External Affairs Minister underlines gaps in mechanisms and emphasised India’s commitment to global biosecurity.

Oct. 5 -- For combatants who lack the money to spend on high-tech killing instruments, biological weapons offer grisly appeal. They are cheap, easy to make, and simple to conceal — and, since Sept. 11 ...

A joint hazard assessment team member takes hazmat readings in a simulated hot zone during Kauai County Exercise 2017 at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, on Aug. 29, 2017. (Hawaii ...

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday warned that the misuse of biological weapons by non-state actors is no ...

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On Aug. 17, the Department of Defense released its updated Biodefense Posture Review designed to achieve “a resilient total force that deters the use of bioweapons, rapidly responds to natural ...

EAM Jaishankar warns non-state actors could misuse biological weapons; urges modernization of BWC and stronger global ...

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S Jaishankar calls for modernizing the 1975 Biological Weapons Convention to address new threats and enhance verification and ...

Humans today are developing perhaps the most powerful technology in our history: artificial intelligence. The societal harms of AI — including discrimination, threats to democracy, and the ...

India's Foreign Minister warned of bioterrorism by non-state actors, advocating for BWC reforms. He proposed a framework for biosecurity including high-risk agent oversight, incident management, and ...