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On Sunday, one of the injured, a five-year-old boy, had been brought to the Government General Hospital at Kakinada in a critical condition, while the other victims remained under treatment in the Allavaram Area Hospital
The tales of young survivors who were away at school while the rest of their families were swept away would bring tears to the eyes. The plight of around 4,500 people who have been rendered homeless after the ice-rock avalanche crashed to the Himalayan valley with a bang and exhibited the raw power of nature in a 40-foot tsunami of mud, rock and debris, which swamped the Chinese immigration centre in the Gyriong Port, renders this a heartbreaking episode of contemporary history
Mr Modi made no efforts to defend the GDP growth story except offering the standard line that the Opposition always indulges in negativity. When he insists that India is creating employment opportunities despite wars and disruptions, demonstrating the country's strength, he must attach convincing data; a snipe at “those responsible for pushing the economy into the fragile five (cannot digest it)” alone hardly works
