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Frosty ties: On the worsening India-Canada ties

Ordinary people will suffer as India and Canada cut down visa services

India and Canada are headed (move towards, go towards) for an even frostier season in ties after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)’s latest move (कदम, कार्रवाई) to pare down (reduce, decrease, lessen) the number of Canadian diplomats (राजनयिक) in India, from 62 to 21. While New Delhi had made its demand to equalise the numbers in each other’s missions (diplomatic mission, embassy, consulate, legation) known last month, in the fiery (उग्र) aftermath (परिणाम) of the Trudeau government’s allegations (आरोप, दोषारोपण) that India had a role in the killing of Canadian national and Khalistani (supporting Khalistan movement) activist (कार्यकर्ता) Hardeep Singh Nijjar, matters were thought to have cooled down. It had even been hoped that quiet diplomacy (it is a way of conduct of international relations (through the interaction of official representatives of governments or groups) to create conditions in which parties feel comfortable to act, in particular allowing parties calmly to evaluate positions and interests, to weigh options and consider independent and impartial advice) was at work (at action) to repair ties. However, Canada continues to hold (have (a particular belief/opinion); believe, feel, think, consider, reckon), without proffering (put forward, come up with, submit, propose, offer, float, posit, present) any further proof, that India must cooperate in its investigations against unnamed Indian officials (अधिकारी, अफसर), while India is standing by (stick to, hold to, abide by, adhere to, comply with) measures (step, action, act, move) it has taken in reprisal (प्रतिशोध, बदला): last month, after the tit-for-tat (जैसे को तैसा) expulsions (निष्कासन) of their respective diplomats from security agencies, the Modi government suspended visas for all Canadians, and demanded the downsizing (reduction, cut back, decrease, deduction) of Canadian diplomatic strength. This week, India issued an ultimatum ((final) warning, demand, notice, conditions/terms) for the removal of two thirds of those numbers with a deadline of October 31 — after which India would unilaterally (एकतरफा) withdraw diplomatic (tactful, sensitive, subtle, delicate; consular, foreign-policy) immunity (exemption, exclusion, exception, indemnity, freedom, exemption from punishment, freedom from punishment). As a result, Canada’s Foreign Ministry flew out 41 of its diplomats and their families, calling (describe as, regard as, categorize as, consider to be) India’s demand a violation (उल्लंघन) of international law (अंतरराष्ट्रीय कानून) including the Vienna Convention (The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is an international treaty signed by 61 countries in 1961. It puts forth a framework for diplomatic interactions between independent nations and aims to ensure the ‘development of friendly relations among nations’). The MEA has retorted (करारा जवाब) that the convention’s Article 11.1 does authorise (अधिकृत करना) India to “require that the size of a mission be kept within limits”. Canada has also conveyed that with staffing shortages now, consulate (a consulate is a smaller version of an embassy and is generally located in the larger tourist cities of a country, but not the capital. Consulates (and their chief diplomat, the consul) handle minor diplomatic issues such as issuing visas, aiding in trade relationships, and taking care of migrants, tourists, and expatriates) “in-person” visa services would no longer (not any more) be provided. The Canadian Immigration (the act of leaving one’s countries and moving to another country of which they are not natives, nor citizens, to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens) Minister has added that India’s moves would not deter (prevent, stop, avert, block, hinder, hamper) Canada’s prosecution (legal action, legal proceeding, legal case) in the Nijjar case.

The developments (evolution; turn of events, incident, occurrence, happening) indicate that if there had been any diplomatic efforts to defuse (reduce, lessen/diminish, ease/mitigate) the situation in the past month, they have been fruitless (ineffective, unproductive, unsuccessful, worthless, futile, useless). Apart from the Modi-Trudeau and National Security Adviser (the central co-ordinator and adviser to the prime minister/president and cabinet on security, intelligence, defence, and some foreign policy matters. They are based in the Cabinet Office and work across departments to bring together a coherent national security strategy that fits with the government’s priorities) meetings that had discussed the Nijjar case, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had reportedly (apparently, supposedly, evidently, seemingly, allegedly, presumably, ostensibly) met Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly in the U.S. on the sidelines of (it refers to a meeting/forum occurs at the same time as the scheduled meeting/forum, but is not itself an item on the agenda) the UN General Assembly (it is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, serving as the main deliberative, policy-making, and representative organ of the UN. Its powers, composition, functions, and procedures are set out in Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter). None of those appears to have turned the trajectory (track/course, route, path, direction, approach) of events; attempts by Canada’s “Five Eyes (it is the multilateral intelligence-sharing alliance. The “five” in the 5 Eyes refers to the five Anglophone (English-speaking) countries that Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. These countries are parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence)” Allies to mediate (negotiate, conciliate, make peace, concile differences, intervene) have not worked either. While the allies have supported Canada’s claims (assertion, contention, statement, affirmation, allegation), they have also shored up their ties with India, with possible visits by the British, U.S. and Australian leaders that will assure New Delhi. With diplomatic options exhausted (use up, deplete, finish, expend, squander, waste) for now, it is hoped a period of reflection (thought, thinking, consideration, contemplation, study, deliberation, pondering) will bring fresh counsel (advice, opinion, view, guidance, direction, suggestion, recommendation) on how to break the logjam (irresolvable situation (or) backlog, accumulation, pile-up, excess (of pending work)). Till then, students, tourists and businesspersons will suffer.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.move (noun)

Hindi Meaning - कदम, कार्रवाई
English Meaning - action, act, step, measure.

2.diplomat (noun)

Hindi Meaning - राजनयिक
English Meaning - envoy, ambassador, consul, emissary.

3.fiery (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - उग्र
English Meaning - raging, angry, intense, strong; volatile, aggressive, ill-tempered.

4.aftermath (noun)

Hindi Meaning - परिणाम
English Meaning - consequences, after-effects, repercussions; end result, outcome.

5.allegation (noun)

Hindi Meaning - आरोप, दोषारोपण
English Meaning - accusation, charge, indictment.

6.activist (noun)

Hindi Meaning - कार्यकर्ता
English Meaning - extremist, radical, militant.

7.official (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अधिकारी, अफसर
English Meaning - officer, office-holder, functionary, bureaucrat, mandarin.

8.reprisal (noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रतिशोध, बदला
English Meaning - retaliation, counterattack, counterstroke; revenge, vengeance, retribution, recrimination, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, tit for tat.

9.tit for tat (phrase)

Hindi Meaning - जैसे को तैसा
English Meaning - equivalent retaliation, reprisal, revenge, vengeance; counterattack, revenge, an eye for an eye.

10.expulsion (noun)

Hindi Meaning - निष्कासन
English Meaning - the act of forcing someone to leave a place; removal, debarment, dismissal, rejection; banishment, expulsion, deportation, eviction, expatriation.

11.unilaterally (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - एकतरफा
English Meaning - used to indicate something done by a person/country without approval/agreement from other people/countries involved in the situation.

12.violation (noun)

Hindi Meaning - उल्लंघन
English Meaning - breach, infringement, breaking, non-observance, infringement, contravention.

13.international law (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अंतरराष्ट्रीय कानून
English Meaning - also called public international law or law of nations; The body of rules and regulations that apply between sovereign states and other entities that are legally recognized as international actors. is collectively known as international law The English phrase “international law” was first coined by the utilitarian philosopher, Jeremy Bentham (Janis 1984).

14.retort (verb)

Hindi Meaning - करारा जवाब
English Meaning - counter, respond; answer/reply.

15.authorise (verb)

Hindi Meaning - अधिकृत करना
English Meaning - permit, allow, approve.

16.mission (noun)

English Meaning - diplomatic mission, embassy, consulate, legation.

17.frosty (adjective)

English Meaning - unfriendly, inhospitable/unwelcoming, hostile.

18.ties (noun)

English Meaning - association, relationship, bond, connection.

19.worsening (adjective)

English Meaning - weakening, aggravating, deteriorating, degenerating, declining.

20.cut down (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - reduce the quantity of something.

21.head (for) (verb)

English Meaning - move towards, go towards.

22.pare down (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - reduce, decrease, lessen.

23.Khalistani (adjective)

English Meaning - supporting Khalistan movement.

24.Khalistanis (noun)

English Meaning - people who are related/connected to the Khalistan movement (a Sikh separatist movement) seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs by establishing a sovereign state, called Khālistān (‘Land of the Khalsa’), in the Punjab region.

25.shoot up (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - rise suddenly.

26.cool down (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - control, regain, recover (to normal state).

27.quiet diplomacy (noun)

English Meaning - it is a way of conduct of international relations (through the interaction of official representatives of governments or groups) to create conditions in which parties feel comfortable to act, in particular allowing parties calmly to evaluate positions and interests, to weigh options and consider independent and impartial advice.

28.diplomacy (noun)

English Meaning - international politics, foreign affairs, foreign policy; negotiations, discussions, talks, dialogue (related to international politics).

29.at work (phrase)

English Meaning - at action.

30.hold (verb)

English Meaning - have (a particular belief/opinion); believe, feel, think, consider, reckon.

31.proffer (verb)

English Meaning - put forward, come up with, submit, propose, offer, float, posit, present.

32.stand by (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - stick to, hold to, abide by, adhere to, comply with.

33.measure (noun)

English Meaning - step, action, act, move.

34.downsizing (noun)

English Meaning - reduction, cut back, decrease, deduction.

35.diplomatic (adjective)

English Meaning - tactful, sensitive, subtle, delicate; consular, foreign-policy.

36.ultimatum (noun)

English Meaning - (final) warning, demand, notice, conditions/terms.

37.immunity (noun)

English Meaning - exemption, exclusion, exception, indemnity, freedom, exemption from punishment, freedom from punishment.

38.fly out (phrase)

English Meaning - to move someone or something from one place to another.

39.call (verb)

English Meaning - describe as, regard as, categorize as, consider to be.

40.Vienna convention (noun)

English Meaning - The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is an international treaty signed by 61 countries in 1961. It puts forth a framework for diplomatic interactions between independent nations and aims to ensure the ‘development of friendly relations among nations’.

41.Article 11.1 of the Vienna convention (noun)

English Meaning - it states “In the absence of specific agreement as to the size of the mission, the receiving State may require that the size of a mission be kept within limits considered by it to be reasonable and normal, having regard to circumstances and conditions in the receiving State and to the needs of the particular mission”.

42.consulate (noun)

English Meaning - a consulate is a smaller version of an embassy and is generally located in the larger tourist cities of a country, but not the capital. Consulates (and their chief diplomat, the consul) handle minor diplomatic issues such as issuing visas, aiding in trade relationships, and taking care of migrants, tourists, and expatriates.

43.no longer (verb)

English Meaning - not any more.

44.immigration (noun)

English Meaning - the act of leaving one’s countries and moving to another country of which they are not natives, nor citizens, to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens.

45.deter (verb)

English Meaning - prevent, stop, avert, block, hinder, hamper.

46.prosecution (noun)

English Meaning - legal action, legal proceeding, legal case.

47.development (noun)

English Meaning - evolution; turn of events, incident, occurrence, happening.

48.defuse (verb)

English Meaning - reduce, lessen/diminish, ease/mitigate.

49.fruitless (adjective)

English Meaning - ineffective, unproductive, unsuccessful, worthless, futile, useless.

50.National Security Adviser (NSA) (noun)

English Meaning - the central co-ordinator and adviser to the prime minister/president and cabinet on security, intelligence, defence, and some foreign policy matters. They are based in the Cabinet Office and work across departments to bring together a coherent national security strategy that fits with the government’s priorities.

51.reportedly (adverb)

English Meaning - apparently, supposedly, evidently, seemingly, allegedly, presumably, ostensibly.

52.on the sidelines of (phrase)

English Meaning - it refers to a meeting/forum occurs at the same time as the scheduled meeting/forum, but is not itself an item on the agenda.

53.UN General Assembly (UNGA) (noun)

English Meaning - it is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, serving as the main deliberative, policy-making, and representative organ of the UN. Its powers, composition, functions, and procedures are set out in Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter.

54.trajectory (noun)

English Meaning - track/course, route, path, direction, approach.

55.Five Eyes (FVEY) (noun)

English Meaning - it is the multilateral intelligence-sharing alliance. The “five” in the 5 Eyes refers to the five Anglophone (English-speaking) countries that Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. These countries are parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence.

56.ally (noun)

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.

57.mediate (verb)

English Meaning - negotiate, conciliate, make peace, concile differences, intervene.

58.claim (noun)

English Meaning - assertion, contention, statement, affirmation, allegation.

59.shore up (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - support, help, assist someone/something from ; bolster up, buttress, strengthen, fortify, reinforce, underpin something from decline.

60.exhaust (verb)

English Meaning - use up, deplete, finish, expend, squander, waste.

61.reflection (noun)

English Meaning - thought, thinking, consideration, contemplation, study, deliberation, pondering.

62.counsel (noun)

English Meaning - advice, opinion, view, guidance, direction, suggestion, recommendation.

63.logjam (noun)

English Meaning - irresolvable situation (or) backlog, accumulation, pile-up, excess (of pending work).