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The case fatality rate of COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir is lower compared to other states in the country, which indicates the disease is under control, surveillance medical officer of the WHO here said on Saturday. Dr Ashiq Rashid Mir, Surveillance Medical Officer, World Health Organization, Kashmir Division, expressed optimism over the recovery rate of positive cases along with less case fatality rate in Jammu and Kashmir compared to the rest of the states. This is the main indicator which shows the disease is under control, he said. Mir said with the cooperation of the people, the impact of the pandemic could be subdued to a large extent.
With this, the total number of militants killed in the encounter has risen to three, they said. Security forces were engaged in an exchange of fire with militants in Hadipora area of south Kashmir s Shopian districts. One militant was killed on Saturday. Two more militants have been killed in the operation at Hadipora, a police official said. According to the police, one of the slain militants was newly recruited and security forces made sincere efforts to make him surrender. Parents also made appeals. But other terrorists didn t let him surrender, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said. The encounter broke out after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Hadipora following inputs about the presence of militants there.
With no forward movement at the latest round of Sino-India military talks on disengagement from the remaining areas in eastern Ladakh, the Chinese military has said that India should cherish the current positive trend of de-escalation and cooling down of tensions in the border area. A day after the 11th round of Corps Commander-level talks that lasted for 13 hours, the Indian Army said in a statement on Saturday that both sides held a detailed deliberation on the disengagement of troops in the remaining friction points of Hot Springs, Gogra and Depsang in eastern Ladakh and agreed to jointly maintain stability on the ground, avoid any new incidents and resolve the outstanding issues in an expeditious manner .