The Hindu Editorial (​Safety and piety) – Jan 16, 2025

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The Hindu Editorial (​Safety and piety) – Jan 16, 2025:

1. piety (noun) – dutifulness, compliance/obedience, respect; devotion/faith.
2. pilgrimage (noun) – religious journey, holy expedition, excursion.
3. fairness (noun) – neutrality, impartiality, integrity, fair play.
4. cap (verb) – limit, restrict, control.
5. throng (verb) – come in large numbers, crowd, flood.
6. stampede (noun) – people’s movement rapidly in a mass after panic.
7. underscore (verb) – emphasise, highlight, underline, accentuate, point up, call attention to, focus attention on.
8. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) (noun) – an Indian government agency responsible for collecting and analysing crime data as defined by the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special and Local Laws (SLL). NCRB is headquartered in New Delhi and is part of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India.
9. starkly (adverb) – clearly, distinctly, overtly, strikingly.
10. result in (verb) – cause, bring about, lead to, give rise to.
11. devotee (noun) – worshipper, admirer, adherent, disciple, follower.
12. pass away (phrasal verb) – die, expire, breathe one’s last.
13. elaborate (adjective) – detailed, painstaking, careful.
14. mechanism (noun) – approach, medium, vehicle, instrument, apparatus.
15. well-dispersed (adjective) – well-distributed.
16. strategy (noun) – plan of action (in order to achieve a more expansive set of political, economic, and security interests).
17. deployment (noun) –  the use of something or someone in an effective way; utilization
18. personnel (noun) – force, employees, workforce, staff.
19. in place (phrase) – set up, ready, established.
20. nonetheless (adverb) – nevertheless, notwithstanding,  in spite of this/that, regardless of this/that, even so.
21. surge (noun) – sudden increase or rise of something.
22. trigger (verb) – cause, give rise to, lead to, bring about, generate, provoke, stir up.
23. chaos (noun) – disorder, disarray, turmoil, disorganization, disruption.
24. throw/cast/shed light on (phrase) – explain, elucidate, clarify, clear up.
25. lapse (noun) – failure, mistake, blunder, oversight.
26. unfold (verb) – develop, happen, occur, take place, transpire (gradually).
27. commendable (adjective) – praiseworthy, laudable, applaudable, admirable, creditable, excellent. 
28. streamline (verb) – make something efficient; make something well organized; make something simplified.
29. spontaneity (noun) – the state of being spontaneous.
30. pilgrim (noun) – traveller (going to holy/sacred place for a religious reason).
31. thereby (adverb) – as a result of that.
32. equitable (adjective) – impartial, even-handed, fair-minded, non-discriminatory, egalitarian.
33. rethink (noun) – review, re-examination, reassessment, re-evaluation, reappraisal, reconsideration.
34. robust (adjective) – strong, powerful.
35. roster (noun) – list, listing, registry, directory, schedule, register.
36. ecological (adjective) – environmental.
37. Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve (SLBR) (noun) – this protected area is located in the Eastern Ghats of southern Andhra Pradesh, India, encompassing parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts.
38. biosphere (noun) – The part of the Earth system comprising all ecosystems and living organisms, in the atmosphere, on land (terrestrial biosphere), or in the oceans (marine biosphere).
39. Biosphere Reserve (BR) (noun) – The protected areas that aim to conserve the biodiversity of a particular region while promoting sustainable development.
40. growing (adjective) – increasing.
41. anthropogenic (adjective) – human-caused, human-influenced, human-induced, man made, artificial.
42. stem from (verb) – emerge, come out, ensue, originate, emanate from.
43. deforestation (noun) – it is when humans remove or clear large areas of forest lands and related ecosystems for non-forest use.
44. urbanisation (noun) – a process of creating urban areas. It is a result of population migration from rural areas in addition to natural urban demographic growth.
45. footfall (noun) – the number of people entering an area in a given time.
46. pose (verb) – present, constitute, cause, produce, give rise to (a problem/danger).
47. biodiversity (noun) – the existence of a number and variety of species (plants & animals) in a particular geographic region/environment.
48. imperative (noun) – necessary condition, precondition, condition, essential requirement.
49. sustainable (adjective) – relating to practices or conditions that can be maintained or continued over the long term without causing significant negative impacts on the environment, society, or economy.
50. sustainable (adjective) – reasonable, sensible, well-founded (without disturbing the balance of nature and then without exhausting all of the natural resources).
51. virtual (adjective) – performing a task with the use of computer, especially over a network.
52. conservation (noun) – preservation, protection, careful management (of the natural resources).
53. authorities (noun) – officials, officialdom, the people in charge, the bureaucracy.
54. framework (noun) – structure, organization, body.
55. ecological preservation noun) – the act of protecting the natural components of an ecosystem to maintain its natural state. It is to protect the environment from the harmful effects of human activity.

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