Biological warfare Current Affairs, GK & News

India ranked 57th in Global Health Security Index, 2019

The GHS Index is a joint project of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), with research by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Global Health Security Index is first comprehensive assessment and benchmarking of health security and related capabilities across 195 countries and it suggests that not a single ..

Topics: Biological warfare • Economist Intelligence Unit • Health • Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security • Nuclear proliferation • Nuclear Threat Initiative • Public health

INMAS develops India's first indigenous anti-nuclear medical kit

Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS) has developed India’s first indigenous medical kit for protection against nuclear warfare or radioactive leakage. The kit will ensure protection from serious injury and aid faster healing of wounds due to nuclear warfare or radioactive leakage. Anti-nuclear medical kit The kit has been developed after 20 years ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2018

Topics: Anti-nuclear medical kit • Biological warfare • DRDO • INMAS • Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences • Nuclear warfare • Science and Technology

Biological And Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC)

BWC is the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the development, production and stockpiling of an entire category of weapons of mass destruction. The convention stipulates that states shall cooperate bilaterally or multilaterally to solve compliance issues. The BWC has 180 States Parties as of January 2018, with the State of Palestine the most recent to become a ..

Topics: Biological warfare • Biological Weapons Convention • Human rights instruments • Law by country • Politics by country • Treaties of the Holy See • Weapon of mass destruction

Indigenously developed weapon-locating radar SWATHI handed to Army

The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) formally handed over an indigenously developed Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) system dubbed as ‘SWATHI’ to Indian Army. The DRDO also handed over a Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) recce vehicle Mk-I and NBC treatment drugs to the Indian Army. About SWATHI Developed by DRDO’s Electronics & Radar Development ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017

Topics: Biological warfare • Chemical warfare • Defence • DRDO • Indian Army • NBC recce vehicle Mk-I • Nuclear warfare • WLR SWATHI