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Karbis protest against ST status for hill Bodos
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Daily Current Affairs Dated On 19-Feb-2020
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1. Pakistan to remain in terror financing watchdog’s ‘Grey List 2. Karbis protest against ST status for hill Bodos 3. Foodgrains production set to touch a record high 4. One in three adolescents face online abuse, finds study by NGO
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
