United against terror:
India must continue to persuade others that terrorism is a threat to humanity India’s decision to host the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) is an important marker of the Government’s ongoing effort to highlight terrorism issues at a time the global body has been more focused on the Ukraine war. Held in Mumbai and Delhi, it brought UN officials, and ministers and diplomats from all members of the Security Council (UNSC), to discuss challenges to the global counter-terrorism architecture. In Mumbai, the spotlight was on the 26/11 attacks. Despite the global nature of the terror targets, India has had an uphill battle since 2008 in international cooperation to pursue the case, and in bringing the lone surviving attacker, Ajmal Kasab, through a full trial and execution. After a brief period of information sharing, Pakistan has dragged its feet on prosecuting even LeT commanders Hafiz Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi and others that its Federal Investigative Agency held responsible for the attacks. During the UNSC conference, the attendees heard not only from victims of the attacks but also voice samples of LeT recruiter Sajid Mir directing terrorists during the attacks; even so Mir, now in a Pakistani prison on terror financing charges, after Pakistan’s grey-listing at the Financial Action Task Force mandated action, has not been tried. The U.S., which has cooperated in many other ways with India on terrorism, convicted conspirators David Headley and Tahawwur Rana for the attacks, but has refused to extradite them. Meanwhile, China continues to block designating LeT leaders on the UNSC 1267 terror list, a problem External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken specifically mentioned at the conference.In Delhi, the CTC focus was on online radicalisation and terror recruitment, terror financing through crypto-currency and virtual assets, and unmanned aerial system use including drones for terror strikes, transporting drugs and arms. The deliberations led to the “Delhi Declaration on countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes”. While India has only two months left in its current elected tenure at the UNSC, the Government appears to be making efforts to keep up the momentum from the CTC meet; it will host an international “No Money For Terror” conference (November 18-19), and a UNSC special briefing on challenges to global counter-terrorism efforts (December 15-16). As the Indian experience with 26/11 has shown, the global community has often been long on statements but short on cooperative action, and New Delhi will have to keep pressing the point that terrorism remains, in Mr. Jaishankar’s words, amongst the “ gravest threats to humanity”.
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Extradition (noun) – deportation, handover, repatriation, refoulement, expulsion अपराधी का प्रत्यर्पण
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Convict (verb) – declare guilty, find guilty, pronounce guilty दोषी ठहराना
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FATF (noun) – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog
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Lead (to) (verb) – cause, give rise to, result in, bring about वजह बनना
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Meanwhile (adverb) – for now, for the moment, for the present, for the time being
इस दौरान
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Highlight (verb) – underline, underscore, call attention to, focus attention on, stress, emphasize प्रमुखता से दिखाना
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Often (adverb) – frequently, in many instances, repeatedly, again and again
अक्सर
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Lone (adjective) – solitary, single, solo
अकेला
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Tenure (noun) – term of office, period
कार्यकाल
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Momentum (noun) – impetus, energy, force
प्रेरणा, आवेग
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Direct (verb) – to tell or order somebody to do something
निर्देश या आदेश देना
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Counter (verb) – oppose, contradict, retort, combat, respond
सामना करना
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Keep up (phrasal verb) – continue, persist with, persevere with, maintain
बनाए रखना
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Marker (noun) – Indicator, sign, indication, symbol, pointer.
सूचक
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Persuade (verb) – convince, influence, induce, coax, sway
मनाना
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Victim (noun) – An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
पीड़ित
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Strike (noun) – Attack, raid, foray, incursion
हमला
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Counter-terrorism (noun) – anti-terrorism
आतंकवाद के ख़िलाफ़
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Humanity (noun) – Humankind, civilization, people, human race, homo sapiens
मानवता, मानवजाति
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Architecture (noun) – structure, construction, form, formation, shape, composition
ढांचा
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Spotlight (noun) – the centre of public attention or interest
आकर्षण-केंद्र
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Uphill (adjective) – arduous, difficult, rising, laborious, tough
कठिन
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Surviving (adjective) – Remaining alive
जीवित
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Execution (noun) – the act of killing someone as a legal punishment:
मृत्युदंड, फाँसी
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Drag one’s feet on (phrase) – be deliberately slow or reluctant to act.
पैर खींचना (किसी काम से)
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Prosecute (verb) – take to court, bring legal proceedings against
पर मुकदमा चलाना
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Federal (adjective) – Relating to or denoting the central government
संघीय
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Grey-listing (noun) – it means that it is under increased monitoring by the FATF
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Try (verb) – to examine a person accused of committing a crime in a court of law to decide if the person is guilty
मुकदमा चलाना
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Conspirator (noun) – plotter, schemer, coconspirator, machinator, accomplice
षड्यंत्रकारी
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Extradite (verb) – deport, deliver, expatriate, exile; to make someone return for trial to another country or state where they have been accused of doing something illegal
अपराधी को प्रत्यर्पित करना
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Designate (verb) – classify, class, pronounce, label, tag
नामोद्दिष्ट करना
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UNSC 1267 (noun) – Security Council resolution 1267 requires all states to implement an asset freeze; travel ban; and an arms embargo against individuals, groups, and entities subject to sanctions, as identified by the “Consolidated List.”
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Radicalisation (noun) – the action or process of causing someone to adopt radical positions on political or social issues
कट्टरता
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Virtual asset (noun) – Crypto currency; The most common example of a virtual asset is virtual currency such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum or Dogecoin
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Unmanned (adjective) – if a machine, vehicle or place is unmanned it does not have or need a person to control or operate it
स्वचालित या बिना कर्मीदल का, (स्थान) मानवहीन
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Aerial (adjective) – from or in the air
हवा से या हवा में; हवाई
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Deliberation (noun) – thought, thinking, discussion, debate, consultation
विवेचना, वितर्क-विमर्श
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Press the point (phrase) – to repeat an idea often in a way that is annoying to show that it is very important
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Grave (adjective) – serious, important, all-important,
गंभीर
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Diplomat (noun) – ambassador, envoy, emissary, consul
राजनयिक
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Hold responsible for (phrase) – believe that someone is responsible for something.
को जिम्मेदार ठहराना