Sunday 27 September 2015

India This Week: 6 July-12 July 2015

6 July 2015
• SC ruled unwed mother can be child's guardian without father's consent
• Four World-Class Broadband Products developed by C-DOT launched under Digital India Programme
• Telangana Government signed MoU with Uber to expand operations in Hyderabad
• India second among 40 countries in terms of Confidence in National Government: OECD
• Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years authored by AS Dulat & Aditya Sinha released
• President inaugurated Nakshatra Vatika at Rashtrapati Nilayam Gardens

7 July 2015
• NDDB launched mobile application Pashu Poshan to boost dairy farmers' income
• SC issued notice to Union Government, EC on petition seeking to bring political parties under RTI
• Union Home Ministry extended the ‘disturbed area’ status of Nagaland for one more year
• Telangana government, ICRISAT signed MoU to improve profitability of farmers
• Jodhpur Film Society honoured with Pritiman Sarkar Award 2014-15

8 July 2015 
• Guidelines for Border Area Development Programme released
• Union Railway Ministry launched Mobile ticketing app for suburban commuters
• Indian Boxing Council to promote professional boxing launched
• Inderjeet Singh became first Indian to win a Gold Medal at World University Games in Gwangju
• Goa to host the Youth Delphic Games in February 2016
• Union Sports Ministry constituted Ashwini Nachappa committee to study status of SAI training centers
• Electronic Nose for environmental monitoring jointly developed by CSIR-NEERI & C-DAC
• Climate Change to be the theme of Science Express in 2015
• SN Sahai appointed as Home Secretary of Delhi
• Indian Army dedicated Prerna Sthal at Hussainiwala to the nation
• Sriram Kalyanaraman appointed as MD and CEO of National Housing Bank

9 July 2015 
• MPEDA launched mobile-based applications to help farmers capture data through mobile
• RBI released Final Guidelines on PPI for Mass Transit System (PPI-MTS)
• Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA) launched by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
• Renowned Urdu poet Bashar Navaaz passed away

10 July 2015 
• New species of butterfly called Banded Tit discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
• ISRO successfully launched five British satellites into space
• India’s 1st Earthquake Warning System successfully installed in Uttarakhand

11 July 2015
• 'Buddha in a Traffic Jam' bagged best screenplay award at Madrid film festival
• Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in India written by Jairam Ramesh
• India Central Asia Relations authored by Amiya Chandra

12 July 2015
• Indigenously developed helicopter-launched Nag missile test fired from Jaisalmer in Rajasthan
• CBI constituted 40 members team to probe multi-crore Vyapam scam
• Operation Smile led to tracing of 44 missing children in Uttarakhand

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