WELLINGTON -- New Zealand announced on Wednesday that a legal framework for the gun buyback will be established.

New Zealand's Police Minister Stuart Nash confirmed in the press release that a legal framework for the gun buyback would be established as a first step towards determining the level of compensation. The framework will include compensation for high capacity magazines and parts. (New Zealand-Law-Gun Buyback)

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CANBERRA -- Australia's aviation authority has granted approval for a world-first drone delivery system to take to the skies in the nation's capital city Canberra.

Project Wing, a venture of Google's parent company Alphabet, was on Tuesday given the green light to begin full operations in Canberra by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). (Australia-Drone Delivery)

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NEW DELHI, April 10 (Xinhua) -- India's election commission officials said Wednesday that all arrangements and security measures were put in place for the first phase of the country's general elections, scheduled for Thursday.

Voting for the first phase would be held on Thursday in 91 parliamentary constituencies spread over various states and union territories. (India-Election-Arrangements)

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Thar Coal Mining Block II project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has helped improve rural people's livelihood in the Thar district of the country's southern Sindh province by offering business opportunities, jobs as well as healthcare and education.

The project was launched in April 2016 in Thar district with an aim to tackle energy deficiency by generating electricity through coal. (Pakistan-CPEC-Energy) Enditem

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