By Surinder Singh Oberoi

Coimbatore car blast: Mubin, the suspect suicidal bomber, was radicalised after reading ISIS literature but did not get any training in terrorist tactics. He read up on the Internet about bomb-making.

Weapons dropped by Pak drone seized; two arrested. A Jammu resident was handling them settled in Europe: Police said.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at two locations in Varanasi and Delhi in connection with the ISIS 'Voice of Hind' module case and arrested a 24-year-old "highly radicalised" man, who, the agency said, was engaged in the recruitment of Indian youths on behalf of the ISIS for waging war against the Indian State.

How US officials say ISIS uses social media to recruit. The terrorist group sells kind fighters, happy children and video games with bloody murder and violence to attract people to their cause.

These above news items speak volumes of the footprint or ingredients of digital cross-border terrorism happenings to bleed India. Some of these terrorist actions took place in India when the UN Security Council CTC Conference was taking place in India.

Still, a nonbinding Delhi Declaration is circulated, which many analysts feel is just a balancing act by the UN after bailing out Pakistan from the FATF even though, it is an achievement that the conference happened for the first time in India.

Analysts suggest that India should tackle the challenges internally or bilaterally with innovative methods rather than wait for an incident to happen or for multilateral or international intervention to occur. UN, with every passing year, is losing its credibility.

Analysis of the Delhi declaration

When read between the lines, the Delhi declaration speaks more on core Human Rights than action against those sponsoring terrorism. The first point in the Delhi declaration is that "Member States agree that guidelines and implemented actions should be based on international law and human rights."

However, the UN still needs to acknowledge the definition of a "terrorist”. India has been demanding for years at every meaningful international or multilateral platform, demanding the definition to be accepted by the UN.

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