Sunday 27 September 2015

World this Week: 22 June-28 June 2015

22 June 2015
• India to be the Partner Country for Russian Industrial Trade Fair Innoprom 2016
• Nepal-India Treaty of Transit amended to facilitate import of vehicles into Nepal
• EU launched Operation EU NAVFOR Med against migrant-traffickers
• Typhoon Kujira struck south China's Hainan Province
• Main artery of 2800-km K2K Economic Corridor nearly ready: China
• Sri Sri Ravi Shankar conferred with Columbia’s highest civilian award
• Three Indians won inaugural Queen's Young Leaders Award in UK

23 June 2015
• International Cricket Council approved amendments to playing conditions in ODIs and T20Is
• Sachin Tendulkar named as greatest Test player of 21st century
• WHO’s IARC classified lindane, DDT, and 2,4-D as carcinogenic to humans
• Titanic composer James Horner died

24 June 2015
• Australia decided to join China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
• Bangladesh won 3-match ODI series against India 2-1
• Zaheer Abbas, former Captain of Pakistan’s Cricket team, named as President of ICC
• First species of Yeti Crab in Antarctica named Kiwa tyleri discovered

25 June 2015
• India, US signed MoUs to enhance cooperation in areas of Health Sector
• US Supreme Court gave nod to subsidies under US Health Care Law in States without health exchanges
• International Conference on Nepal’s Reconstruction concluded
• Satnam Singh Bhamara became first Indian basketball player to join NBA
• Veselin Topalov won the Norway Chess Tournament 2015
• Patrick Macnee, star of The Avengers, died

26 June 2015
• Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved Parliament
• US Supreme Court legalized Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide
• International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking observed globally

27 June 2015
• Greece PM called for referendum on extension for bailout programme
• Rock Band Yes Guitarist Chris Squire died

28 June 2015
• Nelson Piquet Jr won the inaugural FIA Formula E Championship title
• Wei, Li won men's & women’s singles of Canada Open Badminton tournament 2015
• SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket broke apart in flames minutes after lifting off from Cape Canaveral

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