Sunday 27 September 2015

World this Week: 29 June-5 July 2015

29 June 2015
• 50 countries signed Articles of Agreement for China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
• India, Thailand signed five MOUs during the 7th Meeting of India-Thailand Joint Commission
• Austria to file complaint against UK's Hinkley Point C nuclear project in European Court of Justice
• Three-drug lethal injection protocol use did not violate Constitution: US Supreme Court
• US Supreme Court ruled against EPA limiting mercury emissions from power plants
• First-ever possible treatments for MERS Virus identified with discovery of two antibodies
• Hilleman Laboratories developed affordable Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine

30 June 2015
• Greece became first developed nation to default on IMF debt
• Cuba became first country in the World to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis
• NASA successfully flight tested Prandtl-d, prototype of first Mars airplane
• 30 June 2015 clocked one second longer with a leap second added to clocks worldwide
• China submitted climate action plan to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
• USA, Brazil issued Joint Statement on Climate Change
• Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water: 2015 Update and MDG Assessment released
• Anisa Rasouli nominated as first female judge of Afghanistan Supreme Court
• Matti Makkonen, pioneer of SMS technology, died
• Military transport plane of Indonesia, Hercules C-130, crashed in Medan city

1 July 2015
• World Bank released revised classification of world’s economies based on Gross National Income
• UNESCO and UNITAR signed agreement to protect cultural heritage with geo-spatial technologies
• Sir Fazle Hasan Abed of Bangladesh won 2015 World Food Prize
• China's Standing Committee of the NPC passed National Security Law
• Cities, Regions committed cutting 1.5 bn tons in CO2 emissions at World Summit Climate & Territories
• Maldives submitted instrument of acceptance of Doha amendment to Kyoto Protocol to UNFCC
• Darshan Jain, an Indian-American teacher named for US Presidential Award

2 July 2015
• MIT Scientists developed a Quantum Dot Spectrometer small enough to function within a smartphone
• Nearly 30 percent of China’s Great Wall disappeared over time: Survey

3 July 2015
• Hollywood actress Diana Douglas died
• Adelaide Crows football coach Phil Walsh died

4 July 2015

• Japan committed $6 billion to Mekong region countries at 7th Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo
• President of Tunisia declared 30-day state of emergency
• Chile defeated Argentina to win 2015 Copa America Cup Football tournament
• Renowned Urdu novelist Abdullah Hussain passed away
• Four Indian-Americans honoured with 2015 Great Immigrants: The Pride of America award

5 July 2015
• Champagne vineyards of France granted with World Heritage status by UNESCO
• Greece rejected creditors' demands for more austerity in crucial referendum
• USA defeated Japan to win Women's FIFA World Cup for the third time
• Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won 2015 Formula 1 British Grand Prix title

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