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Turkey’s New bill to monitor civil society groups
The Turkish Parliament recently passed the act called “Preventing Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction”. The bill would increase the monitoring of civil society groups. About the Bill The bill was passed following the 2019 report on Turkey prepared by the Intergovernmental body Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The FATF fights money laundering ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Erdogan • FATF • FATF blacklist • Global Terrorism Index • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Syrian Civil War • Turkey
August 21: International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism observed by UN
21st August is observed as the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism by the United Nations. Key Highlights of the events It was the third commemoration of the day. An online high-level event with the title “Not Forgotten: Stories of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism”, was held. A short film ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Global Terrorism Index • International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism • Terrorism • United Nations • United Nations General Assembly
Global Terrorism Index 2019 by IEP
The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), headquartered in Sydney, Australia is a Global think tank founded in 2007 to develop global and national peace indices. Global terrorism index 2019 report released by IEP, ranks 163 countries according to the impact of terrorism on factors such as the number of attacks, injuries, damage to property ..
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Global Terrorism Index • Institute for Economics and Peace
India ranks 7th in 2016 Global Terrorism Index
According to the 2016 Global Terrorism Index (GTI) India was ranked 7th among 163 countries in the list of most impacted by terrorism in 2015. The fourth edition of the index was released by Sydney-based think-tank Institute for Economics & Peace. India is one of six Asian countries ranked in the top 10 nations most ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2016
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Global Terrorism Index • India • National • Terrorism
India 7th most terror-affected country
As per a report of Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2016, which is released by Institute of Economics and Peace which is a think-tank based in Sydney, Australia India has been ranked 7th among a list of countries which are most affected by terrorism in 2015. India has been ranked among the top 6 Asian nations ..
Topics: Ahl-i Hadith • Global Terrorism Index • Haqqani network • Jaish-e-Mohammed • Kashmir conflict • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Military of Pakistan • Paramilitary organizations • Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan • Terrorism • War on Terror