Important Word List
Hindi Meaning - देख-भाल, संरक्षण
English Meaning - protection, guardianship, responsibility.
2.orphan (verb)
Hindi Meaning - अनाथ
English Meaning - cause (a child) to become an orphan (a child who lost his/her parents).
3.pandemic (noun)
Hindi Meaning - वैश्विक महामारी
English Meaning - the worldwide spread of a new disease; The illness spreads around the world and typically affects a large number of people across a wide area.
4.rehabilitation (noun)
Hindi Meaning - पुनर्वास
English Meaning - the action of bringing (someone or something) back to a normal.
5.tale (noun)
Hindi Meaning - किस्सा, कथा, कहानी
English Meaning - lie, untruth, fabrication, fake news, alternative fact; story.
6.pick on (phrasal verb)
Hindi Meaning - चुनना
English Meaning - select something from alternative options.
7.course (noun)
Hindi Meaning - पाठ्यक्रम, अवधि, योजना
English Meaning - plan, strategy, process, system, procedure.
8.estimate (noun)
Hindi Meaning - अनुमान, आकलन
English Meaning - (rough) calculation, approximation, evaluation.
9.as a result of (phrase)
Hindi Meaning - परिणाम स्वरुप, की वजह से
English Meaning - due to, because of, on the back of.
10.mortality (noun)
Hindi Meaning - नश्वरता, मृत्यु दर
English Meaning - (in a particular time/for a cause) the rate/number of death.
11.custodial (adjective)
Hindi Meaning - हिरासत संबंधी, अभिरक्षण संबंधी, पहरे संबंधी
English Meaning - safeguarding, protective, safekeeping (children as parents).
12.claim (verb)
Hindi Meaning - दावा करना, पुष्टि, संकेत
English Meaning - state, affirm, indicate.
13.findings (noun)
Hindi Meaning - निष्कर्ष, जाँच - परिणाम
English Meaning - conclusion arrived at (as a result of an inquiry).
14.almost (adverb)
Hindi Meaning - लगभग, अधिकतर
English Meaning - very nearly.
15.trickery (noun)
Hindi Meaning - चालबाजी, प्रवंचना, छल, युक्ति
English Meaning - deception, trickery, tactic, cunning, intrigue.
16.hustle (verb)
English Meaning - push, nudge, thrust; force, compel; obtain forcefully/illegally.
17.Lancet (noun)
English Meaning - a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. It is among the world’s oldest and best-known general medical journals.
18.orphanhood (noun)
English Meaning - the condition/state of being a child without (living) parents. it is also defined as the death of one or both parents; or the death of one or both custodial grandparents.
19.raise one’s hackles (phrase)
English Meaning - make someone very angry, upset, irritate, annoy.
20.modelling (noun)
English Meaning - the use of mathematical models to make calculations or predictions; (A simulation is the process of using a model to study the behavior and performance of an actual or theoretical system).
21.render (verb)
English Meaning - make, cause to be, cause to become.
22.fertility (noun)
English Meaning - ability to conceive, potency, reproductiveness.
23.model (verb)
English Meaning - make calculations or predictions.
24.object (verb)
English Meaning - disagree with, dispute, protest against.
25.sophisticated (adjective)
English Meaning - complex, complicated, intricate, subtle, delicate.
26.pursue (verb)
English Meaning - engage in, conduct, take part in, take up (an activity).
27.intend (verb)
English Meaning - plan, aim, propose.
28.National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) (noun)
English Meaning - it is a statutory body under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005 under the administrative control of the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India.
29.collate (verb)
English Meaning - organize, arrange, put together, assemble.
30.bal swaraj portal (noun)
English Meaning - an online tracking portal “Bal Swaraj (COVID-Care link)” for child in need of care and protection.
31.seek (verb)
English Meaning - try, aim, attempt.
32.absolute (adjective)
English Meaning - complete, total, outright; categorical, unquestionable, undoubted, unequivocal, decisive, definite.
33.incorporate (verb)
English Meaning - include, consolidate, encompass, assimilate, integrate.
34.proactively (adverb)
English Meaning - farsightedly, shrewdly, energetically.
35.draw (verb)
English Meaning - move.
36.umbrella (noun)
English Meaning - protection, guidance, support, backing, guardianship.
37.numerous (adjective)
English Meaning - many, a lot of, multiple.
38.adversity (noun)
English Meaning - trouble, hardship, misfortune, distress.
39.poverty (noun)
English Meaning - extremely poor, shortage, paucity, insufficiency.
40.destitution (noun)
English Meaning - extreme poverty, privation, hardship.
41.lack of (noun)
English Meaning - unavailability, deprivation.
42.to one’s credit (phrase)
English Meaning - used to mention that someone deserves praise/admiration.
43.provisions (noun)
English Meaning - preparations, plans, planning, prearrangement, arrangements.
44.adoption (noun)
English Meaning - a legal process that allows someone to become the parent of a child, even though the parent and child are not related by blood.
45.foster care (noun)
English Meaning - (temporary) guardianship for orphaned children.
46.admittedly (adverb)
English Meaning - actually, truly/verily, indeed.
47.progressive (adjective)
English Meaning - forward-looking, forward-thinking; reforming, revolutionary.
48.momentum (noun)
English Meaning - energy, strength, impetus.
49.build up (phrasal verb)
English Meaning - boost, strengthen, increase, improve, grow, augment, raise, intensify, enhance.
50.intervention (noun)
English Meaning - the process of intervening in something; involvement, interference.
51.put out (phrasal verb)
English Meaning - issue, publish, release, circulate, make public, publicize.
52.in the public domain/realm (phrase)
English Meaning - if something (e.g. information) is in the public domain, people generally know about it since it is no secret.
53.well begun is half done (phrase)
English Meaning - a good beginning will definitely lead to progress. Much depends on the beginning of any endeavor.
54.paradigm (noun)
English Meaning - model, pattern, case in point.
55.from time to time (phrase)
English Meaning - occasionally, now and then, once in a while, at intervals.
56.evolve (verb)
English Meaning - develop, progress, advance gradually.
57.by all accounts (phrase)
English Meaning - allegedly, apparently, seemingly, ostensibly.
58.nowhere near (phrase)
English Meaning - not nearly.
