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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
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protocol, counterparts

0It all started with President APJ Abdul Kalam's visit to the Infosys campus in Mysore on Sunday. As per 00protocol,00 the National Anthem was played out but it was an instrumental version. Later Murthy explained that it was done to save his foreign guests from an “embarrassing” position of being silent and while their Indian 00counterparts00 were singing it02br
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00I think here protocol means `01b00etiquette02b00'. If wrong, please tell the correct one.02br
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00 I couldn't unerstand the meaning of 01b00 counterparts02b00 in this context though I have already referred two dictionaries.02br
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00So, please explain highlighted ones.0-
  

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0 protocol in this context = 01b 01i 00noun02i 00:02b 00 forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state02br 02br 00counterparts - their equivalents. The Indian Prime Minister's counterpart in Britain is the British Prime Minister. In this context it actually just means the Indian guests as opposed to the non-Indian guests0-

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  • 0 protocol in this context = 01b 01i 00noun02i 00:02b 00 forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state02br 02br 00counterparts - their equivalents.
  • The Indian Prime Minister's counterpart in Britain is the British Prime Minister.
  • In this context it actually just means the Indian guests as opposed to the non-Indian guests0-
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0 protocol in this context = 01b01i00noun02i00:02b00 forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state02br
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