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  Meeting chaired by the Prime Minister of Nepal KP Oli decided to go for the developer company based on an assessment of the listed companies that were selected through an international bidding process. The government of Nepal announced that it has granted the contract for the construction of the lower Arun Hydro Project of 679 MW to Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam- SJVN of India. As per the Investment Board of Nepal release, a meeting of IBN on January 29, 2021, made the decision of awarding the contract to an Indian company under the BOOT model- Build, Own, Operate, and Transfer. The release added that the meeting which was chaired by the Prime Minister of Nepal KP Oli decided to go for the developer company based on an assessment of the listed companies that were selected through an international bidding process. Key Highlights: •  India had put forward the proposal of building lower Arun as per all the conditions set in Arun III. •  According to the Arun III agreement, apart from the shar

  The Myanmar military has also detained the state counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi and several other civilian leaders.  The Myanmar military on February 1, 2021, staged a coup and declared a state of emergency in the country for one year. The powerful military has also detained the state counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi and several other civilian leaders, the move which has been condemned by several other countries. The Military has also informed that the new elections in the country will take place after one of the emergency. During this one year, the Union Election Commission will be reformed and the Parliamentary elections which were held in November 2020 will be reviewed. Currently, the state power has been handed over to Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, while the first Vice President of Myanmar Myint Swe will be serving as the acting President of the country. Reason behind the military coup in Myanmar: The new political crisis has come in Myanm

  Magufuli, who usually made weekly public appearances at Sunday church services, had been missing from the public eye for almost three weeks since February 27th, fueling speculations that he was ill.  Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli  passed away at the age of 61 years on March 17, 2021. The news was shared by the Tanzanian government. Tanzanian Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan shared,  "It is with deep regret that I inform you that today on the 17th of March, 2021 at 6:00 pm we lost our brave leader, the President of the Republic of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli."   The Vice President said that the President had died of a 'heart condition' which he suffered for almost a decade at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. According to Hassan, the President had first been briefly admitted to the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute on March 6th but was subsequently discharged. He, however, again felt unwell and rushed to the Emilio Mzena Memorial Hospital in Dar es Salaam on

  The legislation seeks to provide grants to state and local governments for programs addressing violence against women including domestic abuse, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking. The US House of Representatives on March 17, 2021 passed a legislation to reauthorise the  Violence Against Women Act (VAWA),  which was originally introduced by President Joe Biden but lapsed in 2019. The lawmakers in the US House voted largely along party lines 244-172 to approve the legislation. Twenty-nine Republicans joined the Democrats in voting in favour of the bill.  The bill seeking reauthorisation of the Violence Against Women Act was reintroduced by Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee and Brian Fitzpatrick and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler.  What is the law about? •The legislation seeks to provide grants to state and local governments for programs addressing violence against women including domestic abuse, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking. •The law will clo