New York, Oct. 10 -- In a sharp rebuttal delivered at the UN General Assembly First Committee, India warned that nuclear weapons must not be treated as "routine instruments of statecraft" and firmly asserted that New Delhi will "not bow to nuclear blackmail," exercising India's Right of Reply in response to remarks made by Pakistan.

In a post on X, India's Permanent Mission to the UN noted that First Secretary Anmol Sher Singh Bedi emphasised that India's military posture remains purely defensive and shaped by its own security needs rather than directed against any specific state.

Bedi defended India's actions following the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 civilians, describing New Delhi's response as "measured, targeted, and non...