Hindi Meaning - परीक्षण, जाँच, कष्टकर
English Meaning - challenging.
2.United Nations Security Council (UNSC) (noun)
Hindi Meaning - संयुक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद
English Meaning - it is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with ensuring international peace and security.
3.revisit (verb)
Hindi Meaning - पुनर्विचार करना, फिर से आना
English Meaning - reconsider, rethink, relook, reassess.
4.worsen (verb)
Hindi Meaning - बिगड़ जाना, खराब
English Meaning - aggravate, intensify, increase, make worse, compound.
5.thwart (verb)
Hindi Meaning - विफल करना , बाधा डालना, नकाम बनाना
English Meaning - obstruct, hamper, hinder, impede.
6.resolution (noun)
Hindi Meaning - प्रस्ताव, संकल्प
English Meaning - a formal decision taken at a meeting with the help of a vote; motion, proposal.
7.condemn (verb)
Hindi Meaning - निंदा करना, फटकारना, धिक्कारना
English Meaning - censure, criticize, castigate, denounce, reprimand, rebuke, reprove.
8.aggression (noun)
Hindi Meaning - आक्रमण, शत्रुता, जुझारूपन
English Meaning - hostility, belligerence, combativeness, warmongering, hawkishness.
9.ally (noun)
Hindi Meaning - मित्र, साथी
English Meaning - a country/state with an alliance with another one in which they promise to support each other militarily and to defend each other.
10.UN General Assembly (UNGA) (noun)
Hindi Meaning - संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा
English Meaning - (The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization.
11.predetermined (adjective)
Hindi Meaning - पूर्वनिर्धारित, पूर्वनियत, पूर्व-नियोजित
English Meaning - predestined, preordained, foreordained, fated; pre-established, pre-planned, pre-decided, prearranged.
12.outcome (noun)
Hindi Meaning - परिणाम, नतीजा
English Meaning - result, end result, consequence, effect, aftermath.
13.critical (adjective)
Hindi Meaning - आलोचनावादी, समालोचनासंबंधी
English Meaning - censorious, condemnatory, condemning, castigatory, reproving, disparaging, disapproving, scathing, criticizing.
14.hardly (adverb)
Hindi Meaning - मुश्किल से, लगभग नहीं
English Meaning - barely, almost not.
15.perhaps (adverb)
Hindi Meaning - शायद, संभवतः
English Meaning - maybe, possibly.
16.stand (noun)
English Meaning - attitude, stance, viewpoint, standpoint, position, approach.
17.abstain (verb)
English Meaning - not vote, decline to vote, refuse to vote (for or against something (a resolution/proposal/motion).
18.conflict (noun)
English Meaning - war, armed conflict, battle, fighting.
19.censure (noun)
English Meaning - condemnation, criticism, reprimand, rebuke, disapproval.
20.veto (noun)
English Meaning - a right/power to reject a decision/proposal; The UNSC “veto power” is the power of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) to veto any “substantive” resolution.
21.UN resolution (noun)
English Meaning - United Nations resolution is formal expression of the opinion or will of United Nations organs.
22.UN resolution 8979 (noun)
English Meaning - The 8979th meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was held on February 25 to pass a resolution under Chapter VII of the UN charter.
The draft resolution was called to vote to end Russia’s military offensive against Ukraine.
23.veto (verb)
English Meaning - reject a decision/proposal/resolution.
24.troop (noun)
English Meaning - soldiers, armed forces.
25.Crimea (noun)
English Meaning - a peninsula along the northern coast of the Black Sea in Eastern Europe.
26.coalition (noun)
English Meaning - alliance, union, partnership.
27.abstention (noun)
English Meaning - refusal to vote, abstaining, non-voting.
28.penholder (noun)
English Meaning - It means that the member ‘holding the pen’ assumes responsibility for a given issue and initiates all actions by the Council related to that issue, including drafting documents, chairing negotiations, holding emergency meetings, scheduling open debates and organising visiting missions.
29.drop (verb)
English Meaning - omit, leave, exclude, discard, leave out.
30.Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter (noun)
English Meaning - it deals with “Action with respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression.
31.authorisation (noun)
English Meaning - approval, sanction, permission.
32.set store on (phrase)
English Meaning - value, attach great importance to, put a high value on.
33.effectiveness (noun)
English Meaning - success, successfulness, efficacy, productiveness, fruitfulness, potency.
34.unilateral (adjective
English Meaning - relating to a method of taking decisions (particularly on international relations) by a state (country) individually without considering other states (countries). In general, it is relating to the decision taken individually without consulting with the others concerned.
35.sanctions (noun)
English Meaning - action taken, or an order given to force a country to obey international laws by limiting or stopping trade with that country, by not allowing economic aid for that country, etc.
36.cripple (verb)
English Meaning - damage, impair, erode, weaken, undermine.
37.sustain (verb)
English Meaning - continue, carry on, keep up, maintain.
38.assault (noun)
English Meaning - attack, offensive, onslaught.
39.excise (verb)
English Meaning - remove, delete, strike out, cancel, take out, remove, cut out (a part of something-text, audio or video).
40.the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) (noun)
English Meaning - Swift (the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) is the main secure messaging system that banks use to make rapid and secure cross-border payments, allowing international trade to flow smoothly. It has become the principal mechanism for financing international trade. In 2020, about 38 million transactions were sent each day over the Swift platform, facilitating trillions of dollars’ worth of deals.
41.in addition (phrase)
English Meaning - as well as, additionally, moreover.
42.in the absence of (phrase)
English Meaning - lacking, wanting, notwithstanding, without.
43.unlikely (adjective)
English Meaning - doubtful, implausible, improbable, questionable.
44.balance of power (phrase)
English Meaning - stability in a system composed of a number of autonomous forces. Whenever the equilibrium is disturbed either by an outside force or by a change in one or the other elements composing the system, the system shows a tendency to re-establish either the original or a new equilibrium.
45.the equation (noun)
English Meaning - the situation.
46.a foregone conclusion (phrase)
English Meaning - predictable result, predictable outcome, inevitability.
47.strategic (adjective)
English Meaning - relating to achieving long-term or overall goals.
48.strategic partnership (noun)
English Meaning - 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)).
49.P-5 nations (noun)
English Meaning - the Security Council has five permanent members - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States - collectively known as the P5.
50.intrusive (adjective)
English Meaning - intruding, interfering, interrupting; annoying, irritating.
51.in contrast (phrase)
English Meaning - when compared to another.
52.rather than (phrase)
English Meaning - instead of.
53.hesitation (noun)
English Meaning - unwillingness, disinclination, reluctance.
54.solely (adverb)
English Meaning - only, merely.
55.well-being (noun)
English Meaning - security, safety, protection.
56.amidst (preposition)
English Meaning - amid, in the middle of; during.
57.peril (noun)
English Meaning - danger, jeopardy, risk, difficulty.
58.prolong (verb)
English Meaning - lengthen, make longer, extend, protract.
59.ambivalence (noun)
English Meaning - a state of having mixed feelings about someone or something; equivocation, uncertainty, unsureness, doubt, indecision, irresolution, irresoluteness, hesitation.
60.read (verb)
English Meaning - interpret, take to mean, construe, explain, understand.
61.aggressive (adjective)
English Meaning - hostile, belligerent, bellicose, hawkish, combative.
62.transgression (noun)
English Meaning - infringement, contravention, breach, violation, overstepping.
63.neighbour (noun)
English Meaning - a country that is next to another country; (bordering) country.
64.neighbourhood (noun)
English Meaning - (surrounding) area, region, district/country.
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