Tag: “No Money for Terror” (NMFT)

No Money for Terror” Conference The 3rd Ministerial “No Money for Terror” (NMFT) Conference is  set to be held on November 18 and 19, 2022 in New Delhi. The major topics to be discussed at the 2022 NMFT Conference spanning four sessions are Global trends in terrorism and terrorist financing Use of formal and informal channels for terrorism Emerging technologies and terrorist financing International cooperation to address challenges in combating terrorist financing. About NMFT Conference The Ministerial No Money for Terror (NMFT) Conference aims to create platform for international discussions on countering terror financing. The conference includes discussions on technical, legal, regulatory and cooperative aspects of the terrorism financing. It aims to set pace for other high-level official and political discussions focusing on terror finance. The inaugural edition of this conference was held in Paris, France, in 2018. The second edition of the NMFT took place in Melbourne, Australia, in 2019. The third edition was set to take place in India in 2020 but was postponed because of COVID-19 pandemic that caused the global-level restrictions on travel. Biggest iPhone manufacturing unit coming up near Hosur; Telecom and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the biggest unit to manufacture Apple iPhone in India is coming up near Hosur in Bengaluru, which will employ around 60,000 people. Apple has outsourced the manufacturing of iPhone enclosures to Tata Electronics, which has a plant at Hosur. The company gets iPhones manufactured by electronics giants - Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron in India. WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) On the sideline of G20 summit being held in Bali, Indonesia World Helath Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for collaborating with the world health body on hosting and building the global traditional health centre. Prime Minister Modi, World Health Organisation…