Indo-French harmony – The Hindu (Mar 13 2018)
Much like the pioneering India-France strategic partnership of 1998, the agreements signed during President Emmanuel Macron’s visit are set to strengthen bilateral cooperation at a time of global flux. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
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- harmony (noun) – agreement/accord, cooperation, friendship.
- global uncertainty (noun) – it means less planning and more ability to think on your feet. “to think on your feet” means to adjust rapidly, effectively, and intelligently to new developments or changing circumstances.
- pioneering (adjective) – distinctive, unusual/atypical, innovative.
- Strategic partnership (noun) – it is a long-term interaction between two countries based on political, economic, social and historical factors (Courtesy: IDSA (Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)).
- flux (noun) – instability, unsteadiness, unpredictability.
- climate change (noun) – a long-term change in the Earth’s climate, or of a region on Earth (Courtesy: NASA).
- abdicate (verb) – reject, renounce, abandon.
- pullout (noun) – departure, withdrawal, exit.
- reciprocal (adjective) – (of an agreement) mutual, common, joint/correlative.
- quadrilateral (noun) – (in this context) a group with four countries (which having an informal strategic dialogue between the United States, Japan, Australia and India).
- posture (noun) – viewpoint/outlook, opinion, position.
- fossil-fuel (noun) – non renewable resources or fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas are formed from the buried /deposited organic materials.
- daunting (adjective) – intimidating, challenging, disconcerting/ unsettling.
- assertion (noun) – declaration, contention, statement.
- contend with (verb) – cope with, grapple with, deal with.
- fickle (adjective) – volatile, changeable, irregular.
- bill as (phrasal verb) – advertise, announce/pronounce, describe as.
- substantive (adjective) – important & meaningful.
- presumed (adjective) – assumed, supposed, judged.
- blur (verb) – make unclear, make less distinct decrease/reduce.
- pluralistic (adjective) – coexistent; (of people) exist in harmony irrespective of various differences.
- world order (noun) – it refers to the arrangement of power and authority that provides the framework for the conduct of diplomacy and world politics on a global scale.
- eurasia (noun) – the continents of Europe and Asia considered as a whole.
- convergence (noun) – criss-crossing, intersection, interchange.
- be grounded in (verb) – establish, build, settle.
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