Current Events Summary

In South Asia there has currently been a lot of huge news reports streaming through the streets. There has been an alarm among the people of South Asia because of the bird flu. There hasn't been any human cases of the bird flu found, but all the test on dead birds found in Budge Budge, less than an hour from Calcutta, have tested positive with this disease. Besides the fact that the people of South Asia are at risk of catching the bird flu, poultry is a main way they recieve money. With the risk of the bird flu, the major source of income that people get from selling poultry, or using it for their own food, have been affected as well. While the government is working on getting rid of the birds that are affected, they are also having villagers select out birds which may have the disease. There are two problems with this method. One is that the villagers don't have the supplies like, gloves for example, and that puts them at a larger risk of getting the bird flu because they are having exact contact with the birds. Also, many people don't want to get rid of their "backyard poultry" because that is once of their main ways to supply themselves with food and get money. In all, the worry of the bird flu spreading among humans is a main subject that South Asia has to deal with right now. If it spreads to Calcutta people will be in panic and cause chaos because things are getting very serious and health issues are at risk.
While the government of South Asia is busy dealing with the issue of the bird flu, they also have to deal with a hijacking incident of an Indian airline to Afghanistan. Finding who the men were that were involved in the hijacking can relate to why the government is trying to control the bird flu. The government has the saftey and well being of its citizens in mind. Without the government tying to control each circumstances that would show that the have no respect for human dignity.