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North Korea Creating "Poisoned Pens" For Germ Warfare Programme, Says US Report
Biological weapons release disease-causing organisms or toxins to harm or kill humans, animals or plants. Agents such as anthrax can cause disease and death.
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North Korea Echoes Russia In Accusing US Of Biological Warfare In Ukraine
North Korea accused the United States on Sunday of manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine, echoing a Russian claim dismissed by the United Nations in March.
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India To Use Israeli Disinfectant To Sanitise Public Places: Report
India is to use an innovative antiseptic disinfectant, which was originally developed for the Israeli Defence Forces to deal with biological warfare, to protect its public places in its fight against the highly contagious coronavirus, a media report.
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Cannot Conclude COVID Result Of Biological Warfare: Chief Of Defence Staff
The Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Friday said it was not proper to conclude that the coronavirus is the result of a biological warfare and that there is a need to wait for finding answers about its origin.
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Donald Trump Unveils Revised US Biodefence Strategy
US President Donald Trump unveiled a new strategy Tuesday aimed at reducing the risks of man-made and naturally occurring biological threats.
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Indian Air Force Tests Capability To Handle Nuke Warfare During Mega Exercise
The Indian Air Force or IAF tested its capability in dealing with a possible scenario of nuclear and biological warfare during a 13-day-long mega military exercise whose aim was to sharpen its war waging capability in the wake of fast evolving regional security situation.
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Army Gets Radar, Drugs To Prep For Chemical Warfare: 10 Points
A host of technologies - meant to counter the threat of nuclear, chemical and biological warfare -- developed by India's defense research organization DRDO were handed over to the army on Thursday. The technologies also included India's first indigenously made weapons locating radar and a number of drugs to combat radiation sickness and minimize th...
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ISIS Anthrax Attack Plot: Medical Intern, Associate Arrested In Kenya
Kenyan police say they have arrested a medical intern and an associate who are accused of being part of an Islamic State group extremist cell of medics attempting to launch an anthrax attack in the country.
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In Letter to UN, North Korea Claims US targeted it With Anthrax
North Korea has accused the United States of targeting it with anthrax and asked the United Nations Security Council to investigate Washington's "biological warfare schemes" after a live anthrax sample was sent to a US base in South Korea.
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India, US to Jointly Develop Gear to Protect Soldiers Against Biological, Chemical Warfare
India and the United States, who signed a new framework agreement for closer cooperation in defence on Wednesday, have sealed a deal to jointly develop protective gear for soldiers against biological and chemical warfare, and another on building generators, defence officials said on Wednesday.
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Nazis plotted to breed super-mosquitoes to infect enemy, claims researcher
Nazi German scientists secretly planned to breed 'super-mosquitoes' infested with malaria that could be air-dropped into enemy territory during World War II, a researcher has claimed.
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China's emotional ties to North Korea run deep in border city
Peering at graphic pictures of supposed U.S. biological warfare efforts during the 1950-53 Korean War, Zhang Ping tugs on the sleeve of a visiting foreign reporter to complain about the barbarism visited on his compatriots during the conflict.
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Research on antidote for anthrax
Scientists have doubled up their efforts to develop an antidote for the dreaded disease anthrax, the possibility of which has become a serious threat in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the USA. In an article published in the journal Current Biology, researchers at the Harvard Medical School in Boston have reported identifying a gene in mice t...
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Possibility of biological warfare after US attacks
There is a real threat of increased biological and chemical warfare after the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York on September 11, warns the World Health Organisation (WHO). In a recent address to public health officials, the head of the WHO warned governments to prepare for the eventuality of biological warfare in case the terrorist atta...
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North Korea Creating "Poisoned Pens" For Germ Warfare Programme, Says US Report
Biological weapons release disease-causing organisms or toxins to harm or kill humans, animals or plants. Agents such as anthrax can cause disease and death.
-
North Korea Echoes Russia In Accusing US Of Biological Warfare In Ukraine
North Korea accused the United States on Sunday of manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine, echoing a Russian claim dismissed by the United Nations in March.
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India To Use Israeli Disinfectant To Sanitise Public Places: Report
India is to use an innovative antiseptic disinfectant, which was originally developed for the Israeli Defence Forces to deal with biological warfare, to protect its public places in its fight against the highly contagious coronavirus, a media report.
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Cannot Conclude COVID Result Of Biological Warfare: Chief Of Defence Staff
The Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Friday said it was not proper to conclude that the coronavirus is the result of a biological warfare and that there is a need to wait for finding answers about its origin.
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Donald Trump Unveils Revised US Biodefence Strategy
US President Donald Trump unveiled a new strategy Tuesday aimed at reducing the risks of man-made and naturally occurring biological threats.
-
Indian Air Force Tests Capability To Handle Nuke Warfare During Mega Exercise
The Indian Air Force or IAF tested its capability in dealing with a possible scenario of nuclear and biological warfare during a 13-day-long mega military exercise whose aim was to sharpen its war waging capability in the wake of fast evolving regional security situation.
-
Army Gets Radar, Drugs To Prep For Chemical Warfare: 10 Points
A host of technologies - meant to counter the threat of nuclear, chemical and biological warfare -- developed by India's defense research organization DRDO were handed over to the army on Thursday. The technologies also included India's first indigenously made weapons locating radar and a number of drugs to combat radiation sickness and minimize th...
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ISIS Anthrax Attack Plot: Medical Intern, Associate Arrested In Kenya
Kenyan police say they have arrested a medical intern and an associate who are accused of being part of an Islamic State group extremist cell of medics attempting to launch an anthrax attack in the country.
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In Letter to UN, North Korea Claims US targeted it With Anthrax
North Korea has accused the United States of targeting it with anthrax and asked the United Nations Security Council to investigate Washington's "biological warfare schemes" after a live anthrax sample was sent to a US base in South Korea.
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India, US to Jointly Develop Gear to Protect Soldiers Against Biological, Chemical Warfare
India and the United States, who signed a new framework agreement for closer cooperation in defence on Wednesday, have sealed a deal to jointly develop protective gear for soldiers against biological and chemical warfare, and another on building generators, defence officials said on Wednesday.
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Nazis plotted to breed super-mosquitoes to infect enemy, claims researcher
Nazi German scientists secretly planned to breed 'super-mosquitoes' infested with malaria that could be air-dropped into enemy territory during World War II, a researcher has claimed.
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China's emotional ties to North Korea run deep in border city
Peering at graphic pictures of supposed U.S. biological warfare efforts during the 1950-53 Korean War, Zhang Ping tugs on the sleeve of a visiting foreign reporter to complain about the barbarism visited on his compatriots during the conflict.
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Research on antidote for anthrax
Scientists have doubled up their efforts to develop an antidote for the dreaded disease anthrax, the possibility of which has become a serious threat in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the USA. In an article published in the journal Current Biology, researchers at the Harvard Medical School in Boston have reported identifying a gene in mice t...
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Possibility of biological warfare after US attacks
There is a real threat of increased biological and chemical warfare after the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York on September 11, warns the World Health Organisation (WHO). In a recent address to public health officials, the head of the WHO warned governments to prepare for the eventuality of biological warfare in case the terrorist atta...
