The Hindu Editorial (Digital nation) – Nov 21, 2020

Affordable smartphones and Internet access have made India a digital nation with an estimated 750 million connections and a thriving financial technology sector. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Digital nation) – Nov 21, 2020.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Digital nation) – Nov 21, 2020:

digitalisation (noun) – digitalisation is the use of digital technologies to change a business model and provide new revenue and value-producing opportunities. It is the process of moving to a digital business.
seamless (adjective) – smooth and continuous.
affordable (adjective) – economical, inexpensive, reasonably priced.
thriving (adjective) – growing, developing, progressing.
inure to (verb) – to accustom to something (undesirable/unpleasant). (“be accustomed to” means “be used to”).
dingy (adjective) – dark, dull, badly lit, poorly lit.
utility (noun) – an organization supplying the community with electricity, gas, water, or sewerage.
(big/major) leap (noun) – major change, transformation; sudden development, advance, breakthrough.
thanks to (phrase) – as a result of, owing to, due to, because of.
fintech (noun) – it is the shortened version of the phrase Financial Technology, which is now used to describe businesses that offer financial services using software and modern technology.
telemedicine (noun) – a method of medicine that allows health care professionals to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients in remote locations using telecommunications technology.
vigorously (adverb) – aggressively, strongly, powerfully, intensely.
pandemic (noun) – the worldwide spread of a new disease; The illness spreads around the world and typically affects a large number of people across a wide area.
productivity (noun) – efficiency, work rate, output, yield.
premature (adjective) – untimely, early, too soon/too early.
way of life (phrase) – culture, lifestyle.
summit (noun) – meeting, conference.
readiness (noun) – willingness, inclination to do something.
open (adjective) – genuine, ingenuous, transparent; non-exclusive, accessible to everyone.
participatory (adjective) – involving by participation.
Tele-Law scheme (noun) – Tele-Law means the use of communications and information technology for the delivery of legal information and advice. This e-interaction between lawyers and people would be through the video-conferencing infrastructure available at the Common Services Centers (CSCs).
advance (noun) – breakthrough, development, step forward, quantum leap.
potentially (adverb) – likely, may be, possibly, probably.
dramatic (adjective) – considerable, substantial, appreciable, significant.
mortality (noun) – (in a particular time/for a cause) the rate/number of death.
ongoing (adjective) – continuous, continuing, non-stop, unending, unceasing.
forecast (noun) – prediction, indication, projection, prognosis, speculation, calculation (of future events or trends).
enhanced (adjective) – increased, augmented, intensified.
resonance (noun) – reverberation, continuing effect, repercussion, ramification.
in fact (phrase) – actually, in reality.
successive (adjective) – consecutive, succeeding.
grasp (verb) – understand, comprehend, follow, realize.
universal health coverage (UHC) (noun) – it means that all individuals and communities receive the health services they need without suffering financial hardship. (Courtesy: WHO)
erstwhile (adjective) – old, previous, former, then.
The Planning Commission (noun) – The Planning Commission was an institution in the Government of India established in 1950, which formulated India’s Five-Year Plans, among other functions to oversee the country’s economic and social development. The Planning Commission was replaced by NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) in 2015 to act as a think tank. (think tank is a panel of experts who provide advice and ideas on political, social or economic issues).
road map (noun) – plan/strategy to do something successfully.
decade (noun) – a period of ten years.
nucleus (noun as modifier) – core, centre, central (part), most important (part).
Ayushman Bharat (noun) – Ayushman Bharat is National Health Protection Scheme in India, which will cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries) providing coverage upto 5 lakh rupees per family per year for secondary and tertiary (highly specialized) care hospitalization.
emphasis (noun) – importance, significance; attention, priority, insistence.
measurable (adjective) – appreciable, noticeable, significant, reasonable.
prescription drug (noun) – prescription drug (also prescription medication or prescription medicine) is a pharmaceutical drug that legally requires a medical prescription to be dispensed (provided).
prescribe (verb) – (of a medical practitioner) to order or advise as a medicine or treatment.
procurement (noun) – the action of procuring/purchasing something.
Gross domestic product (GDP) (noun) – a measure of economic activity in a country. It is the total value of a country’s annual output of goods and service.
vaccine (noun) – a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease.
loom (verb) – emerge, appear, become visible, take a threatening shape.
see through (phrasal verb) – get/have the measure of, fathom, realize, understand.
legislation (noun) – body of laws, rules, regulations, statutes.
labyrinthine (adjective) – complicated, intricate, complex, confusing, baffling, perplexing, maze-like.
citizen-centric or people-centric (adjective) – relating to someone/something which values people’s need & requirement and make them fell safe & happy.