Non-discriminatory, verifiable nuclear disarmament aim: FS

India, as a responsible nuclear weapon state, is committed to maintaining credible minimum deterrence with the posture of no-first use and non-use against non-nuclear weapon states, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Monday.

Addressing the high-level segment of the Conference on Disarmament, Shringla said India is also committed to the goal of universal, nondiscriminatory and verifiable nuclear disarmament.

‘India’s vax capacity will generate 1.1 bn doses for WHO-led COVAX scheme’

India has so far supplied about 230 lakh doses of vaccines against COVID-19 to friends and partners across the world and the country's vaccine capacity will generate another 1.1 billion doses for the WHO-led COVAX scheme that distributes them to developing countries, Shringla said on Monday.