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🔆Goma: ✅The M23 rebel group’s recent offensive in the Democratic Republic of Congo has seized key areas in Goma, eastern DRC, drawing global attention. Location: ✅Goma is the capital of North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ✅It is situated on the northern shore of Lake Kivu, near the borders with Rwanda and Uganda. 📍The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): ✅Location: The DRC is located in Central Africa and is the second-largest country in Africa by land area. ✅It shares borders with nine countries: Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Angola. ✅The M23 (March 23 Movement) is a rebel group primarily composed of ethnic Tutsis. #Places_in_news Join @Mapping_prelims_mains

🔆Upper Karnali Hydro-electric Project: ✅It is a 900 MW run-of-the-river hydropower project being developed on the Karnali River in Nepal. ✅The project will supply power to Nepal, India, and Bangladesh for a contracted period of 25 years. ✅The project is being developed by GMR Upper Karnali Hydro Power Limited (GUKHL), a subsidiary of GMR Group India, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), and SJVN Green Energy. ✅The project is being developed on a build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) basis. ✅GUKHL and NEA are currently owning the project, having ownership stakes of 73% and 27%, respectively. ✅It is estimated to generate 3,466 million units of electricity while offsetting approximately two million tons of greenhouse gas emissions a year. ✅It will feature a concrete gravity dam, headrace tunnels, a fish pass, feeder tunnels, surge and pressure shafts, and silt flushing tunnels. ✅The project consists of 8 turbines, each with 112.5 MW nameplate capacity. ✅Development status: The project construction is expected to commence from 2027. Subsequent to that it will enter into commercial operation by 2031.