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Sophia, a Humanoid Robot visited Nepal

Sophia, a humanoid robot was granted.
Citizenship by the kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
arrived Nepal on March 20, 2018 to take part in
a Conference organized by UND on Technology
for public Services.

Sophia was built by the Hongkong based
Company Hanson Robotics in 2015. She
used Voice and face recognition technology
combined with artificial intelligence to carry Humanoid Robot, Sophia
on conversations with humans .

Nepal Elect KP Sharma Oli as New Prime Minister of
Nepal
KP Sharma Oli, President of Communist Party of Nepal was
st
Sworn in on February 15, 2018 as country’s 41 Prime minister
concluding the long delayed democratic transition.
Source: Al Jazeera News K.P Sharma Oli

Elections in Nepal

There are three types of elections in Nepal under the Federal Government. They
are Federal Parliament, elections to the State Assemblies and elections to the
Local Government.
th
st
Local level election was held in Nepal in three phases on 31 Baishakh, 14
nd
Ashad and 2 Asoj, 2074 in 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub metropolitan cities, 293
municipalities and 460 rural municipalities. It was the first local level election to
be held since the promulgation of the constitutions of Nepal 2072.
Similarly, Provincial Assembly elections were held in Nepal on Mangshir 10
and Mangshir 21, 2074 along with the legislative elections. 330 seats in the
seven newly created Provincial Assemblies were elected by FPTP and 220 by
Proportional Representation. The election was part of Nepal transformation to a
Federal Republic.
Source: Wikipedia

Lured by Jobs in Afghanistan, Nepalese face Risks and
death June 28, 2016,
A Taliban Suicide bomber killed 15 men, 13 Nepalese and two Indian contractors
who helped to secure the Canadian Embassy. It was one of the deadliest attacks
on foreign workers. About 150 Nepalese guards worked for Sabre in Afghanistan
before the bombing. After this terrorist attack Government of Nepal banned the

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