Context
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar introduced the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022, in Lok Sabha that seeks to prohibit the financing of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Background
What are Weapons of Mass Destruction?
Vocabulary history The expression “weapon of mass destruction” (WMD) is usually considered to have been used first by the leader of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1937 to refer to the aerial bombing of civilians in the Basque town of Guernica by German and Italian fascists in support of General Franco during the Spanish Civil War. |
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Key-highlights of the Bill
What is the need of the Bill?
Control over use of WMDs
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