Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Encourage Street Vending

Primary Purpose: The author highlights the problems of street vendors and says that government should implement the laws putforth.
Summary: The government and other development organisations are bringing in laws after laws but state governments and local bodies are doing very little to implement those laws.
The author speaks about the town Vending Committee to regulate the activities of street vendors.

Lotusians reduce the strength of Hindutva

Primary Purpose:The author outlines the proceedings of executive meeting of BJP.
Summaey:BJP has convened an executive meet to disucss the reasons for its defete in 15th lok Sabha elections.While Rajnath Sing and Menaka Gandhi supported the party's strand on Hindutva,many protested.The meeting finally reached with the consensus not to take any bigotic anti Muslim interpretation of Muslims.This helped to mitigate the impression that party is heading towords dissent.
New words :
espoused
scapegoat
bigot
internicine

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Effect of Conservation

Primary Purpose:

Summary: The author explains that particular species of parrot which was in critically endangered list of Internation Union for Conservation of Nature has grown up in numbers because of the conservation action that is undertaken.He also explains about one of the reason 'extintion vortex'.One more reason being the extintion of the feed.
New Words:
brink idiom:teeter on the brink
stave off
beleaguered

Pakistan cricket team sprung up again

Primary purpose:To tell the readers that Pakistan's success has revived the hopes in cricket in Pakistan and restored the credits the team has.

Summary:The author speaks about the victory of Pakistan's cricket team in second ICC world Twenty20.
He says its a big victory than world cup in 1992 ,reason being it was not faring well before the IPL but still could manage to win IPL.Because of terrorism in Pakistan every one has a lower eye on it and it is beeing marginalised.But with this victory it will again be able to restore its clout in cricket.Author also applouds the Sri Lankan cricket.

New Words:

marginalised

resuscitated

strife

Monday, June 22, 2009

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