December 1, 2025 4:12 PM
EAM Jaishankar warns of rising bioterrorism threat, calls for stronger global biosecurity framework at BWC’s 50th anniversary conference
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday called for urgent reforms to strengthen global biosecurity and modernise the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), warning that biological threats - whether natural, accidental, or deliberate - are becoming harder to manage in a rapidly evolving scientific landscape. Speaking at the Conference on 50 Years of the Biological Weapons Convention: Strengthening Biosecurity for the Global South in New Delhi, Jaishankar said the misuse of biological age...