Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • An inquiry into the enduring myths of military rule | Harindrini Corea

    9 July 2020

    A politicised military serves only the interests of a single political party. In doing so this undermines public confidence in representative democracy and the preservation of national security as a national goal. The politicisation of the military appears to be rooted in myths that have shaped a dominant narrative on military rule

  • India: Platform of Science Movements Speaks on Covid-19 Vaccines and Treatment Drugs - Full Text of AIPSN Statement 5 July 2020

    7 July 2020

    Development of vaccines and medicines that treat Covid-19 are extremely important elements in the ways to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic. Around 150 vaccine candidates are currently undergoing pre-clinical and clinical trials globally, though none are yet available. However urgent the need, this vaccine development must also ensure both efficacy and safety, otherwise it will endanger the efforts to overcome Covid-19 and also vaccine programmes against other infectious diseases.

  • India: Modi governments move to privatise the Railways - Text of statement by the Communist Party of India, 2 July 2020

    2 July 2020

    The BJP led Modi government is determined to hand over all the national assets and resources to the private corporates. No sector of the economy and industry is spared. Coal mine, banks, defence, oil, insurance, electricity, telecom, space and atomic energy all are being privatized by the Modi regime. The latest target of privatisation is the Indian Railways.

  • Pakistan: Creeping religiosity | I A Rehman

    by I A Rehman, 2 July 2020

    It is not by accident that the dark forces of bigotry and obscurantism have become stronger than ever in Pakistan. The phenomenon is all too visibly rooted in the government’s acts of omission and commission.

  • India: Press Release by Pesticide Action Network (26 June 2020) - Urges Govt Not To Water-Down or Withdraw Ban on 27 Pesticides

    27 June 2020

    While appreciating the effort of Indian government to ban 27 pesticides, PAN feels that the recent developments show that the ban is in the process of being watered down, or worse, withdrawn completely with no other reason other than the profit motive of the chemical industry. Allowing the manufacture and export of these pesticides reinforces “double standards” in pesticides trade, wherein countries are allowed to export pesticides that are already banned in their home countries. It’s a dirty practice that India, as a responsible member of the global community, must not replicate, keeping in mind global environmental health and well-being.

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