Terrorist Attacks  

 After defence secretary, inspector general Pujith Jayasundara has stepped down over failures that led to the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka

Easter Sunday saw as many as eight blasts across Sri Lanka that took the lives of at least 321 people and injured 500 odd people. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the terrorist attacks. The Sri Lankan government also exploring the angle that the attack could be in retaliation for the attack on Muslims offering Friday prayers at a mosque in New Zealand's Christchurch.
 

The Enforcement Directorate has also identified several Indian NGOs, which it believes were used as fronts in funding terrorist attacks and other activities by most wanted terrorist Hafiz Saeed

The moment of silence, as far as Indian media was concerned, was on Tuesday when Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman was imprisoned by the Pakistan authorities. It was an occasion for reflection and quietude. But the media muffed the occasion by its blundering blabber. It played India right into the hands of India’s enemies

According to government data, as many as 1,708 terrorist incidents took place in the past five years, i.e. from 2014 to 2019. Last year, 614 cases were reported, which was almost three times of 222 cases in 2014.
 

From Congress to State legislatures and school boards, Muslim Americans spurred to action by the anti-Muslim policies and rhetoric of President Donald Trump and his supporters are running for elected offices in numbers not seen since before the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, say Muslim groups and political observers