IMPORTANT EVENTS DURING MAY 2015
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Important
Events
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May
01
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Whitley awards 2015 was
awarded to two Indians Dr Pramod Patil and Dr Anand Kumar, for their
contribution to the wildlife conservation in the developing countries
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Four Indians conferred with 2015 Spring Imperial Decorations of Japan (K P A
Nair, CN R Rao, Nikunj Parekh and Topgay Bhutia)
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Buenos Aires is World's bookstore capital
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Fuel shortages could halt Yemen relief: UN
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China, Russia to hold first-ever Mediterranean naval exercise 'Mediterranean Sea Cooperation-2015
drill'
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11-Year-Old Visually Challenged boy (Sriramanjuam) becomes Tamil
Channel News Anchor (Lotus TV); claiming it was the first in the world.
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Indian Coast Guard (ICG) held Theera Veta
defence exercise in Arabian Sea
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Microsoft named its next Web Browser as Edge
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Senior IPS officer Surender Singh took over as Director General (DG) of central
paramilitary force Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
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Andhra Pradesh and Telangana introduced 5 lakh rupees Accident
Insurance Scheme for transport drivers. It will also cover education of two
children of the beneficiary.
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Tennis player Rafael Nadal received Golden Medal for Merit in
Work of Spain
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Maharashtra Bhushan Award for historian Babasaheb Purandare
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NASA's Messenger spacecraft has crashed into the surface of
Mercury
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Actress Angelina Jolie is the special envoy for the U.N. on
refugee issues. She has criticized UN Security Council for mishandling Syrian
refugee problem.
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May
02
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India's Inderjeet Singh (Shot Putter) books 2016 Olympic berth
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Fish catch across India drops by 5%; Gujarat - 7.12 lakh tonnes
followed by Tamil Nadu with 6.65 lakh tonnes
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Virtual Harappans to come alive at a Harappan site in Rakhigarhi
(Haryana); a software is being developed in South Korea
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British crime writer Ruth Rendell passed away
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NDTV executive co-chairman, Mr. Pranoy Roy, was honoured with
REDINK life time achievement award for the year 2015
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World’s largest solar photovoltaic plant of 750 MW to be built
in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh
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Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board have bagged
‘The Water Leaders
Award-2015’ for managing the drought situation in the city efficiently
last year.
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The Fourteenth edition of the Indo-French naval exercise VARUNA 2015 concluded
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Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport has been adjudged
the world's best airport for the year 2014 under the category of handling 2.5
to 4 crore passengers per annum
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
successfully developed and flight tested the prototype of a ten-engine
electric plane Greased Lightning (GL)-10.
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May
03
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President confers 62nd National Film Awards; Film industry is
integral part of India's soft power - President
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UNESCO's Freedom Prize to Mazen Darwish (a Syrian journalist) who has been
jailed for more than 3 years
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Roger Federer wins Istanbul Open 2015
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World Table tennis ranking: India's Sharath Kamal is World No 32 (First Indian to
come into the top 40); Ma Long of China is World No 01
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American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Manny Pacquiao from
Philippines to win the unified World Welterweight title. The match termed as
'Fight of the Century' was held at Las Vegas.
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A cow-urine refinery was inaugurated at Pathmeda village in
Jalore district, Rajasthan for research on the cow products
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47th Science Museum of India was inaugurated in Puducherry
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Lu Ping, the Chinese diplomat who oversaw Hong Kong’s transition
from British to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, died in Beijing.
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NITI Ayog gets 2 more fulltime members from Private sector: Sanjeev Sanyal (Deutsche Bank’s global strategist, Singapore)
and T V Mohandas Pai
(Ex boardmember of Infosys and present chairman, Manipal Global Education)
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May
04
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PM Narendra Modi joined Chinese social media platform Weibo
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Mx: new
gender-title for transgenders [similar to Mr, Ms and Mrs]; Oxford Dictionary
to introduce this
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An IPS officer (IG T J Jose) in Kerala to copy in the LLM exam
in the University; He has been asked to proceed on leave
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Government plans to make Law Commission a permanent body
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France signs Rafale deal with Qatar
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Union Finance Ministry made Permanent Account Number (PAN)
mandatory for private firms seeking Central Excise Registration.
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Fed Cup (Athletics) 2015: Overall championships - (1) Army (2)
Tamil Nadu; In Men's category: (1) Army (2) Tamil Nadu; In Women's category:
(1) Kerala (2) Karnataka
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Fed Cup (Athletics) 2015: Best Male athlete is Inderjeet Singh
(Haryana) and Best female athlete is Srabani Nanda (Odisha)
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Joshna Chinnappa settles for bronze medal in Asian Individual
Squash Championship
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May
05
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Union Cabinet cleared 119th Constitutional Amendment Bill on LBA (Land Boundary
Agreement) between India and Bangladesh
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World Asthma Day; Theme:“You
Can Control Your Asthma”; Sub-Theme: “It’s
Time to Control Asthma”
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At the International Shooting Competition held in Hannover,
Germany, India’s top rifle shooters (Abhinav Bindra, Chain Singh, Gagan
Narang and Apurvi Chandela) won 3 Gold and 2 Bronze medals
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The first regiment of the indigenously developed Surface-to-Air
missile Akash Weapon System (AWS) was inducted into the Indian Army in New
Delhi.
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The government introduced the National Waterways Bill, 2015, which seeks to
develop 101 waterways across the country, as a cheaper mode of transport.
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Microsoft India, launched a cloud computing-based solution,
Edu-Cloud
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French magazine Charlie Hebdo presented with Freedom of Expression Courage
Award 2015
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May
06
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Lok Sabha passed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, 2014.
The bill also called Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill seeks to introduce GST regime in India
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Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment (Mr. Thaawar
Chand Gehlot), inaugurated the programmes “Commercial Motor Driving Training Programme
with Self Defense Skills for Women” and “Credit Enhancement Guarantee Scheme
for Scheduled Castes”
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NC-ABBRTM-Algorithmic Trading caused BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty to
close at lowest level in 2015
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Hindi film actor Salman Khan sentenced to five-years in jail in
2002 hit-n-run case
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Bronze medal for Geeta Phogat in Asian Wrestling Championships
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India inks Chabahar
Port deal with Iran
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Myntra.com acquired startup firm Native5 Software Solutions Pvt
Ltd
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Philippines and Japan coast guards held anti-piracy drills in
Manila Bay
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Union Cabinet gave nod for revised Double Taxation Avoidance
Agreement (DTAA) with South Korea
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Union Cabinet approved foreign investments into Real Estate
Investment Trusts (REITs)
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Canadian House of Commons approved Anti-Terror Act, 2015
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May
07
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Athlete kills self in Kerala SAI hostel; 3 in hospital
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Parliament passes Land Boundary Agreement Bill
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Achal Kumar Jyoti is
appointed as Election Commissioner of India
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Kerala State Government panel gave the go ahead for the
Vizhinjam Sea Port Project to Adani Ports, the lone bidder
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Obama joined the group of US Presidents who have visited all 50
US States (Others President visited are: Richard Nixon, George H.W. Bush and
Bill Clinton)
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Government sets up panel (Just A P Shah) to study MAT (Minimum Alternate
Tax) and FII (Foreign Institutional Investors)
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I&B Minister Arun Jaitley launched DD News Mobile App
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China tops the list of Forbes
Global 2000 Companies List; Reliance is India's top company - it stood at
142nd position
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The Government has launched ‘Nirmal Ganga Sahbhagita’ a sustainable initiative
with Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) located on the banks of the river Ganga for
achieving the objective of Clean Ganga.
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UK Election 2015: Conservative Party won; David Cameron to retain as PM
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UK Election 2015: Mhairi Black became the youngest lawmaker of
Britain at the age of 20
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UK Election 2015: 10 Indian Origins won the election
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May
08
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Global Travel Tourism – India in 52nd place; Spain tops the list
followed by France and Germany.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi released commemorative coin on
Swami Chinmayananda
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Eminent historian Amalendu Guha passed away
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Singapore PM Lee opened first museum Indian Heritage Centre in
Little India
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A paleo channel claimed as River Saraswati identified in Muglawali village of
Haryana
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Indian Army and Bank of India Inked an MoU
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May 2015 Events
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