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By Region: South Asia

Indian Government Advances WMD Detection Effort

The Indian government has approved more than $6 million for producing technology for the rapid detection of biological, chemical or nuclear materials, the Press Trust of India reported yesterday (see GSN, March 24). “Under the project for NBC defense, [the Defense Research and Development Organization] has been tasked to develop quick and fast detection systems  Read More »

Pakistan Weighs Death Penalty for Biological Weapons Users

Pakistan is considering imposing strong penalties that include the death sentence for those found guilty of developing, producing or deploying biological weapons, The News reported today (see GSN, Jan. 6). Islamabad’s governing Cabinet is set to consider legislation containing the proposed penalties today at the request of the nation’s Foreign Office. The biological weapons measure,  Read More »

Risk Management in Agriculture: What Role for Governments?

(OECD) Agricultural risk management policies should focus on catastrophic risks, according to this overview. Managing normal risk should be the preserve of farmers themselves, not of government policy.