{"id":17313,"date":"2022-04-04T14:36:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T09:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=17313"},"modified":"2023-11-15T17:29:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T11:59:27","slug":"the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-apr-4-2022-day-261","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-apr-4-2022-day-261\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 Apr 4, 2022; Day 261"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td><td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Repeal&nbsp;<\/td><td>an official or legal cancellation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nod&nbsp;<\/td><td>A sign of assent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vociferous&nbsp;<\/td><td>expressing opinions in a very loud or forceful way<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jurisdiction&nbsp;<\/td><td>the territory within which power can be exercised<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Adjoin&nbsp;<\/td><td>share a boundary<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Insurgency&nbsp;<\/td><td>an attempt to take control of a country by force<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Piecemeal&nbsp;<\/td><td>One thing at a time<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Steadfastly&nbsp;<\/td><td>With resolute determination<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hostile&nbsp;<\/td><td>Characterized by enmity or ill will<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Purview&nbsp;<\/td><td>The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For a full <strong>repeal (an official or legal cancellation)<\/strong>: On AFSPA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The relaxation of AFSPA is welcome, but the demand for full repeal should be considered<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In what is clearly a <strong>nod (A sign of assent) <\/strong>to the <strong>vociferous (expressing opinions in a very loud or forceful way) <\/strong>demand for the repeal of the unpopular Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from several States in the northeast, especially after 13 civilians were killed in Mon district in Nagaland in December last year, the Union Home Ministry has decided to considerably reduce the number of \u201cdisturbed areas\u201d under the Act in three States. The order, from April 1, is applicable for six months. In Nagaland, while AFSPA was removed from the <strong>jurisdiction (he territory within which power can be exercised) <\/strong>of 15 police stations in seven districts, it remains in place in 57 police stations in 13 districts. The relaxation has been most substantial in Assam, where it has been removed entirely from 23 districts and partially from one, thus limiting its operation fully to only nine districts. In Manipur, on the other hand, only 15 police station areas in six districts have been excluded from the disturbed area notification, and the Act is still in force in 82 police stations in 16 districts, including several hill districts whether or not they <strong>adjoin (share a boundary) <\/strong>the international boundary. As things stand, the Government\u2019s decision to relax the application of the Act in specific areas seems to stem from the reduction in violence and also administrative reasons rather than as a response to the burning question on whether the Act is essential to security operations in these States, which have experienced <strong>insurgencies (an attempt to take control of a country by force) <\/strong>of various degrees in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this <strong>piecemeal (One thing at a time) <\/strong>gesture would be welcomed by the residents in these areas in particular, the popular demand for the repeal of the Act in full from the three States remains unfulfilled. Despite the vociferous protests from security forces for the retention of the Act, human rights organisations, sections of civil society and committees including the five-member committee led by retired Supreme Court judge B.P. Jeevan Reddy in 2005, have <strong>steadfastly (With resolute determination) <\/strong>called for its repeal. The committee in particular had suggested that the Act had created an impression that the people of the northeast States were being targeted for <strong>hostile (Characterized by enmity or ill will) <\/strong>treatment and that the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act could instead be suitably amended to tackle terrorism. The Supreme Court-appointed Justice N. Santosh Hegde committee, in 2013, which investigated \u201cencounter\u201d killings in Manipur, suggested that the Act must be properly reviewed every six months to see if its implementation is necessary, but extensions of the <strong>purview (The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated) <\/strong>of the Act have proceeded as routine affairs. In 2016, the Supreme Court had also ruled that the armed forces could not be immune from investigation for excesses committed during the discharge of their duties even in \u201cdisturbed areas\u201d, in effect circumscribing the conditions in which the immunity is applied. These beg the question again \u2014 why should the Act remain in the statute?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to improve your vocabulary further?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/vocabulary\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-download-free-pdf\/\">Download the Lists of Word-Meanings of Previous Months here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep your vocabulary updated with the help of our articles where we highlight 10 difficult words\/ phrases and explain their contextual sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-17313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-editorials-difficult-words"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 Apr 4, 2022; 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