<div>India has called for standardising punitive measures against states who use terrorists as their first line of offence and use duplicity as a policy. Speaking at the Conference in Paris on fight against terrorist financing for Daesh and Al Qaeda, Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar said terrorism is becoming the dominant feature of conflict in the 21st century.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>He said, terrorists, particularly those impelled by dated ideologies like faith supremacy, challenge the very concept of the nation-state, and seek to replace it with faith-based space.&nbsp;</div>''<div>Mr Akbar said for more than two decades the UN had been unable to agree upon a definition of terrorism and asked how do we fight an enemy we cannot define.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>He said, indeed more cooperation is often seen between terrorist gangs, their sponsors and affiliates than between nations fighting terrorism.</div>''<div>The minister said there was a need for cooperation on a counteroffensive against a lifeline of terrorism that is finance.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>&nbsp;More than 70 countries taking part in the conference have committed to bolster efforts in the fight against terrorism financing associated with the Islamic State group and al-Qaida.&nbsp; Participants at a&nbsp; conference in Paris agreed to &quot;fully criminalise&quot; terror financing through effective and proportionate sanctions &quot;even in the absence of a link to a specific terrorist act.&quot;&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The two-day event has been&nbsp; &nbsp;convened by French President Emmanuel Macron to coordinate efforts to reduce the terror threat in the long-term. <br />''</div>