Contents:
- Pakistan to remain in terror financing watchdog’s ‘Grey List
- Karbis protest against ST status for hill Bodos
- Foodgrains production set to touch a record high
- One in three adolescents face online abuse, finds study by NGO
PAKISTAN TO REMAIN IN TERROR FINANCING WATCHDOG’S GREY LIST
Why in news?
- The International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) of the Financial Action Task
Force (FATF) recommended that Pakistan be retained on the ‘Grey List’, given its failure to completely implement the 27 point action plan to check terror financing
KARBIS PROTEST AGAINST ST STATUS FOR HILL BODOS
Why in news?
- The Bodos, an ethnic group in Assam, had been demanding a separate State since 1972, and are recognised as a Scheduled Tribe (Plain).
- After the conclusion of the latest Bodo pact, the Karbi Longri and North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF), a militant group that signed a ceasefire pact with the Centre in 2009, has said a “political settlement” should be reached soon.
- “The identity of Karbis will come under threat if Bodos who live in the hill areas [along with Karbis] are also given a Scheduled Hill Tribe status
FOODGRAINS PRODUCTION SET TO TOUCH A RECORD HIGH
Why in news?
Total foodgrains production is projected to scale an all-time high of almost 292 million tonnes in 2019-20, propelled by record production of both rice and wheat
ONE IN THREE ADOLESCENTS FACE ONLINE ABUSE, FINDS STUDY BY NGO
Why in news?
NGO — Child Rights and You (CRY) — conducted a survey in collaboration with Forum for Learning and Action with Innovation and Rigor (FLAIR). It was conducted among 630 adolescents aged between 13-18 years from eight schools in Delhi NCR
More about survey
One in every three adolescents exposed to the Internet are victims of cyberbullying and other forms of online abuse and nearly half of the users display some level of addiction
