Feed the cure – The Hindu (Dec 16, 2017)

Feed the cure – The Hindu (Dec 16, 2017)

The Central TB Division has said the government would hand over a sum of ₹500 a month to each of India’s 35 lakh diagnosed TB patients in order to strengthen the fight against the disease. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. oversight (noun) – supervision, surveillance, inspection.
2. offset (verb) – cancel out, equalize, neutralize.
3. malnutrition (noun) – undernourishment, undernutrition, poor/unhealthy/inadequate diet.
4. inmate (noun) – prisoner, convict, captive.
5. rations (noun) – nourishment, food, supplies/provisions.
6. counterpart (noun) – a person who serves the same job/function but in a different location; equivalent.
7. body mass index (noun) – a measurement that shows the amount of fat in your body and that is based on your weight and height.
8. deficiency (noun) – insufficiency, deficit, shortage.
9. pile up (verb) –  increase, grow, rise.
10. vicious (adjective) – serious, dangerous, dreadful.
11. appetite (noun) – hunger, hungriness, need for food.
12. intervention (noun) – action to improve a medical condition.
13. cereal (noun) – food grains (rice, wheat, millet, maize & etc).
14. lentils (noun) – a high-protein pulses, beans, (edible seeds/dals).
15. inaction (noun) – inactivity, apathy/negligence; inertia.
16. contract (verb) – become infected with, develop/catch a disease.
17. dent (noun) – reduction, depletion, deduction.
18. plug (noun) – publicize, promote, mention.
19. no-brainer (noun) – something which demands little/no effort mentally.
20. eat away at (phrasal verb) – erode, consume/use up, waste away (resources).

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