Sunday 27 September 2015

World This Week: 27 July-2 August 2015

27 July 2015
• General Council approved Kazakhstan's membership terms to join WTO as 162nd member
• Nepal’s political parties agreed to remove word ‘Secularism’ from the Constitution
• Bangladesh part of Sundarbans witnessed rapid decline in tiger population between 2004 and 2015

28 July 2015
• Nepal banned animal Sacrifice at Gadhimai Festival
• India signed Loan Agreement of $300 Million with ADB for National Urban Health Mission
• Clive Rice, first post-apartheid captain of South Africa Cricket team, passed away
• World Hepatitis Day observed with theme ‘Prevent hepatitis. Act now’

29 July 2015
• UNSC failed to adopt proposal to create tribunal on crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17
• Ramon Magsaysay Awardees for the year 2015 announced; Two Indians among the awardees
• International Tiger Day observed across the world

30 July 2015
• SALt, a lamp that runs eight hours on water and salt, developed
• Cyclone Komen formed over Bay of Bengal
• ‘Visaarnai’ became first Tamil film to enter Venice film festival

31 July 2015

• Film Talvar to be premiered at Toronto International Film Festival
• Indo-UK Bilateral Air Exercise Indradhanush concluded
• 1974 Land Border Agreement between India and Bangladesh came into effect
• Sri Lankan government decided to renovate temples Buddhist temple Swayambhunath and Hindu temple Rato Machindranath in Lalitpur destroyed in Nepal quake
• Beijing chosen to host 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics

1 August 2015
• Tiju Thomas initiative emerged as UAE's first and biggest donor registry
• India foiled UK’s Pangaea Laboratories bid to patent use of turmeric, pine bark and tea

2 August 2015
• Victorian Open WSA: Joshna Chinappa won squash title
• Copenhagen Archery Championships: Indian women's recurve team clinched silver medal

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