Biological warfare
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 ..
Tags: Biological warfare • Economist Intelligence Unit • Health • Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security • Nuclear proliferation
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 ..
Tags: Anti-nuclear medical kit • Biological warfare • INMAS • Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences • Nuclear warfare
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2018
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 ..
Tags: Biological warfare • Biological Weapons Convention • Law by country • Politics • 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 ..
Tags: Biological warfare • Chemical warfare • Defence • NBC recce vehicle Mk-I • Nuclear warfare