Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again upped the ante against terrorism, when he took the stage at a restricted meeting of the Brics nations in Goa on Sunday. He said the “growing arc of terrorism” is now threatening economic prosperity across the world, and that the most vulnerable regions are the Middle East, West Asia, Europe and South Asia.

Modi hardened the tone against Pakistan, although he did not mention the country by name. He said, “Tragically, its [terrorism's] mothership is a country in India's neighbourhood. Terror modules around the world are linked to this mothership. This country shelters not just terrorists. It nurtures a mindset.”

The prime minister urged the Brics nations to stand united in the fight against militancy and asked them to adopt the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. The CCIT is India’s key anti-terror initiative. Its adoption will provide the legal framework to fight terrorism globally as it makes it mandatory for all signatory countries to deny funds and safe haven to terror groups. The CCIT was launched in 1996. However, nations have not yet adopted it over differences on defining terrorism and terrorists.

Hostilities between India and Pakistan have worsened since the the September 18 attack on an Indian Army base in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri sector. While India believes Pakistan was involved in the attack, Islamabad maintains that there is no evidence to support the accusation. The Indian Army announced on Thursday, September 29, that it carried out "surgical strikes against terror launchpads" in along the LoC.