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In 2015, Colonel MN Rai had lost his life in an operation in the Kashmir Valley. In November same year, Colonel Santosh Mahadik had lost his life. Since then, there has been no martyrs in the rank of a colonel of a first commanding officer to have lost their lives in encounters with terrorists. Colonel Ashutosh Sharma's is the first in such rank to have lost his life โ in yesterday's operations in Handwara.Tensions between Pakistan and India over the disputed area have been simmering for decades, but they have escalated since India declared jurisdiction over Jammu and Kashmir:
Colonel Sharma has been serving in the Guards Regiment for a long time and has been awarded the Sena Medial for gallantry twice, once for his bravery as the commanding officer. In a major feat, he had saved the men of his troops when a terrorist was rushing towards his men with a grenade hidden in his clothes. It was for this achievement, he had won the gallantry award.
Colonel Sharna, a resident of Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, is survived by his wife and a 12-year-old daughter.
The Northern Command of the Indian Army has identified the jawans killed in the line of duty as Major Anuj Sood, Naik Rajesh, Lance Naik Dinesh and Colonel Ashutosh Sharma. Officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Police have also identified the deceased sipahi as sub-inspector Shakeel Qazi.
A consultant to the French government said: "Apple appeared to be much more cautious about protecting client data and privacy than the French or British authorities."To be sure, Matthew Gould, head of the unit at the NHS that's in charge of developing the app, has said the location-tracking feature - pretty much the only reason to use the app - would be "opt-in".
The smartphone app will track and trace any possibly affected persons near the user. Some have feared its use of Bluetooth could divulge confidential information about people's locations.
"This is a time for personal responsibility in minimizing our movements and physical interactions. It is up to all of us to show respect for each other's health and safety by adhering to guidance on facial coverings, social distancing, small group gatherings, and good hand hygiene."In a statement on Friday, Yuba-Sutter County health officer Dr. Phuong Luu said that waiting to re-open would exacerbate economic and health problems, unrelated to coronavirus, in the two communities.
"We cannot wait for a vaccine without seeing extreme economic damage done to our community. The consequences of waiting will be additional health concerns brought on by stress and the very real dilemma for those with limited resources whether to buy life-saving food or life-saving medicines."
Comment: And 64% are not in favour of extending the lockdown? One could infer from those statistics that a significant proportion are against the lockdown.
Biased reporting like this Daily Mail article is to be expected because UK newspapers are now admittedly on the government payroll: UK gov to PAY newspapers ยฃ35 million as part of 'coronavirus communications campaign'
Unsurprisingly, protest movements against the draconian lockdown measures are building worldwide: #Resistance: Protesters gather in southern Russia and Germany to demand end to 'pandemic lockdown'
See also: "This is what a police state is like": UK's ex-supreme court judge lambasts policing, 'collective hysteria' and the lockdown