(7 + 5) (7 - 5 ) - cube of 5  = 125 - 12 *2 = 125 - 24 = 101

(8 + 3) ( 8 - 3 ) - cube of 3 = 11 * 5 - 27 = 55 - 27 = 28

(6 + 2) ( 6 - 2 ) - cube of 2  = 8 * 4  - 8 = 32 - 8 = 24

(5 + 4) ( 5  - 4 )  - cube of 4 =  64 -  9*1 =  64 - 9  = 55

🔰 The Hindu Vocabulary - 2nd October 2021 🔰

● CHASTISE (VERB): (दंड देना): scold
Synonyms: upbraid, berate
Antonyms: praise
Example Sentence:
He chastised his colleagues for their laziness.

● INSIDIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (गुढ़): stealthy
Synonyms: subtle, surreptitious
Antonyms: straightforward
Example Sentence:
Harassment is a serious and insidious problem.

● DENT (VERB): (कम करना): diminish
Synonyms: reduce, lessen
Antonyms: increase
Example Sentence:
She didn't seem to dent the plate of food.

● PRECEDE (VERB): (पहले होना): lead up to
Synonyms: pave the way for, set the scene for
Antonyms: follow
Example Sentence:
A gun battle had preceded the explosions.

● CONSEQUENTIAL (ADJECTIVE): (परिणामी): resulting
Synonyms: resultant, ensuing
Antonyms: casual
Example Sentence:
It was a loss of confidence and a consequential withdrawal of funds.

● VICE (NOUN): (अनैतिकता): immorality
Synonyms: wrongdoing, wrong
Antonyms: virtue
Example Sentence:
A mobile phone network is being used to peddle vice.

● INDISPUTABLE (ADJECTIVE): (निर्विवाद): incontrovertible
Synonyms: incontestable, undeniable
Antonyms: questionable
Example Sentence:
What he said was a far from indisputable fact.

● ILLUSORY (ADJECTIVE): (भ्रामक): delusory
Synonyms: delusional delusive
Antonyms: real
Example Sentence:
She knew the safety of her room was illusory.

● FABLED (ADJECTIVE): (प्रसिद्ध): famed
Synonyms: celebrated, renowned
Antonyms: unknown
Example Sentence:
We all saw a fabled art collection.

● PALPABLE (ADJECTIVE): (सुस्पष्ट): perceptible
Synonyms: visible, noticeable
Antonyms: intangible
Example Sentence:
It was a palpable sense of loss for me.

💢💢The Hindu Editorial with Vocab - 2nd OCTOBER

No clean sweep: On a Swachh Bharat and urban India

Seven years after launching his government’s marquee programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), with a fresh promise to make India’s cities clean. For all the attention it has received, the goal of scientific waste management and full sanitation that Mahatma Gandhi emphasised even a century ago remains largely aspirational today, and the recent lament of Principal Economic Adviser Sanjeev Sanyal on dirty, dysfunctional cities drives home the point. That urban India, in his view, is unable to match cities in Vietnam that has a comparable per capita income is a telling commentary on a lack of urban management capacities in spite of the Swachh Bharat programme enjoying tremendous support. SBM-U 2.0, with a ₹1.41-lakh crore outlay, aims to focus on garbage-free cities and urban grey and black water management in places not covered by AMRUT. In its first phase, the Mission had an outstanding balance of ₹3,532 crore, since the total allocation was ₹14,622 crore while cumulative releases came to ₹11,090 crore. The issue of capability and governance underscores the challenge — of being able to process only about one lakh tonnes of solid waste per day against 1.4 lakh tonnes generated — to transition to a circular economy that treats solid and liquid waste as a resource.

Raising community involvement in resource recovery, which the rules governing municipal, plastic and electronic waste provide for, calls for a partnership that gives a tangible incentive to households. The current model of issuing mega contracts to big corporations — as opposed to decentralised community-level operations for instance — has left segregation of waste at source a non-starter. In the absence of a scaling up of operations, which can provide large-scale employment, and creation of matching facilities for material recovery, SBM-U 2.0 cannot keep pace with the tide of waste in a growing economy. On sanitation, the impressive claim of exceeding the targets for household, community and public toilets thus far obscures the reality that without water connections, many of them are unusable, and in public places, left in decrepitude. State and municipal governments, which do the heavy lifting on waste and sanitation issues, should work to increase community ownership of the system. As things stand, it is a long road to Open Defecation Free plus (ODF+) status for urban India, since that requires no recorded case of open defecation and for all public toilets to be maintained and functioning. Equally, the high ambition of achieving 100% tap water supply in about 4,700 urban local bodies and sewerage and septage in 500 AMRUT cities depends crucially on making at least good public rental housing accessible to millions of people.


CREDIT SOURCE - THE HINDU
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1. Marquee (Adj)- most important.

2. Lament (N)- an expression of regret or disappointment about something. दुखी होना, शोक प्रकट करना

3. Cumulative (Adj)- growing in amount, strength, or effect by small steps.

4. Underscore (V)- to emphasize the importance of something.

5. Tangible (Adj)- important and noticeable. 

6. Scale Up (Phrasal Verb)- to increase the size, extent, or effect of. बढ़ाना

7. Decrepitude (N)- a state of deterioration due to old age or long use. जराजीर्णता

8. Sewerage (N)- waste and used water that is carried away from buildings through passages and pipes.

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