Date
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Events
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May
09
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Naval Base at Porbandar Commissioned as INS Sardar Patel
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Development is incomplete if Poor don't share its fruits - Modi
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Modi launched 3 new social security schemes (PMSBY, PMJJBY and
APY)
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India and Russia agreed to raise the current trade levels to $30
billion from $10 billion
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Rs. 26000 crore to transmit 6000 MW of power to the 5 Southern
States - Piyush Goyal
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India has conducted two successive tests of an advanced version
of the 290 km BrahMos missile
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Russian Pres Vladimir Putin presided over a huge military parade
to commemorate the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany
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Indian soldiers took part in the Victory Day Parade at Red
Square in Moscow
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Belgian varsity honours Rabindranath Tagore with statue
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WHO declared Liberia as Ebola Free
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Madrid Open 2015: Petra Kvitova won the Women's Singles; Andy
Murray won the Men's Singles; Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea won the Men's
Doubles
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State Government of Haryana included Deaflympics in its Sports
Policy; Deaflympics, previously known as World Games for the Deaf and International
Games for the Deaf
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Narendra Modi inaugurated the upgraded steel plant of IISCO that
has the country’s largest blast furnace in Burnpur, West Bengal
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May
10
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Number of Asiatic Lions in Gir Sanctuary has risen
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Indian economy growing at the fastest rate – Modi
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Nico Rosberg (Germany)
won the Spanish Grand Prix 2015
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HDFC in world’s top 10 list of consumer finance firms
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SBI Launches RuPay Platinum Debit Card
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G.K Reddy Memorial National Award to Vinod Mehta
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President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated Namaste Russia festival
in Moscow
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Discus thrower Vikas Gowda won Gold at Jamaican International
Invitation meet
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Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor bestowed with Dada Saheb
Phalke award
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May
11
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Karnataka HC acquits Jaya and 3 others in DA case; clears the
way for becoming CM
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India has named K V Kamath as the first head of the new
development bank of the BRICS group
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Chandrayaan - 2 launch by 2017
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Historian Ninad Bedekar dead
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J&K: 24 dies as bus falls into gorge
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UK: Indian-origin Priti Patel in the Cabinet (MoS for
Employment)
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Nikesh Arora appointed as SoftBank President
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Asiatic lion population in Gir sanctuary increased to 523: Lion
Census report 2015
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US-based company mGage acquired Unicel Technologies
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President authorized Justice Cyriac Joseph to act as interim
NHRC Chairperson
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Hyderabad to host Indo-Global Pharma Expo and Summit 2015 in
July
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May
12
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Mr. Klaus Burkart (Germany) won the Mr. Gay World 2015 title.
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Once again earthquake in Nepal; 57 people dead
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New Governors appointed: Jharkhand - Droupadi Murmu; Arunachal
Pradesh - J. P. Rajkhowa; Tripura - Tathagata Roy; Meghalaya - V.
Shamnuganathan
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Union Govt rejects Meenakumari Report on deep fishing
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SC declines government's plea for larger benches on NJAC
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Google to set up its biggest Asian campus in Hyderabad
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Australia: Indian origin MP Daniel Mookhey takes oath if office
on the Bhagavad Gita
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Bangladesh: Blogger Ananta Bijoy Das murdered; third such
murders of bloggers in the recent months
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US approves oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean
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55th National inter-state Athletics will be held in Chennai on
July 2015
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Asian Youth Athletics Championships: China topped the medal
table with 16 Gold; India at fifth position with 2 Gold + 6 Silver + 6 Bronze
medals
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Picasso's painting Les Femme d’Alger sold for 179.3 million US
dollars
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Indian-Origin Harbhajan Kaur Dheer became first Asian woman
elected as Mayor in UK
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Rajya Sabha passed The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014
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May
13
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Arvind Saxena appointed as a Member of Union Public Service
Commission
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UP Government launched Samajwadi Shudha Payjal Yojna for UP
Roadways bus stations
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Supreme Court issued Guidelines on Regulating Government
Advertisements
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Facebook signed up with nine news publishers to launch Instant
Articles
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Indian author Neel Mukherjee won 2014 Encore Award for 'The Lives of Others'
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Union Cabinet approved amendments to Child Labour (Prohibition
& Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012
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Lee Alan Johnson (England) named Head Coach of U-19 football
team of India
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Union Cabinet gave its approval for signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) for cooperation with the Republic of Korea in the fields
of maritime transport and logistics
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Approval for signing of MoU between India and Mongolia for
enhancing cooperation in Border Guarding, Policing and Surveillance
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Indo-origin Daniel Mookhey, became the first politician in
Australia sworned on Bhagavad Gita when he took oath in New
South Wales parliament
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Vatican recognised Palestine as State in the Holy See-Palestine
Joint Statement
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Union Cabinet gave its nod for implementation of Namami Gange
programme (NGP). The programme will be operational under the National Ganga
River Basin Authority (NGRBA).
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Benami Transactions (Prohibition) (Amendment) Bill, 2015
introduced in Lok Sabha
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May
14
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President presented the ‘Presidential Awards for Classical
Tamil’ for the years 2011-12 and 2012-13
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India honoured for significant contribution to UN peacekeeping
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Govt to disinvest 5 % in NTPC and 10 % in Indian Oil
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Punjab government launched pan-state programme to monitor the
soil health of every farm
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The nation’s first wind power forecasting micro pilot project
was launched in Tamil Nadu
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The World Economic Forum (WEF) released the Human Capital Report
2015; India at 100th position; top 3 are: Finland, Norway and Sweden
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14 year old Karan Menon, Indian-American student, has won the
prestigious National Geographic Bee award in US
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Union Government approved Gujarat State Climate Change Action
Plan 2015-2020
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RBI allowed Tap And Pay without PIN for transactions up to 2000
rupees
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Union Ministry of Minority Affairs launched USTAAD Scheme for
Traditional Artisans
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May
15
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India and China signed 24 agreements; Chennai to get China's
third consulate after Kolkata and Mumbai
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SBI launched contact-less card called sbiINTOUCH
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Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has married his gay
partner, becoming the first leader in the European Union to enter into a
same-sex union in a symbol of growing social change across the continent.
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Union Government launched kayakalp Award Scheme to improve
cleanliness in Public Health Facilities
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Japanese Scientists discovered new state of matter called
Jahn-Teller-metal
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India to grant e-visa to China tourists
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Centre fix the target of recruiting 48000 jobs in rural BPOs
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Gagan Narang secures berth for 2016 Olympics; third India
shooter to qualify for 2016 Olympics after Jitu Rai and Apurvi Chandela
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An attempt to overthrow Burundian President ended in foil
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May
16
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Bharti Airtel gets Financial Commitments from Two Chinese banks
for 9 years
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Union Government decided to implement NERS for women in distress
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Union Government launched Road Asset Management System for
National Highways
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Court sentences Egypt's ousted president (Mohamed Morsy) to
death
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The Home Ministry may not grant license to Kalanithi
Maran-promoted Sun TV Network’s group companies citing the alleged
involvement of its owners in 2G spectrum scam and Aircel Maxis cases before
various courts and investigating agencies.
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‘India, China can together create a world that serves humanity’
- Modi
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Modi in China inaugurates Gandhian Studies centre Fudan
University in Shanghai
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Eight Indian companies are among the 107 global firms whose
valuations are $1 billion or more [Flipkart, Zomato, Snapdeal, MuSigma, Ola,
Quikr, Paytm and InMobi]
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ICICI opened its first branch in China (at Shanghai)
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India to help Mongolia set up Amul-like dairy co-op
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UNESCAP released Survey titled Making Growth More Inclusive for
Sustainable Development
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6th National Conference on Nuclear Energy held in New Delhi
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Anurradha Prasad conferred with Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award for
Journalism and Social Services
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Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) discovered the world’s first fully warm-blooded fish
species named Opah. These fishes are found in the deep waters off the US,
Australia and several other countries.
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