{"id":49744,"date":"2023-07-06T15:21:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T09:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=49744"},"modified":"2023-07-06T15:21:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T09:51:47","slug":"the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-july-6-2023-day-439","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-july-6-2023-day-439\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 July 6, 2023; Day 439"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td><td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Diminishing&nbsp;<\/td><td>Becoming smaller, less<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aggression&nbsp;<\/td><td>A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Autonomy&nbsp;<\/td><td>The capacity of a system to make its own decisions about its actions<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rival&nbsp;<\/td><td>be in competition with<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pomp&nbsp;<\/td><td>Ceremonial elegance and splendour<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Communiqu\u00e9&nbsp;<\/td><td>An official report (usually sent in haste)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Resolution&nbsp;<\/td><td>A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dampener&nbsp;<\/td><td>something that makes something less active, less exciting, or less enjoyable:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hostilities&nbsp;<\/td><td>Fighting; acts of overt warfare<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Grandstanding&nbsp;<\/td><td>perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Optics&nbsp;<\/td><td>the aspects of an action, policy, or decision (as in politics or business) that relate to public perceptions<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hammer out&nbsp;<\/td><td>Discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Forge&nbsp;<\/td><td>Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Imprint&nbsp;<\/td><td>A distinctive influence<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Diminishing (Becoming smaller, less) <\/strong>returns: On India and its Shanghai Cooperation Organisation engagement&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">India benefitted as a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, but the future is not bright&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bThe Shanghai Cooperation Organisation-Council of Heads of State meeting, hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, marked the first time India chaired the summit of regional countries. India became a full SCO member in 2017, along with Pakistan. The government has held that joining the originally Eurasian group was important as member-countries make up a third of the global GDP, a fifth of global trade, a fifth of global oil reserves and about 44% of natural gas reserves. Also important is its focus on regional security and connectivity \u2014 areas key to India\u2019s growth and making up its challenges, such as terrorism in Pakistan, and Chinese <strong>aggressions (A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack) <\/strong>as well as the Belt and Road Initiative. Being \u201cinside the tent\u201d is important, especially as Pakistan is a member, even if that means conducting joint exercises under the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure. The SCO also gives India an interface with Central Asian markets and resources. Finally, joining the SCO was a key part of India\u2019s stated ambitions on \u201cmulti-alignment\u201d and \u201cstrategic <strong>autonomy (The capacity of a system to make its own decisions about its actions)<\/strong>\u201d while becoming a \u201cbalancing power\u201d in the world, and it seems no coincidence that the Modi government joined the revived Quad with the U.S., Japan and Australia in the same year that it took up the full SCO membership. Over the past year, this has become an economic necessity as India has chosen to be neutral on the Ukraine war, benefiting from fuel and fertilizer purchases from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, it was expected that India\u2019s turn to chair the SCO this year would be a major event, <strong>rivalling (be in competition with) <\/strong>the expected <strong>pomp (Ceremonial elegance and splendour) <\/strong>around the G-20 meet in September. In addition, given Russia\u2019s and China\u2019s blocks on the G-20 joint <strong>communiqu\u00e9 (An official report (usually sent in haste)) <\/strong>that India is keen to find consensus on, the SCO summit would have been a convenient venue for Mr. Modi to negotiate a <strong>resolution (A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem) <\/strong>with his counterparts. However, India\u2019s decision to postpone the SCO summit due to the Prime Minister\u2019s U.S. State visit, and then to turn it into a virtual summit may have been a <strong>dampener (something that makes something less active, less exciting, or less enjoyable) <\/strong>on the SCO outcomes. India\u2019s concerns with hosting Xi Jinping given the LAC <strong>hostilities (Fighting; acts of overt warfare)<\/strong>, or Pakistan Prime Minister Sharif\u2019s possible <strong>\u2018grandstanding\u2019 (perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause)<\/strong>, or even the <strong>optics (the aspects of an action, policy, or decision (as in politics or business) that relate to public perceptions) <\/strong>of welcoming Russian President Vladimir Putin may have been factors. Whatever the reason, while the members <strong>hammered out (Discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement)<\/strong> a New Delhi declaration and joint statements on radicalisation and digital transformation, the government was unable to <strong>forge (Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort) <\/strong>consensus on other agreements including one on making English a formal SCO language, while India, despite being Chair, did not endorse a road map on economic cooperation, presumably due to concerns over China\u2019s <strong>imprint (A distinctive influence)<\/strong>. With its SCO chairpersonship ending, the government may now be feeling the law of diminishing returns over its SCO engagement \u2014 one that might make its task of hosting the G-20 even more difficult.<\/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>Do you want to update your vocabulary on an ongoing basis? 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