Left-wing extremism is the biggest challenge before the democratic system of the country and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government is committed to eradicating it, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Raipur, Chhattisgarh today.
The two-day EU-India Track 1.5 Conference in New Delhi will bring together experts, policymakers, academia and law enforcement officials from South Asia (India, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka) and Europe, who are at the forefront of the fight against digital extremism.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said that several countries participating in the Third Voice of Global South Summit expressed their concern over terrorism and extremism with Prime Minister Narendra Modi also mentioning it in his opening remarks
The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) and Centre for Gender Justice and Women Empowerment (CGJWE), in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, has highlighted the systematic imposition of religious extremism on the Baloch community by Pakistan.
"Terrorism, extremism and separatism have become deep dangers for our societies. Technology divide and other economic and social challenges from technology is coming to the fore," the Prime Minister said.
The geographical spread of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) violence has substantially reduced from 126 across 10 states in 2013 to only 38 districts in nine states by April 2024, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told the the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The Muslim Council of Elders, under the chairmanship of Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, called for the unification of international efforts to formulate a global strategy to counter all forms of hate speech, intolerance, extremism, and discrimination.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin unequivocally condemned terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism in all its forms and manifestations including the cross-border movement of terrorists, and terrorism financing networks and safe havens