PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Sanctions and rightsThe U.S. move to sanction a paramilitary unit in Bangladesh, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), has apparently caught the administration in Dhaka off-guard,...
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TOPIC – Bugle for restraintThe schedule for Assembly elections in five States announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on January 8 was along...
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TOPIC – A progressive stepThe announcement by the Nagaland government that a high-powered panel will be set up to look into the withdrawal of the...
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TOPIC – Protect, don’t panderThe ‘heckler’s veto’ seems to be winning repeatedly against standup comedian Munawar Faruqui. Bengaluru has joined the list of cities in...
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TOPIC – Pique and petulanceIn filing a quick appeal against the grant of statutory bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj, the NIA has displayed nothing but pique and petulance over...
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TOPIC – Boosters shortOn November 22, the Director-General, ICMR, said that there was no scientific evidence thus far to administer a booster vaccine dose to...
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TOPIC – False dichotomyThe Supreme Court has once again addressed the ‘merit versus reservation’ debate, a misleading binary that has engaged public and judicial discourse...
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TOPIC – End the impunityNotwithstanding the rationale provided by the Union Government and the armed forces for the horrific killing of six coal miners and...
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TOPIC – Inflation conundrumWhile North Block mandarins seek to conjure up policy levers in the upcoming Budget to spur India’s fragmented economic recovery along, the latest official data suggest...
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TOPIC – UnconqueredSport throws up surprises and cricket is not immune to it. The latest twist transpired at Cape Town’s Newlands where South Africa registered...
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TOPIC – The endgameThe Government has offered a sovereign guarantee to help the new ‘bad bank’, proposed in this year’s Budget, extract better value from...
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TOPIC – Red linesThe European Union (EU) has found itself caught in a bind over the worsening tensions between Lithuania and China. Last week, top...
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TOPIC – Exception and exemptionNovak Djokovic being denied entry into Australia in the early hours of Thursday after his visa was cancelled following a 10-hour...
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TOPIC – Trust deficit
The decision of India’s competition watchdog to order investigations into Google, following allegations by the country’s digital news publishers that it has...
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TOPIC – Wrong remedyThat the wrong remedy could exacerbate an ailment and not cure it is a well understood adage. This holds true for the Union government’s (Department...
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TOPIC – Needless provocationThe Chinese government’s announcement on December 30 that it had come up with its own names for 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh...
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TOPIC – Wrong routeThe Kerala government’s proposal to amend its Lok Ayukta Act through an ordinance appears questionable and hasty. Even though the Left Democratic Front...
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TOPIC – Technology tangleAlmost 11 months after the United States’ leading telecommunications companies won bids for $81 billion worth of C-band radio spectrum to roll...
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TOPIC – The numbers gameThe 26th United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) in Glasgow, Scotland may not have a significant outcome as yet in sight....
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TOPIC – A robust friendshipRussian President Vladimir Putin has concluded a short summit meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, highlighting the “all-weather”...
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TOPIC – Risks and rewards
Following through on the Budget’s plan to monetize public assets in order to fund fresh capital expenditure on infrastructure, the...
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TOPIC – Income and quotas
The Supreme Court’s ruling that economic criterion alone cannot be used to classify a member of a Backward Class as...
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