As many as 111 infiltration attempts from across the border to Jammu and Kashmir have been successful in the last one year, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also said 138 terrorists were killed by security forces between March and August this year.

There were 176 attempts of infiltration from across the border to Jammu and Kashmir from August 2019 to July 2020 and 111 of these were successful, he said in a written reply. Reddy said Jammu and Kashmir has been affected by terrorism, which is sponsored and supported from across the border, for more than the last three decades.

He said the government has adopted a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism, and security forces are taking effective and continuous action in countering terrorism. "As a result, 138 terrorists have been neutralised in Jammu and Kashmir from March 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020. During this period of six months, 50 security force personnel attained martyrdom in terrorist-related incidents, ceasefire violations and cross border firings in Jammu and Kashmir," the minister added.

Indians love street food. But the times have changed for the worse. The ensuing pandemic and the ever-growing number of persons affected by the deadly infection of COVID-19 has pushed Indians (and the world) indoors. The need of the hour for those who venture out for work or otherwise is to stay covered and maintain distance from one another.

This unique and unfortunate situation has called for drastic measures to be taken especially by the eateries. Contactless food deliveries, for one. But what if we told you about an automatic pani puri that reduces contact and completely skips the step where the vendor dips their hand in the pani container?

Well, it's 2020 and anything's possible.

Recently IAS officer Awanish Sharan posted a video on microblogging site Twitter sharing the newest jugaad in town-- an automatic pani puri (gol gappe) machine that dispenses three varieties of water as per your liking.

Named "Touch Me Not Pani Puri", the stall is located in Raipur, Chattisgarh officer Sharan wrote in his tweet.

Needless to say, street food lovers on the Internet were impressed.

Some, however, raised questions about the safety and hygiene as the vendor wasn't wearing a mask in the now-viral video.

Back in July, a video did the rounds on social media showed that a man in Banaskantha district of Gujarat had developed an automatic pani puri machine which worked just like an ATM. The viral video also demonstrated how the machine worked.

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One had to insert money into the machine, just like you did for a vending machine. Once you did, a plate of pani puri would come up on the conveyor belt.