Not just to defend rights, but to uphold the dignity of every human being.”To build the case against cross-border terrorism has emerged as the major challenge for India,he cited the recent terrorist attack this year in Pahalgam in Kashmir in which 26 innocent tourists lost their lives. Underlining the threat he said, “India has confronted this challenge since its independence, having a neighbour that is an epicentre of global terrorism. For decades now, major international terrorist attacks are traced back to that one country. Relentless pressure must be applied on the entire terrorism ecosystem. Those who condone nations that sponsor terror will find that it comes back to bite them.This make Indian policy clear as far as terrorism is concerned.Operation Sindoor created a new normal in the national security paradigm as far as India is concerned.The need is to devise a comprehensive national security doctrine that pre-empts all forms of terrorism and dismantles all forms of support structures of terrorism.Both tangible and intangible.