July
2015: Week 2
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‘Make in India’ initiative of DIPP won Frost and Sullivan’s 2015
Economic Development Innovation Award
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Noted painter Sayed Haider Raza conferred with France’s de la
Lgion dHonneur
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India-based Comparex India Pvt Ltd won Microsoft Country Partner
of the Year Award 2015
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India and Kazakhstan signed five agreements (transfer of
prisons, defence technical cooperation, cultural, railways and atomic energy)
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BRICS Summit held at Ufa, Russia; Theme: 'Powerful factor for
Global Development'
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India and Pakistan becomes members of SCO
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SCO Summit held at Ufa, Russia
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Japan might join Indo-US naval exercise 'MALABAR 2015'
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India and US sign pact to combat tax evasion
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India, Russia sign MoU for funding of hydro-generation projects
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India, Turkmenistan inked 8 agreements to increase regional
cooperation & connectivity
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Modi pitches for TAPI Gas pipeline with Turkmenistan President
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India and Turkmenistan signed 8 agreements
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India and Kyrgyzstan ink four pacts
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India and Georgia signed MoU for cooperation in field of
Election Management
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Operation Talaash
(searching of missing Dornier aircraft near Chennai) officially comes to end
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BRICS central banks signed Agreement to operationalise
Contingent Reserve Arrangement
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RBI issues Rs. 100 notes with a new numbering pattern
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India will beat China again as fastest growing economy in 2016:
IMF
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India to contribute $18 bn to BRICS
forex reserves pool
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Government to set up Trade Facilitation Council to promote
exports
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Flipkart offers allowance to employees for child adoption
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Chinese telecom giant Huwaei to set up a manufacturer plant in
Sriperumbudur, Chennai
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RBI sets up panel under the chairmanship of Deepak Mohanty
on financial inclusion
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NDDB launched mobile application Pashu Poshan to boost dairy
farmers' income
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Indian Army dedicated Prerna Sthal at Hussainiwala to the nation
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‘Rani Durgavati’ joins Indian Coast Guard as 3rd IPV
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SC orders CBI probe into VYAPAM scam
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Legalize prostituion in Haryana: State Women Commission
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IAF formally inducted the Akash missile
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ISRO successfully launched 5 British commercial satellites on
board PSLV-C28; it is the heaviest commercial mission
taken by ISRO
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Uttarakhand gets India’s first earthquake early warning system
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Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA) launched by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
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MPEDA launched mobile-based applications to help farmers capture
data through mobile
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India's population grow at 1.6% per year; to be the most
populous country in the world by 2050
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Indian Army prohibited SSC candidates from sporting tatoos other
than their forearms
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GAGAN Satellite-Based Navigation System Launched
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Patnitop Tunnel (located on Jammu-Sri Nagar National Highway
(NH1A) in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir; b/w Chenani to Nashri
(J&K)), India’s longest road tunnel, set to
open in 2016
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Union Government appointed lawyer Rodrigo Oreamuno to arbitrate
Vodafone tax case
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Union Home Ministry extended the ‘disturbed area’ status of
Nagaland for one more year
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Operation Smile led to tracing of 44 missing children in
Uttarakhand
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‘#100Women Initiative’ launched by the
Union Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with Facebook
to recognize 100 women achievers across India
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SC turned down a plea for setting up a remote bench in Chennai
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SAARC satellite launch likely in December 2016
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‘Maha Godavari Pushkaralu’: 27 dead in stampede in pushkar
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National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana
(HRIDAY) was launched from Amritsar in Punjab for 12 cities in the country
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Top foreign tourists arrivals in India during 2014: Tamil Nadu
> Maharashtra > Uttar Pradesh > Delhi > Rajasthan
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Top domestic tourists arrivals in India during 2014: Tamil Nadu
> Uttar Pradesh > Karnataka > Maharashtra > Andhra Pradesh
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India clears defence deals worth Rs 30,000 crore, buys four
Boeing spy planes
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Eminent Music Composer M S Viswanathan passed away
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Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela began in Maharashtra;
the year-long festival will end 11 August 2016.
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Indigenously developed helicopter-launched Nag missile test
fired from Jaisalmer in Rajasthan
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India’s first railway-line (Gandhidham and Tuna-Tekra Port)
built under PPP model inaugurated in Gujarat
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Prime Minister unveils National Policy for Skill development and
Entrepreneurship 2015
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Second Meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog
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Ottappalam in Kerala to have India’s first
defence industrial park
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India and 26 Other Countries are Working to Develop a Model for
Early Earth Quake Warning System
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UGC accorded Heritage Status on 19 Colleges across the country
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WHO released Global Tobacco Epidemic 2015 Report
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MGNREGA world’s largest public works programme: World Bank
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World Population Day (July 11); Theme: 'Vulnerable Populations
in Emergencies'
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New species of butterfly called Banded Tit discovered in
Arunachal Pradesh
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NASA selected four Astronauts (Robert Behnken, Eric Boe, Douglas
Hurley and Sunita Williams) for First US Commercial Spaceflights
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Madrid International Film Festival: Hindi film 'Buddha in a
Traffic Jam' won the award for best screenplay
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Satyarthi urges Centre not to prune HAIL (Hazardous Activities
and Industries List)
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CERN scientists discover new particle called pentaquark
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Ira Singhal (UPSC topper): is to be brand ambassador for the
programmes of department of empowerment of persons with disabilities
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World Youth Skills Day (July 15)
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Inderjeet Singh became first Indian to win a Gold Medal at World
University Games in Gwangju
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Union Sports Ministry constituted Ashwini Nachappa
committee to study status of SAI training centers
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Lord Kamlesh Patel became first British-Asian appointee to ECB
Management Board
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Goa to host the Youth Delphic Games in February 2016
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Argentina top FIFA rankings for first time in seven years
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Wimbledon 2015: Novak Djokivic and Serena Williams won the Men's
Singles and Women's Singles titles respectively
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Sania Mriza and Martina Hingis won the Women's Doubles; it is
Sania's first Wimbledon title in Women's Doubles
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Leander Paes and Martina Hingis won the Mixed Doubles; it is
Paes's 16th Grand Slam title
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Sumit Nagal and Nam Hoang won the Boy's Doubles; Nagal becomes
the first Indian to win Boy's Doubles and sixth Indian to win a Slam junior
title
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Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals are banned for two
years from IPL: Justice Lodha
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CSK, Royals suspended for two years from IPL
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Inter-State athletics: Kerala tops the chart followed by Tamil
Nadu; Inderjeet (Haryana) is best Male athlete; M R Poovamma (Karnataka) is
best female athlete
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India’s current position in FIFA rankings is 156 (moved from
141st to 156th)
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No more Champions League T20 matches
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Indonesia: airport in Bali closed due to Volcano (Mt Raung)
eruption
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Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka entered Guinness World Records
for spending 804 days on ISS
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Typhoon Chan-hom hits China (Zhejiang Province)
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USA designated Tunisia as 16th Major Non-NATO Ally
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Iran and six world powers P5+1 (United States, Russia, China,
Britain, France and Germany) have signed a historic nuclear deal.
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US Defense Department set up Working Group on allowing
Transgender persons into Military Service
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