Four new cases of polio virus infection have been found in Pakistan. With this, cases of polio infection have increased to 37 in Pakistan this year. Pakistan's Islamabad-based National Institute of Health on Friday confirmed three cases of polio infection in Balochistan and one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to media reports of Pakistan, a girl has been found infected with polio virus in Pishin area of Balochistan. Two boys have been found infected with this virus in Chaman and Noshki areas. The virus has also been confirmed in a girl from Lakki Marwat area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This year, polio cases in Pakistan have increased to 37. Of these, 20 cases have been found in Balochistan alone, 10 in Sindh, five in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one each in Punjab and Islamabad. According to the report of the World Health Organization, cases of polio infection are being found only in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the world.
India doubles financial assistance for the education of Indian-Tamil community working in tea gardens of Sri Lanka
The Indian government has decided to double funding for the education of the poor Indian-Tamil community working in the tea plantations of Sri Lanka. Now India will give 60 crore Sri Lankan rupees under this item as economic grant. The agreement was signed by Santosh Jha, High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka and JM Tilak Jayasuriya, Minister of the Government of Sri Lanka. Santosh Jha said that 9 schools in tea garden areas will be upgraded.
Sri Lanka releases 17 Indian fishermen
Sri Lanka has released 17 Indian fishermen. These fishermen were arrested recently for violating Sri Lankan territorial waters. Now they have been released. Indian fishermen are returning to India after being released from Sri Lankan jail. The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka has given this information. Fishermen from both the countries are often arrested for violating the territorial waters. On several occasions the Sri Lankan Navy has also fired on Indian fishermen in the Palk Strait. The Palk Strait is a narrow area that separates Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka. Often, fishermen from both the countries are arrested in this area on charges of border violation.
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