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| Upcoming verdict on J&K project | | World Bank expert's anouncement on Feb. 12 | | | BL KAK
NEW DELHI|FEB 1 A highly important message from Switzerland just received by New Delhi: World Bank appointed neutral expert arbitrating the lingering India-Pakistan dispute over the Baglihar hydroelectric project in Jammu and Kashmir will give his final verdict on February 12. The verdict will be made public in Switzerland itself.
The verdict of the Swiss neutral expert, Raymond Latiffe, will be conveyed to heads of diplomatic missions of India and Pakistan in either Geneva or Berne, the message has made it clear. By the time the government of India began consultations with a group of experts over the proposed line of action, Pakistan's Foreign Office let it be known in Islamabad that the verdict will be relayed on February 12 to either Paskistan's permanent repreesentative in Geneva or Pak envoy in Berne from where it will be electronically transmited to Pak Foreign Ministry.
The neutral expert would invite the diplomats of the two countries to his office and hand them each a written copy of his final verdict, according to the message from Switzerland. Th... | |
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| HIV "safe zones" for migrants in India | | | | BL KAK
NEW DELHI| FEB 1
India will map out high-risk migration corridors and create safe spaces in cities where migrant workers congregate to protect them from the HIV virus, the head of its anti-AIDS agency said on Thursday. India has the world's highest caseload with around 5.7 million people living with the virus, according to the United Nations. And migrants are considered a very high-risk group.
An estimated one quarter of India's 1.1-billion population, mostly the poor from its villages and towns, move around the country in search of a livelihood every year. About five percent, or 12-15 million people who travel from their villages to high HIV-prevalence cities and back over shor... | |
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