Today’s “Word of the Day” is clarion call and it is a noun meaning “a strong and clear request/demand/appeal/message for something (an action) to be done”.
Example Sentence: The pandemic has tested the resilience of the global community on various fronts such as whether it can unite to ensure the availability of COVID-19 medical products for everyone. In this regard, India and South Africa, in October 2020, gave a clarion call at the World Trade Organization (WTO) demanding that key provisions of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement be temporarily waived. The developed world, especially the European Union (EU), kept dragging its feet on this while the virus raged on. Now, the EU has conceded.
This word is present in The Hindu article Profit over public health and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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