The Hindu Editorial (No man’s land ) – Apr 02, 2024

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The Hindu Editorial (No man’s land ) – Apr 02, 2024:

no man’s land (phrase) – an unowned land or an uninhabited area; a disputed area between opposing armies’ frontlines.
Katchatheevu (noun) – it is a tiny 285-acre uninhabited island in the Palk Strait that divides India and Sri Lanka. Measuring 1.6 km in length and just over 300 m in width.
rake up (phrasal verb) – recollect, remember, revive/remind the memory of.
ties (noun) – association, relationship, bond, connection.
neighbour (noun) – a country that is next to another country; (bordering) country.
contentious (adjective) – controversial, disputable, debatable.
unhealthy (adjective) – undesirable, risky, dangerous, damaging, detrimental.
politicise (verb) – to make something into a political issue.
have a bearing on (phrase) -have a relevance, relation or connection to something; have an influence, impact or effect on something.
reveal (verb) – lay bare, disclose, show, display, exhibit.
callously (adverb) – unfeelingly; heartlessly, insensitively.
retrieval (noun) – getting back, recovery, reclamation, repossession, recoupment
lend (verb) – give, provide, offer, contribute.
voice (noun) – opinion/view.
as with (phrase) – in the same way as.
regime (noun) – government.
islet (noun) – a small island.
lie (verb) – be situated, be located.
International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) (noun) – it usually bounds areas of exclusive national rights over mineral and biological resources, encompassing maritime features, limits and zones (such as the territorial sea (12 nautical miles), contiguous zone (24 nautical miles), exclusive economic zone (200 nautical miles), and the continental shelf within and beyond 200 nautical miles). Generally, a maritime boundary is delineated at a particular distance from a jurisdiction’s coastline under the United Nations Convention on Law of Sea (UNCLOS).
maritime (adjective) – of or related to the sea.
cede (verb) – give up, concede, hand over, relinquish (power/authority).
contend (verb) – claim, assert, argue, profess, affirm.
lead to (verb) – result in, cause, bring on, bring about, give rise to.
affidavit (noun) – sworn statement, self-attestation, self-declaration.
sovereignty (noun) – jurisdiction, supremacy, authority, control, power.
sub judice (phrase) – a Latin term that means “under judgment” or “under consideration by a court of law.”
crux (noun) – essence, most important point, central point.
row (noun) – quarrel, fight, squabble, clash, dispute.
recognise (verb) – acknowledge, accept, realize, admit.
zamindari system (noun) – a system by which landowners lease their lands to tenant farmers in return of a share of the produce
authorities (noun) – officials, officialdom, the people in charge, the government, the administration, the establishment, the bureaucracy, the system.
go by (phrasal verb) – consent to, accede to, assent to, comply with, accept, subscribe, concur, agree.
aid (verb) – help, assist, support, back.
reference (noun) – mention, comment, remark, citation.
assertion (noun) – claim, insistence, attestation, affirmation, contention.
talks (noun) – dialogue, discussion, deliberation, consultation, parley, negotiation.
demarcate (verb) – define, delimit, mark off (boundary).
fishery (noun) – areas of the sea where fish are caught in large quantities for commercial purposes.
Palk bay (noun) – a waterway/inlet of the Bay of Bengal sea between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Jaffna District of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. (Bay is a body of water surrounded by land on three sides).
Madras Presidency (noun) – an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. The Madras Presidency covered the southern half of India and Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka).
establish (verb) – prove, demonstrate, show, display.
title (noun) – entitlement, claim, rights (to something).
besides (preposition) – apart from, other than, barring, excluding; as well as, in addition to, moreover, additionally.
exercise (verb) – use, practise, apply, wield
jurisdiction (noun) – sovereignty, supremacy, authority, control, power.
observation (noun) – remark, comment, statement, opinion, utterance.
give up (phrasal verb) – stop, cease, discontinue, renounce, forgo; cede, concede, relinquish.
claim (noun) – entitlement, tile, rights (to something).
constitutional (adjective) – legal.
cite (verb) – invoke, mention, refer to, point to, adduce, turn to, resort to.
critic (noun) – criticizer, censurer, castigator, attacker, fault-finder.
sound (adjective) – valid, reasonable, logical, well founded, convincing, plausible, credible.
basis (noun) – cause, reason, grounds, rationale, rationale, point, objective.
every now and then (phrase) – from time to time; occasionally, periodically, at times, sometimes.
disturbing (adjective) – upsetting, discomfiting, disconcerting, unsettling, disquieting, troubling.
bandwagon (noun) – a popular activity/event that is currently become fashion.
jump on the bandwagon (phrase) – to suddenly join something (an activity) that has already become popular/successful (so that you can also get the benefits of it); to join the trend.