2020

• Table of Contents Mainstream - Lockdown Edition no.16 | July 11, 2020
  11 July
  Contents - Mainstream, VOL LVIII No 30, New Delhi, July 11, 2020:
  LETTER TO THE READERS - Mainstream’s, COVID 19 Lockdown Edition No.16 ; July 11, 2020
  Statement on China by Veterans of the Indian Armed Forces To Heads of Government and Top  (...)
• LETTER TO THE READERS - Mainstream’s, COVID 19 Lockdown Edition No.16 | July 11, 2020
  11 July
  Talk of De-escalation on the India-China border is good news: Sino-Indian standoff seems to have moved away from a full-blown confrontation. New Delhi appears to have elevated its diplomatic contacts with Beijing. On July 5, 2020, Special  (...)
• Statement on China by Veterans of the Indian Armed Forces To Heads of Government and Top Military Brass | July 2, 2020
  11 July

  We, the signatories, are all Veterans of the Indian Armed Forces, who have served in the defence of our nation in various ranks and appointments in peacetime and in operational/war zones, over the past several decades.

• While administrative approvals can be expedited, But processes of vaccine development cannot be, without compromising scientific standards - Press Release by Indian Academy of Sciences | 5 July 2020
  11 July

  The Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc) has noted that a letter reportedly issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is circulating in the news and other media. It is mentioned in this letter that ICMR and Bharat Biotech India Limited, a private pharmaceutical company, are jointly developing a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. The letter also states that “It is envisaged to launch the vaccine for public health use latest by 15th August 2020 after completion of all clinical trials.” IASc welcomes the exciting development of a candidate vaccine and wishes that the vaccine is quickly made available for public use. However, as a body of scientists – including many who are engaged in vaccine development – IASc strongly believes that the announced timeline is unfeasible. This timeline has raised unrealistic hope and expectations in the minds of our citizens.

• Move to Communalise CBSE Syllabus - Press release by the Communist Party of India | July 8, 2020
  11 July

  Communist Party of India General Secretary D RAJA has issued the following statement today (on July 8, 2020) condemning the move to communalise CBSE syllabus

• An Official Report From India’s Ministry of Earth Sciences: Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region | June 2020
  11 July

  India will witness warmer days and nights, and heavy rainfall leading to floods till the end of the 21st century, said the first-ever climate change assessment report by the Indian government. The report Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region prepared by the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)

• An Unrelenting Covid-19 Irritates Capitalism No End
  11 July, by Badri Raina
  Through some three centuries of the European Renaissance, Capitalism came to be the dominant social force in the western world.
  New economic relations of production ruthlessly displaced more humane forms of human association, even as earlier  (...)
• Trivialisation of death: With dignity gone, Covid has reduced it to a statistical abstraction | Avijit Pathak
  11 July, by Avijit Pathak
  Death, thy servant, is at my door. He has crossed the unknown sea and brought thy call to my home. — Rabindranath Tagore
  Is it that in the age of the Covid, death has lost its meaning, dignity and poetic wonder? As the virus spreads, hospitals  (...)
• Putting all eggs in the same basket: Crisis of Non Covid Health in Rural India during Covid -19 Pandemic | Atanu Sengupta, and Asish Kumar Pal
  11 July

  The rural poor people are suffering from so many problems due to prolonged lockdown for combating the spread of current coronavirus pandemic. Along with economic crisis they are deprived from health services from public sector. The middle income group and richer people also are in trouble for out break of the covid -19. They confess to be in fear in case of emergency patients of the families. In this time the government has moved to emphasize on covid related treatment such as testing, isolating and research and development on covid patients. In our daily lives there are so many non covid related diseases that have taken a backseat. The vulnerable households who are unable to take the scope of private medical treatment due to poor economic condition are in most deplorable condition now. WHO has already warned that this neglect in general health can become fatal. This paper attempts to show all the rural households including several type of patients have faced so many difficulties from this crisis. We have also focused in this paper the comparative situation between rich and poor. This study wants to say the people are afraid of death by not being infected of covid positive but non covid related health problems which are not adequately available in rural India.

• A Letter to Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Chairman, Executive Board, World Health Organization | Anil Chamadia
  11 July

  I am writing this open letter regarding a major concern and a possible solution to it. The “HV” (Human Value) Pledge. This a possible suggestion regarding our Coronavirus warriors who, due to circulation of fake news on their mobile devices are not able to fulfill their duty in a free and fair manner.

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