SRINAGAR Alex Anzalone Jersey , Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Indian police said Friday it had arrested two militants responsible for carrying out attack on paramilitary troopers in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir.
The attack, according to police on Wednesday evening, killed a paramilitary trooper belonging to India's Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and wounded another in Banihal area of Ramban district, about 107 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
"Two militants namely Gazanfer and Arif involved in attack at Banihal have been arrested and hunt for third one is on," a police spokesman said. "The two snatched weapons have also been recovered."
Initially police suspected the incident was a case of fratricide.
"One of them had a blunt object pierced into his face while the other died of a bullet wound. They were out on patrol when the incident happened. It looks like they might have had a scuffle between them," the region's Police Chief Shesh Paul Vaid was quoted by a local newspaper Kashmir Reader as having said.
However, the new police statement has vindicated the SSB claim that the incident was a militant attack.
A guerrilla war is going on between militants and Indian troops stationed in the restive region since 1989. The gun fight between militants and Indian troops in Indian-controlled Kashmir takes place intermittently.
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" FILE - This Thursday, June 26, 2008 file photo shows a developer solution vial, left, and test device, right, for an oral rapid HIV test at a medical center in the Bronx borough of New York. According to government estimates released Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, for the average American, the odds of an HIV infection is 1 in 99 and has been declining. But the risk varies widely for different groups. (AP PhotoTina Fineberg)
NEW YORK (AP) ― About half of gay and bisexual black men will be diagnosed with the AIDS virus in their lifetime, according to new government estimates.
Overall, for the average American, the odds of an HIV infection is 1 in 99 and has been declining.
But the risk varies widely for different groups. For example, the projection is 1 in 2 for gay black men but fewer than 1 in 2,500 for heterosexual white men.
""The differences are stark,"" said Dr. Jonathan Mermin of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC released the estimates at a Boston medical conference on Tuesday.
HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, is spread mainly through sex and sharing needles for injecting drugs. In the U.S., infections have long been most common in men who have sex with men. Since AIDS was first identified more than 30 years ago, medicines have changed it from a death sentence to a chronic threat.
The report provides an unusually vivid picture of what's been happening with HIV infections. The estimates were calculated from HIV diagnosis and death figures from 2009 through 2013.
New HIV infections have been falling in the United States, to about 40,000 annually. A disproportionately large share ― about 10,000 cases ― has been in gay and bisexual black men. That number has been holding steady while infections in other groups have fallen.
The lifetime risk of HIV has also has been declining. Several years ago, the CDC put that estimate at less than 1 in 78 for all Americans. It fell about 20 percent, to 1 in 99, and dropped for both men and women. That suggests prevention efforts are paying off, Mermin said.
The earlier estimate was based on 33 states; the new report covers all 50 states and the District of Columbia. That allowed the agency ― for the first time ― to calculate lifetime risk for specific groups, like gay black men, and for states.
Findings include:
―Based on geography, the chances of being diagnosed with HIV is highest in Washington, D.C., and Southern states like Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and Maryland.
―The risk is lowest in North Dakota. One in 670 residents of that state will be diagnosed with HIV, compared to about 1 in 50 in Maryland and Georgia.
―Gay and bisexual men have the highest risk, but there are racial differences within that group. For gay white men it's about 1 in 11 ― a significantly smaller proportion than the estimate for blacks and Hispanics.
―Among heterosexuals, blacks are far more likely to be infected than other racial groups. For example, 1 in 49 black women compared to 1 in 1,083 white women.
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Bob Newhart will return to The Big Bang Theory this season to reprise his Emmy-winning role of Arthur JeffriesProfessor Proton.
Big Bang showrunner Steve Holland hinted in an interview Monday with Deadline that “a comedy legend” might be returning to show, and that now is confirmed. Sheldon’s (Jim Parsons) very own Obi-Wan returns to him in another time of need.
Newhart will appear in the November 2 episode of The Big Bang Theory. The episode has not yet filmed and there are no further details yet. Wil Wheaton also will reprise his role in the episode as Sheldon’s on-againoff-again nemesis.
Newhart won his first Emmy for the guest role in 2013.
The Big Bang Theory airs at 8 PM Mondays on CBS before moving to its regular 8 PM Thursdays slot on November 2.