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July
2015: Week 4
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Naomi Klein wins 2015 American Book Award for her reverted title
“This changes everything: capitalism vs. the climate”
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Helena Ndume, Jorge Sampaio awarded with first-ever
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize
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Ramachandra Guha chosen for Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize 2015
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Ramon Magsaysay Awardees for the year 2015 announced; Two
Indians (Sanjeev Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta) among the awardees
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PM confers ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) Award
- 2014 to Ms. Gargi Parsai (Hindu's senior journalist)
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TN Government announces award in the name of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award; to be given on
every Independence Day those who work for student's welfare and science development
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Visa rules relaxed for Pakistan minority pilgrims
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Centre has approved Rs. 1 lakh crore for a 15 km India -
Bangladesh Railway project
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LR-SAM [Long Range - Surface to Air Missile] - a joint
production of India and Israel to be tested from Israel (Oct 2015)
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IDFC gets RBI nod to start banking operations
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A P Shah committee on
Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) submitted its report to Arun Jaitley
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7 Indian companies among World’s largest companies: Fortune
Magazine
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SEBI cancels Sahara Mutual Fund licence
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GM (General Motors) to invest $1 billion in India
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GST: Cabinet clears 5 year compensation for state
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RBI to issue 10 rupee coin to mark International Yoga Day
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France's biggest bank BNP Paribas to buy Indian brokerage
Sharkhan
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BHEL signs three MoU in Kazakhstan for power projects
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Centre to pump Rs. 70000 crore into PSU banks
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Put prisons under CCTV surveillance – SC
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Indian defence products is being exported to 22 nations
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Central Government Constitutes a Committee (Prof.
Arun Nigavekar), to suggest measures for selection of the most
meritorious to teaching profession
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Modi launched Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti
Yojana in Patna (July 25, 2015)
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Union Government launches Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan
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Gujarat HC constituted panel to ensure amenities to labourers at
Alang ship-breaking yard
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South India's first electronic toll collection (ETC) was
inaugurated at Sriperumbudur
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Police verification for passports set to go online in Bengaluru;
first in the country to implement like this
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25 heritage Cites in India to have free Wi-Fi service; from TN
it is Thanjavur Temple and Mamallapuram
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Former President of India, 'Bharat Ratna' Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
passed away
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Maharashtra cabinet approves Shyamaprasad
Mukherjee Jan Van Vikas Scheme
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India signed Loan Agreement of $300 Million with ADB for
National Urban Health Mission
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Union Government asked the States and UTs to rectify the errors
in SECC (Socio-Economic Caste Census); it has over 1.45 crore errors
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1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Abdul Razak Memon was hanged to
death in the Nagpur central Prison
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Union Cabinet approved creation of a Rs. 20000 crore National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)
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Government has finalised arrangements to extend and implement
the e-Tourist Visa facility to the passport holders of People’s Republic of
China, Hong Kong Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative
Region
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Mongolia's 25th anniversary of the First Democratic Election:
Union Minister Rajayavardhan Rathore participated
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Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and
Goa are in the forefront of generating awareness about Swachh Bharat Mission
in urban areas.
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No death sentence for Rajiv Gandhi killers - SC; SC rejected
Centre's plea in reconsidering the rejection of death penalty to the
commuters by the Court earlier
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Indigenously developed Kaveri engine will now be used to power
the Indian unmanned combat aircraft
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A cyclonic storm named ‘Komen’ (coined by Thailand) over the
northeast Bay of Bengal
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Central Government has decided to declare 7th August as
National Handloom Day every year beginning from this year 2015,
throughout the country
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Kerala: Malappuram becomes the first
municipality in India to offer free Wi-Fi facility
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Punjab Government to create Beas Belt near Harike Patan as
habitat for Gharials
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Two-thirds of rural households still use firewood for cooking
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International Youth NGO Summit (IYONS) 2015 in Chennai; Theme:
"Peace and Prosperity"
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Nandakandan Zollogical Park in Odisha - has been placed 18th
among the top 100 zoos in Asia
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Earth-like exoplanet Kepler 452b discovered
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Mosquirix, world's first malaria vaccine, approved by European
Medicines Agency
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World's largest flower
Amorphophallus Titanum bloomed at Jindai Botanical Gardens in Tokyo
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World Hepatitis Day (July 28); Theme: 'Prevention of viral Hepatitis'
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Cong MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhry was suspended by LS Speaker for
creating a flutter by banging a placard on the Speaker's table
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International Tiger Day (July 29)
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General Council approved Kazakhstan's membership terms to join
WTO as 162nd member
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Dr. Suniti Solomon - who
detected the first instance of HIV infection in India passed away
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India will surpass China in population by 2022: UN
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Windows 10 was launched
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Peak 5260 in the Himalayas is named after mountaineer Nalini Sengupta
(Mt. Nalini)
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Asia Region Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting in New Delhi
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SALt, a lamp that runs eight hours on water and salt, developed
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‘Visaarnai’ became
first Tamil film to enter Venice film festival
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Cricket: Oman and Afghanistan grab World T20 spots
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Union Government constituted All India Council of Sports
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Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany won Hungarian Formula
One Grand Prix
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Hockey India appoints Roelant Oltmans as India coach after Van
Ass exit
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Pro Wrestling League (PWL); six city-based teams with world's
top 66 wrestlers
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Special Olympics World Games (Los Angeles): India's Yash Singh
bagged Bronze medal in aquatics
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Indian women's archery team
(Deepika Kumari, Rimil Burily and Laxmirani Majhi) qualified for
2016 Rio Olympics
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Team Sky cyclist Chris Froome of Britain won 102nd Tour de
France
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Mexico defeated Jamaica to win CONCACAF Gold Cup Football
tournament
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Court of Arbitration for Sports allowed Indian athlete Dutee
Chand to compete in women’s event
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Justice Mahajan Committee
constituted for Re-drafting National Sports Development Code of India
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2015 Special Olympics: India's Chandrasekhar santhanam bagged
gold medal in 300m roller skating
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Indian recurve archer Mangal Singh Champia
earned an individual quota for the 2016 Rio Olympics
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Beijing awarded 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the first city to
be awarded both summer and winter Games (defeated Almaty of Kazakhstan)
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Burundi: President Pierre Nkurunzia wins the polls
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Myanmar frees 7000 political prisoners
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China slams US for militarising South China Sea
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Nepal banned animal Sacrifice at Gadhimai Festival
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