Recommendation 1 from ‘The Hindu’
Article Name:A bend in the river
By: Aman Sethi
ADam on the Blue Nile could reconfigure political power in East Africa
Summary:
The article talks about the Dam that is under construction on the river Blue Nile and the ways it will reconfigure the political power in East Africa.
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Scurried: to move quickly
Embattled: prepared for a battle
Recommendation 2 from ‘The Times Crest Edition’
Article Name:Truth excavator
By: Freny Manecksha
Lawyer Parvez Imroz has led the charge for investigations into the disappearance and torture of citizens in militarized Kashmir.
Summary:
The article talks about Imroz, a human rights lawyer and his significant victory whose cause he represented as the session court refused the police permission to close the case and ordered re-investigation.
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Persevered: to persist in anything undertaken
Punitive: inflicting punishment
Corpus: a complete collection of writings
Recommendation 3 from ‘The Economic Times’
Article Name:Extermination drive against rats shows up some human failings
By: ET Bureau
The reason given for eliminating certain creatures from ecologically fragile islands is that they overrun and ruin their adopted habitats.
Summary:
The article talks about the reasons given for eliminating certain creatures from ecologically fragile islands.
Learn Words from the article:
Humbled: not proud or arrogant.
Efficacy: capacity of producing a desired result.
Pellets: a small rounded body.
Hey Mayank, when we made these recommendations, these articles could be accessed for free. We will come up with a solution for these articles and make sure these are are replaced with other links. The only concern is that this will take time and we might not be able to rectify this immediately.
ok… and one more thing
for vocabulary section I learn words from daily reads, these words sum up to 20 approx.. do I need to learn flashcards words?
Hey Mayank, i think 20 words a day is a good number. You can use our visual vocabulary section to learn words through pictures. Go through 10 such words every day. That should be good enough.
timescrest.com is paid app … its does not allow more than 2 articles to read per month …plz suggest how to read article