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Jul 12, 2015

[CA] Imp Events of April - June 2015 (World)


Around the World 
[April – June 2015]

Nuclear Accord with Iran
·        The United States, Iran and five other world powers (China, France, Britain, Russia and Germany) announced an understanding outlining limits on Iran’s nuclear programme so it cannot lead to atomic weapons, directing negotiators toward achieving a comprehensive agreement within three months.
·        Iran will use only the facility at Natanz to enrich uranium
·        Iran will not enrich uranium over 3.67 percent for at least 15 years.

Normandy Group
·        Normandy Four group comprising of foreign ministers of four nations viz., Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed to form four working groups to observe the implementation of the ceasefire deal on Ukraine conflict

Indonesia executes 7 foreign convicts
·        An Indonesian firing squad executed eight convicted drug traffickers from several countries
·        It prompted Australia to recall its envoy to Jakarta and bringing an angry reaction from Brazil.
·         The leaders of Australia and Brazil had made personal appeals for clemency for their citizens among the group, raising the stakes for Indonesia’s new President, Joko Widodo.
·         Both countries oppose capital punishment and have railed against Mr. Widodo’s move to step up the pace of executions, after a five-year moratorium, since coming to office in July 2014. Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan were executed by firing squad along with four Nigerians, a Brazilian and an Indonesian. Charlie Burrows, religious counsellor to the Brazilian convict who was with the prisoners before the execution said all eight had refused blindfolds before they were shot.

South Africa and Cecil Rhodes statue
·        The University of Cape Town (UCT) of South Africa voted to remove a statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes from the campus.
·        The statue had become a focus of student protests.
·        The decision of Council follows weeks of protest and debate over the statue. The matter was known as the Rhodes Must Fall debate
·        Cecil Rhodes born in July 1853 was a British colonialist, businessman, mining magnate and politician in southern Africa, who founded Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) which was named after him in 1895. Rhodes University is also named after him. He died on 26 March 1902.

Anything To Say?
·        A Public Art Project
·        At Alexander Square, Berlin
·        The life-size sculptures of Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
·        Sculptures done by Italian Artist Davide Dormino
·        To honour them for their courage
·        Dormino said the fourth chair is for the common man to stand up and get his/her voice heard

Singapore: First museum Indian Heritage Centre in Little India
·        Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong opened first museum Indian Heritage Centre in Little India.
·        The museum was dedicated to Indian history.
·         Singapore is celebrating 50 years of its independence in 2015 as well as 50 years of diplomatic relations with India.
·        The Government of India has presented busts of four nationalist leaders to Singapore's Indian Heritage Centre (IHC).
·        IHC is now open to the public. The nationalist leaders' busts - including of Mahatama Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Pandit Jawarhalal Nehru and Netaji Subash Chandra Bose - are displayed in IHC's gallery on Social and Political Awakening in Singapore.

Vatican recognises Palestine
·        Vatican recognised Palestine as a state in the Holy See-Palestine. 
·        The Joint Statement titled Bilateral Commission of the Holy See and the State of Palestine was released after the Plenary Session held in Vatican on a Comprehensive Agreement following on the Basic Agreement signed on 15 February 2000. The Basic Agreement of 2000 deals with essential aspects of the life and activity of the Catholic Church in Palestine.

UK Election 2015
·        Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservatives won a resounding victory in the British general election, with nearly complete results showing that the party had secured an overall majority in Parliament.
·        The Conservative Party won with 331 seats, comfortably crossing the 326 mid-way mark in the 650-seat House of Commons.
·        10 Indian Origins won the election: A record number of 10 Indian-origin candidates including Keith Vaz and Priti Patel were elected to the British Parliament. The overall tally of 10 Indian-origin MPs in the British Parliament breaks the previous 2010 general election record of eight.
·        Indian-origin Priti Patel appointed as Minister of State for Employment in British Government
  
Indian Origin Candidates
Party
Seat
Keith Vaz
Labour
Leicester East
Virendra Sharma
Labour
Ealing Southall
Priti Patel
Conservative
Witham
Valerie Vaz
Labour
Walsall South
Seema Malhotra
Labour
South West London
Rishi Sunak
Conservative
Richmond (Yorks)
Alok Sharma
Conservative
Reading West
Shailesh Vara
Conservative
Cambridgeshire North West
Suella Fernandes
Conservative
Fareham
Lisa Nandy
Labour
Wigan
Paul Uppal
Conservative
Wolverhampton South West
Arun
Conservative
Yardley
Suria Photay
Conservative
Wolverhampton South East
Loser
Paul Uppal
Conservative
Wolverhampton South West
Arun
Conservative
Yardley
Suria Photay
Conservative
Wolverhampton South East

Arctic Challenge Exercise 2015
·        By NATO
·        In Norway, Sweden and Finland
·        9 countries participated

 Ireland legalizes same sex marriage
·        The Republic of Ireland voted strongly in favour of legalising same sex marriage in a referendum in which more than 3.2 million people cast their vote.
·        Ireland is the first country to legalise same-sex marriage through a popular vote.

 SC of US legalizes same sex marriage
·         SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) legalised the same sex marriage
·        The 28-page ruling was made by Justice Anthony Kennedy and was agreed by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
·        With this ruling, now the states cannot deny marriage rights enjoyed for thousands of years by opposite-sex couples to gay men and lesbians. The decision is expected to trigger same-sex marriages in fourteen states that banned the practice.


 Luxembourg PM marries his same sex partner
·        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.
·        Bettel (42 years), a centre-right politician who became premier in 2013, tied the knot with Gauthier Destenay, a Belgian architect, just months after the Roman Catholic duchy legalised gay weddings.


New President/Prime Minister
Nigeria
General Muhammadu Buhari, President
Defeated Goodluck Jonathan
Peru
Pedro Cateriano Bellido, Prime Minister
Seventh PM of Peru
Sudan
Omar Hassan al-Bashir
He has been in power in Sudan since 1989
Opp parties boycotted the elections; EU, US, UK and Norway criticized the elections
ICC in 2010 issued an arrest warrant against Bashir by charging him with crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide during war in Darfur region
UK
David Cameron
Conservative Party; absolute majority; won 331 seats in the 650 seat House of Commons
Mauritius
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim


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  Jan - March 2015 [World]   

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