The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 9th September 2024

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Periodic reset: On India-ASEAN ties, ‘Act East’ policy

-India needs to engage with ASEAN consistently on trade and security

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Brunei and Singapore last week was part of a deliberate (done consciously and intentionally) focus on India’s “Act East” policy by the government in its third tenure. Not since 2018, when ASEAN leaders were in India for a summit and the Republic Day parade, has New Delhi reached out to the region in such a short time span. He is expected to travel to Laos for the ASEAN-India summit, the Philippines, and Indonesia, later this year. In addition, New Delhi has laid out the red carpet (offering a very warm and special welcome) for the Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Malaysia. The message to reconnect (restore friendly relations) with each of the countries in South East Asia, and even forge (create or develop something strong or enduring) new ties, is well considered and overdue. Mr. Modi’s visit was the first bilateral visit by any Indian Prime Minister. This neglect (failure to care for properly) of ties with a country that has strategic (relating to the identification of long-term or overall aims) ties with the U.S., trade ties with China, and is situated in the middle of ASEAN is telling (revealing or showing something important). While India’s trade with the ASEAN region has doubled in the past decade, it has actually declined with Brunei, with India ramping up (increasing the intensity or amount of something) its oil imports from Russia since 2022. The two sides do not have a strategic partnership, although the leaders discussed defence (protection or resistance against attack) and geo-strategic (relating to the strategy involved in geographical or political considerations) issues, and Mr. Modi took a veiled (not openly expressed or revealed) jab at China. The two sides renewed their space cooperation, which hinges on (depends entirely on) Brunei hosting an ISRO station, and it remains to be seen whether other discussions on trade, investment and energy cooperation will bear fruit. In Singapore, the spotlight during Mr. Modi’s visit was on semiconductors, given that Singapore is a major player in all parts of the electronics supply chain. As India seeks more technical expertise and investment in rare earths and chip making and Singapore seeks to defray (provide money to cover a cost) some of the growing land and labour costs of its semiconductor industry, the two could make a perfect fit, also de-risking (reducing the risk or exposure to danger) the process from U.S.-China-Taiwan tensions, American protectionist policies and Chinese predatory (seeking to exploit or oppress others) practices. This could also correct the drop in Singapore’s FDI levels into India.

Hopes for more intense exchanges in technology, trade and investment can be realised only if the India-ASEAN engagement is more consistent. India’s exit from the ASEAN-led RCEP in 2019 was a blow, and cuts India out of a large regional FTA. While New Delhi has refused to revise the decision despite ASEAN’s entreaties (earnest or humble requests), it must update the 2009 AITIGA and the 2005 CECA with Singapore. India’s commitment to “ASEAN centrality” on all strategic issues in the Indo-Pacific has been warmly received, but it needs to coordinate more closely on geopolitical (relating to politics, especially international relations, influenced by geography) issues including Myanmar, the South China Sea and Quad engagement. While India’s historical ties with the region date more than a millennium, modern ties need a periodic (happening at intervals) reset, as governments have carried out in the past with the “Look East” policy (1992) and the Modi government’s Act East policy (2014).

Hindu Vocab Wordlist 9th September 2024

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• Deliberate: (of an action or decision) intentional or planned, often with careful thought.
• Red carpet: special treatment that is given to an important person when they visit a place.
• Reconnect: to join or be joined with something else again after becoming separated.
• Forge: to make an illegal copy of something in order to deceive; to make or produce something, especially with some difficulty.
• Neglect: to not give enough care or attention to people or things that are your responsibility.
• Strategic: helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics.
• Telling: showing the truth about a situation or showing what someone really thinks.
• Ramp up: to increase the speed, power, or cost of something.
• Veiled: hidden or unclear, often used to describe something that is expressed indirectly.
• Defray: to provide money to pay for something.
• De-risking: the process of reducing the possibility of something bad happening.
• Predatory: (of a person or organization) using someone’s weakness to get advantages for yourself; trying to use someone’s weakness to get advantages.

Hindu Vocab Master 9th September with Synonyms & Antonyms

Here are the synonyms and antonyms of all the difficult words in Hindu Vocab Master for 9th September 2024.

Word	Synonyms	Antonyms
Deliberate	intentional, planned, calculated, premeditated	accidental, hasty, spontaneous, unintentional
Red carpet	warm welcome, grand reception, hospitality, VIP treatment	cold shoulder, neglect, disregard, snub
Reconnect	reunite, reestablish, restore, renew	sever, disconnect, break, alienate
Forge	build, create, establish, form	destroy, dissolve, break, undo
Neglect	overlook, disregard, ignore, abandon	care, attend, maintain, protect
Strategic	tactical, calculated, planned, intentional	careless, unplanned, random, accidental
Telling	revealing, significant, meaningful, indicative	trivial, unimportant, insignificant, irrelevant
Ramp up	increase, escalate, boost, enhance	decrease, reduce, diminish, lessen
Veiled	hidden, concealed, disguised, masked	open, explicit, revealed, exposed
Defray	cover, pay, finance, offset	charge, withhold, exact, demand
De-risking	safeguard, secure, stabilize, protect	risk, endanger, jeopardize, expose
Predatory	exploitative, oppressive, aggressive, rapacious	supportive, nurturing, cooperative, helpful