Time has come for private sector to take lead in defence participation: Rajnath SinghUnion Defence Minister Rajnath Singh calls for greater private sector involvement in India's defence sector due to their innovative capabil...
18 Oct, 2024, 01.22 PM IST
Case registered against BJP MP Pragya Thakur for 'inflammatory remarks' at Shivamogga eventAccording to police, the case has been registered against the Bhopal MP under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 153A (pr...
29 Dec, 2022, 01.11 AM IST
Address matters on biological weapons convention through cooperation between parties concerned: India at UNSCSpeaking at the UN Security Council briefing on Ukraine: Reports of Biological Programmes, he said India has noted the recent statements by...
12 Mar, 2022, 03.06 PM IST
China amplifies unsupported Russian claim of Ukraine biolabsThe U.S. has been quick to refute Russia's conspiracy theory, and the United Nations has said it has received no information that would bac...
12 Mar, 2022, 12.50 AM IST
View: COVID-19, China’s bioweapon warfare strategy and global securityAn issue which needs to be discussed at length is whether Covid-19 is a mere virus having a natural origin or has it been developed in a la...
08 Jun, 2021, 12.30 PM IST
'Outright lies', says China on reports that it probed weaponising coronaviruses in 2015According to media reports, which referred to the documents obtained by the US officials, scientists of the Chinese People's Liberation Arm...
11 May, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
United States unveils plan to counter China’s rise from India to Taiwan“Beijing is increasingly pressuring Indo-Pacific nations to subordinate their freedom and sovereignty to a ‘common destiny’ envisioned by t...
13 Jan, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
The beginning of the end: Europe rolls out vaccines to see off pandemicWhile Europe has some of the best-resourced healthcare systems in the world, the sheer scale of the effort means some countries are calling...
27 Dec, 2020, 05.04 PM IST
News of Chinese lab creating 'anthrax-like pathogens' in Pakistan 'fake': Foreign OfficeThe Wuhan Institute of Virology has drawn the international spotlight in recent months because the novel coronavirus is thought to have ori...
26 Jul, 2020, 06.22 PM IST
Government starts efforts to find coronavirus vaccineThe Vaccine Task Force set up earlier in April is co-chaired by Paul and Vijay Raghavan and met on April 16 and April 20 to approve the dec...
05 May, 2020, 02.17 PM IST
Canary in the Bioweapon Coal Mine: The lessons of Covid 19 pandemicCovid 19 is the canary in the coal mine, warning humanity against trying to harness the destructive power of pathogens whose lethal nature ...
05 Apr, 2020, 09.39 AM IST
Ensure strict compliance of treaty on banning biological weapons: IndiaIn a statement, India said the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the need for international cooperation, including institution...
27 Mar, 2020, 10.05 PM IST
Here's the kind of damage North Korea could do if it went to warOn August 20, the Koreas exchanged artillery fire along their de-militarized zone, although no one was reported injured.
27 Aug, 2015, 12.30 PM IST
Strengthen implementation of bio weapons convention: IndiaVarma said India remains committed to improving the effectiveness of the Biological Weapons Convention and strengthening its implementation...
25 Oct, 2014, 02.46 PM IST
India will never 'develop, produce, stockpile' bio-weaponsIndia remains committed to improving the effectiveness of the BWC and strengthening its implementation and universalization.
09 Dec, 2013, 11.30 PM IST
- WikiLeaks: US fears lax security at Indian labs as terrorists' target for bioweapons
US fears lax security at Indian laboratories could make the facilities targets for terrorists seeking biological weapons to launch attacks.
17 Dec, 2010, 07.42 PM IST
- Text of PM Manmohan Singh's address at 63rd session of UN General Assembly
Following is the text of Statement by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at the General Debate of the 63rd UN General Assembly.
27 Sep, 2008, 09.25 AM IST