by Wordpandit | Sep 3, 2019 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Encompasses • Surround and have or hold within. Usage: This area of Mumbai encompasses Borivali to the north and Colaba to the south. Synonyms: surround, enclose, ring, encircle, circumscribe 2. Qualified institutional placement • Qualified institutional placement...
by Wordpandit | Sep 3, 2019 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. White paper • White papers are policy documents produced by the Government that set out their proposals for future legislation. White Papers are often published as Command Papers and may include a draft version of a Bill that is being planned. • A white paper is an...
by Wordpandit | Sep 3, 2019 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Viability Gap Finance • Viability Gap Finance means a grant to support projects that are economically justified but not financially viable. • It is designed as a Plan Scheme to be administered by the Ministry of Finance and amount in the budget are made on a...
by Wordpandit | Aug 28, 2019 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Kowtow • Act in an excessively subservient manner. • Be sycophantic Usage: Must we forever kowtow to US imperialism and be treated like the illegitimate children of the global economy? Synonyms: Grovel, behave obsequiously, be obsequious, be servile, and fawn on....
by Wordpandit | Aug 28, 2019 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Cusec • Cusec is a measure of flow rate and is informal shorthand for “cubic feet per second”. 2. Pillory • Attack or ridicule publicly. Usage: He found himself pilloried by members of his own party. Synonyms: attack, criticize, censure, condemn,...
by Wordpandit | Aug 28, 2019 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Rescind • Revoke, cancel, or repeal a law, order, or agreement. Usage: The government eventually rescinded the directive. 2. Discretionary powers • In a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government, a discretionary power is a power that may be exercised...
