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55 terrorists killed during infiltration since Jan.: Parrikar

September 8, 2015

Belagavi, Sep 8: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that at least 55 terrorists were killed during their infiltration bid from across the border into Indian territory since January this year, while the country had lost 17 jawans in line of duty.

parrikarTalking to mediapersons on the sidelines of an interactive meeting with entrepreneurs here on Monday, he said that terrorist infiltration could be prevented by elimination only. The casualties on the terrorist side was 55 against 17 Indian soldiers killed during the last eight months, which indicated that terrorist-to-Indian jawan ratio on casualties was 1:4.

The number of terrorists killed during the period was due to army interceptions, he added.

To a question, he said that no foreign nation had constructed any road inside Indian territory. The Union government was laying roads to connect its borders at the earliest possible.

‘Make in India’

Earlier, he interacted with existing and prospective entrepreneurs and stressed the need to adopt the “Make in India” programme initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said that the Union government had taken several steps to simplify rules and regulations to attract investments in various industrial activities.

He also took time out to view the products manufactured by the city-based Servocontrols Aerospace (I) Pvt. Ltd., a company which supplied ‘Position Sensors’ used in the space mission (Mangalayaana) last year. Managing Director of the company Deepak V. Dhadoti highlighted the potential of Belagavi for investments, particularly in the defence manufacturing sector.

Mahadayi water

Mr. Parrikar declined to comment on issues related to sharing Mahadayi waters stating that the matter was before the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal and he could not invite contempt of court and left the venue.

Suresh C. Angadi, MP, Prabhakar Kore, Rajya Sabha member, Sanjay B. Patil, MLA, and Abhay Patil, former MLA, were present.

‘Casualties on the terrorist side was 55 against 17 Indian soldiers killed during the last eight months’

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August 7,2020

New Delhi, Aug 7 : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Central government as India crossed the 20 lakh COVID-19 positive cases.

Taking to Twitter, the Congress leader reiterated his earlier tweet, sent out on July 17, which stated "The 10,00,000-mark has been crossed.

With the rapid spread of COVID-19, by August 10, more than 20,00,000 will be infected in the country. 

The government must take concrete, planned steps to stop the epidemic."
"20 lakh-mark has been crossed, Modi government is missing," the Congress leader tweeted today.

The Union Health Ministry has said active cases as a percentage of total cases have seen a significant drop from 34.17 per cent on July 24 to 30.31 per cent.

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April 30,2020

Hyderabad, Apr 30: A 45-day-old baby boy, who tested positive for COVID-19 when he was 20-days-old, was discharged from a state-run hospital here on Wednesday after his full recovery.

The baby from Mahabubnagar, who contracted the infection from his father, was 20-days-old at the time of admission (on April 4), a COVID-19 bulletin said.

He was discharged after being cured, it said. The baby, probably the youngest to contract the infection in the country, was treated at the state-run Gandhi hospital in the city.

State Health Minister E Rajender expressed happiness over the baby being discharged after recovery.

An official release said 35 people were discharged today and 13 of them were children.

Those who were discharged thanked the doctors and medical personnel of the hospital and the minister has lauded the doctors and other medical staff for their efforts, it said.

Among those undergoing treatment at the hospital, 10 are being treated in the ICU.

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June 13,2020

New Delhi, Jun 13: India's COVID-19 tally on Saturday witnessed its highest-ever spike of 11,458 cases, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

A total of 386 deaths have been reported due to the infection during the last 24 hours.

The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 3,08,993 including 1,45,779 active cases 1,54,330 cured/discharged/migrated and 8,884 deaths.

COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra continue to soar with the number reaching 101141. Tamil Nadu's coronavirus count stands at 40,698 while cases in Delhi reached 36,824.

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