By Balaji Chandramohan Image courtesy: X/ @PiyushGoyal India has steadily expanded its global trade partnerships to strengthen economic growth, create jobs, and enhance its global standing which has got highlighted with the recent signing of the Free Trade agreement with New Zealand. 1 After signing six Free Trade Agreements in the last five years, India and New Zealand have just concluded negotiations for a forward-looking FTA, marking a historic milestone in bilateral eco
By Harsh Sinha Image courtesy: UN News Recent developments, including the foiled ricin terror plot in India, highlight an uncomfortable truth: biological threats are no longer abstract risks discussed only in arms-control circles. They are real, evolving, and increasingly shaped by technological diffusion and non-traditional security dynamics [1]. While the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) established a foundational global norm against biological weaponisation, advances