Sunday 27 September 2015

World this Week: 6 July-12 July 2015

6 July 2015
• India, Uzbekistan released Joint Statement to intensify security cooperation, exchanges
• Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka entered Guinness World Records for spending 804 days on ISS
• Legendary producer Jerome Charles Weintraub died
• UN released Millennium Development Goals Report 2015
• China nominated Jin Liqun, former Chinese Finance Minster, for the post of AIIB President

7 July 2015
• BRICS central banks signed Agreement to operationalise Contingent Reserve Arrangement
• India, Kazakhstan launched first drilling at Satpayev oil block
• India, Uzbekistan inked three agreements to enhance bilateral cooperation
• Floyd Mayweather stripped of WBO Welterweight title he won against Manny Pacquiao
• Targetting protein PfPKG in P falciparum can help stop Malaria: Scientists
• World Bank released State of Safety Nets 2015 report
• WHO released Global Tobacco Epidemic 2015 Report
• PCA began hearing on the Nine-dash line of South China Sea

8 July 2015 
• QS University Rankings: BRICS 2015 release
• Russian Investment Fund to set up joint mechanism for financing infrastructure in BRICS countries
• India, Kazakhstan signed five Agreements including a contract for supply of uranium
• Lord Kamlesh Patel became first British-Asian appointee to ECB Management Board

9 July 2015
• Ufa Declaration released at 7th BRICS Summit in Ufa
• India, US signed Inter Governmental Agreement to implement FATCA
• Radiative impact of volcanic aerosol in lowermost stratosphere slowed global warming: Study
• NASA selected four Astronauts for First US Commercial Spaceflights
• 7th BRICS Summit held in Ufa, Russia
• Dus Kadam: 10 Steps for the Future proposed by PM Narendra Modi for BRICS countries

10 July 2015 
• USA designated Tunisia as 16th Major Non-NATO Ally
• India to be part of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) along with Pakistan by 2016
• India-Pakistan joint statement released at Ufa, Russia
• Kagiso Rabada became second bowler to claim hat-trick on ODI debut
• Typhoon Chan-hom lashed Okinawa island chain in Japan

11 July 2015
• India, Turkmenistan inked 8 agreements to increase regional cooperation & connectivity
• Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis won women's doubles title in Wimbledon
• Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon Women's Single title
• ‘World Population Day’ observed with theme Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies

12 July 2015
• European Union gave in-principle approval for 86 billion euro bailout package to Greece
• India, Kyrgyzstan inked 4 agreements to strengthen bilateral relations
• Indo-Vietnamese pair Sumit Nagal-Nam Hoang Ly won 2015 Wimbledon Boys’ Doubles title
• Novak Djokovic won the men’s singles title of Wimbledon
• Paes-Hingis won mixed doubles final at Wimbledon

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