The Weapons of Mass Destruction Amendment Bill, 2022:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important Government Policies.   Context: The bill was recently passed in Lok Sabha. The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, passed in 2005, only banned the manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction. The amendment bill is aimed at widening its ambit.   Need …

Insights into Editorial: India must integrate its UNSC engagement with broader national goals

  Context: As India enters the United Nations Security Council for the third time since the end of the Cold War, India finds a very different dynamic than the one it encountered during the earlier stints in 1991-92 and 2011-12. India, too, has changed over the last decade. The range of Indian interests has expanded …