English is a highly scoring section and carry a good weightage of 40 marks in CLAT. Keep increasing your word power by visiting this section. Fracas (noun) : a noisy disturbance or quarrel. (usage) : It sought cooperation from India over rare earths in 2012 after a fracas with China

Doling (gerund or present participle) – distribute shares of something. (usage)- Talk is cheap but gratuitous advice is even cheaper it would seem and leading the way in doling it out are some of our elected representatives.(source-TOI )

The-Knowledge-Tree-Words-Vocabulary (1) Apparatchik (noun)- an official in a large political organisation (usage)- A frequent visitor who stayed for weeks at a time in the US as a party apparatchik.( source- TOI ) Note: For more updates on topics asked in CLAT, keep visiting CLAT Gurukul which is a knowledge sharing

Words discussed in this section are important for CLAT and other law entrance exams. Undermining (verb) :lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually (usage) : Fast tracking of one category means undermining others (source-Times Of India )

Words discussed in this secion are important from CLAT and other law entrance exams’ point of view. Conundrum (noun) – a confusing and difficult problem or question (usage)- Apex court referred to the conundrum and observed that Law Commission of India can resolve the issue.(source- TOI )

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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani nominated a female judge to the Supreme Court in an unprecedented move that has angered some Islamic conservatives. Anisa Rasouli, the head of the Afghan Women Judges Association and a former juvenile court judge, was the only female nominated to the nine-member bench after the announcement

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic[/caption] Men’s Singles: At Melbourne on Sunday, Djokovic won his fifth Australian Open crown, beating Andy Murray 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-0. The only man to win more Australian titles than Djokovic is Roy Emerson, who chalked up six in the 1960s when the Grand Slams were restricted