It is an ongoing investigation and very little can be said...
WORDS
WORDS
1.RECALCITRANT (ADJECTIVE): disobedient
Synonyms: fractious, obstinate
Antonyms: agreeable, compliant
Example Sentence: Despite being offered treats by his parents, the little boy was still recalcitrant about doing his homework.
REFRAIN (VERB):stop...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
Topic Of The Day:-"Losing the war, winning the peace"
India is not short of memories on 1962. The India-China...
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH OF THE DAY -
CA, Facebook & you -
The world has just learned how a data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica, harvested the data...
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS, AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS, AND MEANING
Time for clarity: on Doklam stand-off :-
Five months after the government claimed the victory of “quiet diplomacy” to bring the...
WORDS/VOCAB
WORDS/VOCAB
Acrimony
Meaning: bitterness or ill feeling.
Synonym: ill feeling, ill will, bad blood, animosity, hostility, enmity,
Sentence:”the AGM dissolved into acrimony”
Ennui...