Daily Reads-21 (Level-1)

Reading Suggestion-1

Article Name: Is An Honest India Possible? Curbing corruption requires campaign finance reform and neutral intervention of technology
Author Name: Pavan K Varma
Source: Times Of India
Category: Politics/Society

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Five Words to learn from this article:

Partisanship: Prejudice in favour of a particular cause; bias.
Unimpeachable: Not able to be doubted, questioned, or criticized; entirely trustworthy.
Rectitude: Morally correct behaviour or thinking; righteousness.
Gulf: A deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth.
Pragmatism: An approach that evaluates theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application.

Reading Suggestion-2

Article Name: Demonetisation: The nasty ghost in the money machine
Author Name:
Source: The Economic Times
Category: Economy

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Five Words to learn from this article:

Demonetization: Act of stripping a currency unit of its status as legal tender.
Mitigate: Make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful.
Wrecked: To destroy or badly damage something
Lockdown: The confining of prisoners to their cells, typically in order to regain control during a riot.
Dispense: Distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people.

Reading Suggestion-3

Article Name: A new idiom of Dalit assertion
Author Name: Art Markman
Source: The Hindu
Category:Politics/Society

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Five Words to learn from this article:

Atrocity: An extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury.
Proliferate: Increase rapidly in number; multiply.
Upsurge: An upward surge in the strength or quantity of something; an increase.
Subtle: (Especially of a change or distinction) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyse or describe.
Aggrandisement: An act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance.