July
2015: Week 3
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Telugu cartoonist Pamarthy Shankar won Grand Prix World Press
Cartoon 2014 Award
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Indian American Sunita Viswanath honoured as Champions of Change
by US White House
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Peter Higgs receives world’s oldest scientific prize
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India and Canada signed MoU in the field of civil aviation
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Signing and ratification of an Inter-Governmental agreement
between India and Armenia on cooperation in the field of agriculture
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India and Myanmar to strengthen Defence ties
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India to build 200 military chopper along with Russia
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India and Singapore signed agreement to enhance maritime
cooperation
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India and World Bank Sign US $ 250 Million Financing Agreement
for Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project
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RBI permitted CBS-enabled Cooperative Banks to issue ATM cards
in tie-up with a sponsor bank
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CCI imposed Rs 671 crore penalty on 4 state-run insurance
companies (National Insurance, New India Insurance, Oriental Insurance and
United India Insurance)
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RBI signed currency swap agreement with Sri Lanka
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Tamil Nadu and Kerala lead surge in financial inclusion
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Yes Bank has got approval from RBI to set up IFSC Banking Units
(IBUs) in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT); Federal Bank also
got approval
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Maurice Obstfeld appointed as Chief Economist of IMF
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Hisao Tanaka resigned as CEO and President of Toshiba
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Government has launched Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) with 4
iron ore rich States (Karnataka, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh); would
soon set up plants
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An expert group (under the head of Arvind Panagariya) to
classify the Caste/Tribe data of the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC),
2011
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National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project Phase-II to be
implemented in the States of Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and
West Bengal assistance
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Cabinet approves
redevelopment of 400 railway stations
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Ministry of Women's 'One Stop Centre for Women' was inaugurated
at Raipur
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Kaushal Kendra: India's first community's
skill park opened in Kerala
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INS Astravahini
decommissioned after 31 years of service
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DoT released A K Bhargava committee
report on Net Neutrality
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Delhi Police Railway Helpline No.1512- launched
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Jagannath Rath Yatra began in Puri, Odisha
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Union Government launched Delhi Police Railway Helpline Number
1512
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A woman having a child through surrogacy is entitled to
maternity leave: Delhi HC
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Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu account for a third of
all traffic accident deaths: NCRB Data
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Kerala Tourism gets PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association) Award
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Indev Air Freight Station, India's first private air
freight station (AFS,) to open from August 01, 2015 near
Irungattukottai in Chennai
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Maximum number of suicides in India (States): (1) Maharashtra
(2) Tamil Nadu
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Maximum number of suicides in India (Cities): (1) Chennai (2)
Bengaluru (3) Delhi (4) Mumbai
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Ramnad police (Tamil Nadu) to launch ‘Operation
Barricade’ to check smugglers
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Sumitra Mahajan unveiled a new programme "Speaker's
Research Initiative", designed to provide information to members on
various issues of topical interest
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SC said former CBI director M L Sharma will head a panel
to probe agency's former director Ranjit Sinha in Diarygate case
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West Bengal is most unsafe for women: NCW Chief Lalithaa
Kumarmangalam
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Varunavat Mountain in Uttarakhand witnessed crack in its range;
landslides feared
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ISRO successfully tests indigenous cryogenic rocket engine for
800 seconds
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Union Government launched National Career Counselling portal
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Workshop held to discuss Pam Rajput Committee’s
recommendation on Status of Women
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Committee to draft bill for protection of indigenous people of
Manipur constituted
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SC rejected Union Government’s review plea seeking OBC status
for Jats
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Union Government launched Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan
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India ranks at 12th position in terms of power generation from
nuclear source: IAEA
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Jharkhand Education Minister (BJP's Neera Yadav) pays homage to
former president Abdul Kalam, garlands his photo
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Approximately 10500 Rohingya Muslims have taken their shelter in
India
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Union I&B Ministry approved ENIL proposal to purchase TV
Today Network’s Oye FM
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Two members of Anglo-Indian Community
(Prof. Richard Hay and Mr. George Baker) nominated to Lok Sabha
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So far, 55 Cities in 27 States / UTs are being developed as
Solar Cities (from TN it is Coimbatore)
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Only 9 of 29 States in the country were found eligible for
release of Performance Grants of Urban Local Bodies during 2014-15 and as per
the recommendations of the 13th Finance Commission
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Live-In relationships is not a crime: Supreme Court
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Prashant Pathrabe appointed as new FTII Director
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Nelson Mandela International Day – July 18
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Stephen Hawking, Russian billionaire launch $100 million 'alien
search'
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NASA is launching a crowdfunding campaign to conserve the
spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon
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New fish species named Puntius Dolichopterus discovered in
Kerala
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Cartoonist Tom Moore passed away
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National Broadcasting Day (July 23)
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Conakry (Capital of Guinea) named as World Book
Capital for 2017 by UNESCO (for 2015 it is Incheon and for 2016 it
is Wroclaw)
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French film The Big Day
to showcase Anand Kumar's Super 30
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In a world first, a bionic eye has been implanted to restore the
central vision in an 80 year old British man
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Earth-like planet (Kepler 452b) found by NASA's Kepler telescope
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Paul van Ass (Coach of Indian Hockey) was dropped
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Sundararajan Kidambi won the Sant Marti Open 2015 (Chess) in
Barcelona
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Indian-American boy Amitoj Chhabra won the Junior Title at the
US Powerlifting Association National Championships 2015
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World Swimming Championships begins at Kazan (Russia); 5
swimmers from India to participate
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10 yr old Shubham Jaglan wins his 2nd junior world title (Golf)
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UN Security council endorses Iran nuclear deal
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US and Cuba restore the full diplomatic ties after 5 decades
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Greece: banks reopen with cash limits; taxes soar
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US: a separate terminal for animals in JFK airport, New York
(World's first)
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UNSC adopted resolution endorsing Iran nuclear deal
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Japanese Cabinet approved Defence White Paper 2015
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Indonesia: major eruption at 5 volcanoes (Gamalama, Dukono,
Sinabung, Karangetang and Raung); several airports in the country closed
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July 2015 Events
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