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47 Cards in this Set
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Amendment Government is considering amendments to the Citizenship Act, 1955, to grant citizenship to religious minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. |
Minor changes to improve piece of legislation |
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Denomination persecution While government may argue that the religious denominations mentioned in the Bill correspond to minorities in neighbouring countries who have faced religious persecution, the message that goes out is that India is willing to provide shelter to all except Muslims. |
Name or title Hostility or I'll treatment coz of religious beliefs |
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Aa..Warped preception The proposed citizenship amendments are therefore both impractical and suffering from a warped perception of the Indian identity. |
Corrupt or distorted |
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Egalitarian A rational and sophisticated citizenship programme for refugees needs to be egalitarian and operate on a case-by-case basis. |
Belief that all people are equal |
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Synergy Despite not being on the page on Pakistan, India, Russia, China commit to greater synergies |
the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. |
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Aa..Assertive For India, hosting the summit on the heels of the Uri terror attack which forced it to undertake surgical strikes against terrorists based in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, the platform presented the perfect opportunity to put forth its new assertive approach towards terrorism. |
Confident and wanting others to see |
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Condemn The Russian side strongly condemned the Uri terror attack and backed India’s actions to fight cross-border terrorism. |
Strongly dissaprove |
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Aa..Brinkmanship overhaul The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI’s) brinkmanship – in order to avoid implementing Lodha Committee’s recommendations for an overhaul of itself – is hurting Indian cricket. |
Overtake |
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Extensive But the recommendations are an integrated package of reforms put together by a Supreme Court appointed committee, after extensive consultations with people associated with Indian cricket. I |
Covering large details |
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Tantamount defiance BccIs actions are tantamount to the defiance of apex court |
Virtually same as(negative sense) Disobey |
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Render hat way, administration of enormous revenues generated by the game can be rendered opaque and kept the monopoly of a few. |
Change the state |
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Embark Aa...But bcci in characteristic style embarked on a cover up which ended badly |
To begin sth difficult |
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Appalling AppallingBCCI has failed to keep up with the times that call for accountability, allowing appalling practices to creep in. A BCCI has failed to keep up with the times that call for accountability, allowing appalling practices to creep in. A |
Horrific and shocking |
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Anomaly BCCI not only failed in this task, it went to the extent of writing regulations which institutionalise conflict of interest. Lodha Committee’s reforms aim to correct these anomalies, besides providing a template for other compromised sports associations in India. |
Sth that deviates from what is normal |
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Significant bolster More than 150 countries reached a deal in Rwanda’s capital city of Kigali to phase out Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), significantly bolstering the fight against climate change. |
Noteworthy or sth of great importance to be getting attention Support or stengthen |
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Benign However, scientists later discovered that HFCs, while benign to the ozone layer, were thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide in trapping heat radiating off the earth. |
Not harmful to environment |
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Aa...Commensurate In fact, it’s this flexibility commensurate with each nation’s capabilities that facilitated the passage and now ratification of the Paris Climate Accord. I |
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Overlook It overlooked Pakistan based terror groups that are not interest to india india |
Fail to notice |
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Aa..Ethnicity Moreover, Russia is effectively doing a Pakistan to Ukraine by fuelling an ethnicity-based proxy war there. |
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Backlash Faced with a furious Western backlash Russia is entering China’s orbit, presenting a challenge to Indian diplomacy. |
A strong negative reaction by large number of people to social development |
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Leverage That is why it can leverage support from both China and America, otherwise strategic competitors. I |
Us to max advantage |
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Dissuade benefactor If the US can be dissuaded from being Pakistan’s financial benefactor, let us see if China wants to assume responsibility for Pakistan’s debt. |
Persuade not to take a particular course of action Someone who gives money or other help |
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Rein BJP maintains construction of a Ram temple is not on its agenda but needs to rein in leaders who have been giving conflicting signals |
Restrain |
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Tandem To move to build a museum, in tandem with plans for Ramayana |
Alongside each other...together |
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Stringent SUM hospital tragedy highlights need for stringent fire safety in hospitals |
Strict and exact |
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Underbelly This unfortunate incident has exposed the underbelly of healthcare management in the country where fire safety hardly figures on a hospital’s priority list. |
Part which is exposed to attack |
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Douse Investigation has revealed that the staff initially tried to douse the fire armed with only two fire extinguishers. |
Extinguish..light or fire |
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Flagrant flouting exemplary The only remedy to killer negligence and flagrant flouting of fire safety norms is if swift and exemplary punishment can be handed out to those responsible for such negligence. |
Obviously immoral Openly disregard or defy..a law Serving as a deterrent |
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Rein The us is increasingly criticising Islamabad for failing to rein in terrorism |
Keep under control |
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Recourse This demonstrated that India could take a recourse if the need arouse |
The use of....in a difficult situation |
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Disruptions There have been disruptions to the lives of villagers along the LoC |
Problems which interrupt an activity or event |
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Bands incentive lobbying Beyond a point, additional tax bands incentive into lobbying for a better deal |
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Flocking After all their country remains one of Europe’s fastest growing economies, tourists are flocking, and many say this has been the best year of Spanish politics in memory. |
Forming crowds..as in coming in large numbers |
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Doctrine Because now Spain is decisively in the lead in testing the Ronald Reagan doctrine that government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem. |
A set of beliefs taught By someone |
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Precedence Supporters remind us that when Bharata ruled Ayodhya in Rama’s absence he never sat on the throne but at its foot, giving precedence to Rama’s sandals. |
Give more importance to |
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Bleaker Smarter chief ministers are already making preparations for a bleaker future. Like the rest of us housing is their biggest expense. |
Unlikely to be good |
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Trot outlandish He's trotted out one po outlandish idea after another, beginning with her is promise to build a wall along the border with Mexico to keep out immigrants |
Provide idea that is silly Sth like foreign..not related at all |
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Unprecedented viciousness Donal trump has brought unprecedented viciousness and unpredictability to US politics |
Never known or done before Which is causing great pain |
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Aa..Herald hatchet Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam’s much-heralded internal party meeting in Lucknow was meant to bury the hatchet between feuding nephew and uncle. |
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Reconciliation It was yet another signal that differences within the party (and the family) have grown beyond the point of reconciliation. |
Restoration of friendly relations |
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Shackle Akhilesh needs to break free from the political shackles of his father. Delaying this will only undermine his political standing. |
Situation that restrains or limits sth |
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Akin nepotism In practical terms, this translated into a government that was akin to previous SP regimes characterised by nepotism and lawlessness. |
Of similar character The practice of giving ad to relatives especially by giving them jobs |
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Anomaly Akhilesh tried to rectify that anomaly in recent times by cracking down on criminal elements within SP. |
Sth deviated from what is normal |
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Emulate He may not be able to emulate the success of 2012 in next year’s election, but could become a force to reckon with by 2019 if he plays his cards correctly now. |
Surpass |
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Foster India's aviation policy needs to focus on fostering competition and enhancing the regulators capability |
Encourage the development of |
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Relentless The NDA govt has been relentless in raising the level of indirect taxes |
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Paradigm Viewing a new tax paradigm through the prism of an old regime will limit the potential benefits of GST |
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