Sunday 27 September 2015

World This Week: 25 May-31 May 2015

25 May 2015
• India and Vietnam signed Joint Vision Statement on Defence Cooperation 2015-2020
• UAE launched Strategic Framework for its Space Agency
• Switzerland named two Indians under probe in its official gazette
• Kumar Sangakkara named CEAT International Cricketer of the Year 2015
• 2000 year old Water supply system unearthed in Umm Tuba quarter of Israel
• NRI scientist Latha Venkataraman created first single-molecule device
• Eminent American Photographer Mary Ellen Mark passed away
• Tornado struck northern city of Ciudad Acuna in Mexico

26 May 2015
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of USA granted work Permit for H-4 visa holders
• NATO launched Arctic Challenge Exercise in the north of Norway, Sweden and Finland
• Forbes released the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women 2015 list
• Trevor Bayliss appointed as head coach of England Cricket Team
• Abraj Kudai, world’s biggest hotel, set to open in Mecca in 2017

27 May 2015

• UNSC adopted resolution on protection of journalists in conflict zones
• US state of Nebraska abolished death penalty
• Seven FIFA Officials arrested on bribery charges in Zurich by Switzerland authorities
• Sevilla FC won Europa League title
• State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015 report released
• Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair resigned as Special Envoy of the Middle East Quartet
• Indian-origin teacher Gurnimrat Nimmy Sidhu named for Oxford University award

28 May 2015
• Nigerian Army launched operations to flush out Boko Haram from Sambisa Forest

29 May 2015 

• Sepp Blatter re-elected as FIFA President
• International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers observed across the world
• The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy released
• Winner of three Wimbledon titles in a day, Doris Hart, died at 89

30 May 2015
• Yogathon to be hosted in 100 US cities of first International Yoga Day 

31 May 2015

• Ex-Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili appointed as Governor of Ukraine's Odessa region
• Barcelona won King's Cup final triumph
• WHO launched campaign against illicit trade of tobacco products on World No Tobacco Day 2015

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