The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 30th December 2024

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Dangerous skies: on the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner

The Russia-Ukraine war poses great risk for airlines operating in the region

The crash of an Azerbaijani airliner near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau that killed 38 people has again brought into focus the danger of flying over the Russia-Ukraine conflict zone. The Embraer 190 was en route from Baku to Russia’s Grozny when it was diverted and attempted an emergency landing some kilometres from Aktau. While initial fears centered around a bird hit, government and media reports have increasingly pointed at a misguided Russian anti-drone attack on the plane. Holes in the plane and videos of oxygen masks releasing would indicate depressurisation (the reduction of air pressure in the cabin). The aircraft was still airborne after the attack, eventually crossing the Caspian Sea on the east, a distance of some 300 miles as the crow flies. Reports talk about the plane’s control system being damaged, which would possibly explain its loopy (twisted or erratic) flight paths, and permission being denied to the damaged aircraft to land in nearby airports although norms would allow a damaged civilian plane to land anywhere close. The Cockpit Voice Recorder (a device that records the audio in the cockpit), and the Digital Flight Data Recorder (a device that records flight data) have been recovered, which would reveal much information. Azerbaijan has sovereignty over the flight and the Brazilian manufacturer, Embraer, would also be party to the multi-stakeholder investigation that would reveal the cause of the accident, the course of events, and whether and how the control systems of the flight were affected. The last would indicate the role, if any, played by jamming systems (electronic systems used to disrupt communication or radar signals) that are part of air and drone defence.

Azerbaijani and U.S. officials have blamed Russian air defence systems responding to a Ukrainian attack likely with drones. Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev “for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace”. In this half-hearted (insincere or lacking full commitment) apology, he stopped short of acknowledging active Russian involvement or that it was collateral damage to Azerbaijan, a Russian ally. That the plane was damaged nearly 500 miles from the Ukrainian border has shown the state of warfare today, in which drones and microdrones have moved centrestage (the most important or prominent position) as low-cost weapons capable of strikes and surveillance across broad swathes (wide areas) of enemy territory causing much damage deep inside enemy territory. If the Kazakhstan air crash calls for one urgent response, it is for the de-escalation (reduction of tension or conflict) of military action in the region, the success of which would depend preponderantly (primarily or mostly) on Moscow’s willingness to end its invasion of Ukraine and an agreement on limiting the expansion of NATO. Failure to do so now risks not only collateral damage resulting in such avoidable loss of innocent lives, but could also see more regional actors getting pulled into the conflict.

Hindu Vocab Wordlist 30th December 2024

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1. Depressurisation: The reduction in pressure in a place, especially in a cabin or an aircraft.
2. Loopy: Informal term meaning Silly, eccentric or strange; also used to describe something that moves in a strange way.
3. Cockpit Voice Recorder: A device that records sounds in the cockpit of an aircraft for investigation purposes.
4. Digital Flight Data Recorder: A device that records technical data about an aircraft’s flight to help investigate accidents.
5. Jamming Systems: The use of electronic signals to block or interfere with other signals, such as radio or radar waves.
6. Half-hearted: Not done with much effort or interest.
7. Centrestage: The most important or attention-getting part of something.
8. Swathes: A large area of something.
9. De-escalation: The process of reducing the violence or seriousness of a situation.
10. Preponderantly: More than anything else; primarily.

Hindu Vocab Master 30th December 2024 with Synonyms & Antonyms

Here are the synonyms and antonyms of all the difficult words in Hindu Vocab Master Hindi equivalents for all the words for 30th December 2024:

Word	Synonyms	Antonyms
Depressurisation	air release, venting, pressure drop, decompression	pressurisation, inflation, compression, stabilization
Loopy	eccentric, bizarre, crazy, erratic	normal, rational, stable, predictable
Cockpit Voice Recorder	black box, flight recorder, CVR, cockpit audio device	(No common antonyms, as it’s a specific device)
Digital Flight Data Recorder	flight data monitor, black box, FDR, flight tracker	(No common antonyms, as it’s a specific device)
Jamming Systems	disruption, interference, blockage, obstruction	transmission, reception, communication, connection
Half-hearted	indifferent, apathetic, lukewarm, uninterested	enthusiastic, eager, wholehearted, passionate
Centrestage	spotlight, focus, prominence, attention	obscurity, background, sideline, insignificance
Swathes	areas, expanses, stretches, regions	tiny spots, fragments, bits, portions
De-escalation	reduction, alleviation, mitigation, lessening	escalation, intensification, aggravation, exacerbation
Preponderantly	predominantly, mainly, chiefly, largely	minimally, slightly, inconsequentially, scarcely