New Delhi: During his keynote address at the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a veiled dig at Pakistan for its policy of promoting proxy war against India in Kashmir.
The distinction between good terrorists and bad terrorists, PM Modi said, was among the biggest challenges facing the world. Modi also expressed concern over the rising instances of children from wealthy, influential families being radicalised and joining terror outfits. He also said climate change and economic protectionism were major challenges before the world today.
“You are aware of India’s concerns (over terrorism). All governments are well aware of this challenge. I want to focus on two aspects related to this. Terrorism is dangerous, but equally dangerous is the artificial difference created between good terrorists and bad terrorists. (Today) Educated, well to do youth are also being radicalised,” Modi said, while listing the biggest challenges facing the world community.
Modi also included, in his list of global challenges, the crisis of climate change. “The first big challenge facing the world is Climate Change. Glaciers are melting away at a very rapid pace,” he said, adding, “If we are all children of the Earth, then what is the need for such a massive conflict between man and nature?”
In the 2015 Marrakech Conference on Climate Change, Modi had formed the International Solar Alliance and under the Paris Climate Change Accord, India had pledged to produce 100 GW of solar-powered electricity.
The third major challenge, according to Modi, was the wave of protectionism sweeping across the globe. “Many societies and countries are becoming more and more focused on themselves, it feels like the opposite of globalisation is happening. It can’t be considered less dangerous than terrorism and climate change and globalisation is losing its original essence. Everyone talks about inter connected world but globalisation is slowly losing its lustre. Bilateral negotiations have come to a standstill. New tariff barriers are being introduced to stop globalisation and protectionism is being practiced by many countries,” he said.
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