Today’s “Word of the Day” is “Sherpa” and it is a noun meaning “an expert (a civil servant or diplomat) accompanying the leader of a member country to an international summit meeting; The term is derived from local people employed as porters/guides for mountaineers in the Himalayas. In Tibetan, shar means East; pa is a suffix meaning ‘people’.”.
Example Sentence: The Government has extended the term for Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Shaktikanta Das by three years. Now, his term will end in 2024…. Das is former Revenue Secretary and prior to his appointment in RBI, he was member of 15th Finance Commission and G20 Sherpa of India. He has vast experience in various areas of governance in the last 38 years.
This word is present in The Hindu BusinessLine article RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das gets three years extension and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu BusinessLine
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