Sunday 27 September 2015

World this Week: 15 June-21 June 2015

15 June 2015
• India and Poland set trade target of 5 billion US dollars by 2018
• Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicle Agreement signed in Thimpu
• UN elected Denmark's Mogens Lykketoft to head General Assembly
• Britain celebrated 800th anniversary of Magna Carta

16 June 2015
• Commission on GSJG released the Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance report
• RTA of UAE included four Indian languages into its driving tests
• Previously unknown extreme star formation Eye of Medusa observed 100 million light years away
• India, China can protect 1.4 million premature deaths by improving quality of Air: Study

17 June 2015
• Columbia’s FARC blew up oil pipeline in Catatumbo
• Chinese Version of Bhagavad Gita launched in China
• China and Australia signed Free Trade Agreement
• Union Cabinet approved agreement with Spain on abolishing visa requirements for diplomatic passports
• Japan's Parliament passed a Bill to lower voting age from 20 to 18
• Former Turkey President Suleyman Demirel died
• GADL, Oman Airport Management Company signed MoU on Aviation Consultancy Services

18 June 2015
• France announced ban on earphones for Drivers and Cyclists
• Hong Kong lawmakers rejected Beijing-backed election reform package
• CBRE Research released Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs survey
• Antani, Joshi appointed to the board of Future Majority Project of US Republican Party
• Keith Vaz re-elected as chairman of UK Parliament committee
• UNHCR released Global Trends: World at War report on forced displacement
• Immunogen eOD-GT8 60mer can stimulate immune system to block HIV/AIDS infection in mice: Study
• Anti-Malarial compound DDD107498 that inhibits protein synthesis discovered

19 June 2015
• China launched world’s first electric passenger aircraft BX1E
• Department of State of USA released Country Reports on Terrorism 2014
• India, Tanzania signed six MoUs during the visit of President of Tanzania to India
• Blue Opposition Bloc led by Lars Loekke Rasmussen won Denmark’s Parliamentary Elections

20 June 2015
• Brightest Galaxy in Early Universe named after Cristiano Ronaldo as CR7

21 June 2015
• First International Day of Yoga observed globally
• Commemorations of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo concluded
• Russia won European Team Athletics Championships 2015
• Jordan Spieth of US won US Open of Golf
• Andy Murray won the men’s singles of Aegon Tennis Championships at the Queen’s Club
• China won 2015 Nongfu Spring World Cup of Snooker
• Serbia won 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup by defeating Brazil 2-1
• Roger Federer won Gerry Weber Open tennis title for eighth time
• Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany won Austrian Grand Prix of Formula One

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