Sunday 1 November 2015

World This Week: 19 October-25 October 2015

19 October 2015
• Moody's released a report on the Global Green Bonds Market
• Libya's internationally recognised Parliament rejected UN-backed Peace Deal
• UK unveiled Counter-Extremism Strategy to fight growing radicalisation
• Justin Trudeau elected as the Prime Minister of Canada
• Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index report 2015 released
• NATO launched military exercise Trident Juncture in Italy
• WHO released Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015
• Pakistan Nuclear Forces, 2015 Report released by Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

20 October 2015
• World Statistics Day observed across the world
• Russia, US signed deal to avoid clashes between their air forces over Syrian skies
• UN released The World's Women 2015: Trends and Statistics report
• Seong-Jin Cho of South Korea won 17th International Frederic Chopin Piano competition in Poland
• A study titled 2015 TripIndex Breakfast on best-valued destinations for overnight stay released

21 October 2015
• Britain signed Strategic Investment Agreements for building three nuclear plants with China
• World Bank released a report on Arab Spring Revolution
• Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference 2015 held in Mexico City
• Indian-origin Ashok-Alexander Sridharan sworn in as mayor of Bonn in Germany
• Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day observed on 21 October
• New species of Giant Tortoise named Chelonoidis donfaustoi identified in Galapagos Islands

22 October 2015
• Russia to permanently station military unit in the Arctic by 2018
• China planned to form JV to develop overseas market for third-generation nuclear reactor Hualong 1
• WHO released report titled Reducing global health risks through mitigation of short-lived climate pollutants
• Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe awarded with 2015 Confucius Peace Prize
• World Bank released Migration and Development Brief

23 October 2015
• Hurricane Patricia struck Mexico's Pacific coast
• US President designated Brett McGurk as Envoy to US-led coalition fighting ISIS

24 October 2015
• Abhishek Verma became first Indian to win Silver Medal in Archery World Cup Final
• Maldivian Vice-President arrested on suspicion of links to a blast on President's boat
• World Polio Day observed globally
• Nandakumara, Sivanesan honoured in UK with Lifetime Achievement Award & Sangeet Acharya Ratna

25 October 2015
• China made copying in examinations a crime punishable up to seven years
• EU, Balkan leaders agreed on 17-point plan to manage inflow of migrants
• Guatemala elected comedian Jimmy Morales as the President
• Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won 2015 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix title
• Emily Kristine Pedersen of Denmark won Hero Women’s Indian Open 2015
• Deepika Kumari won silver medal in Archery World Cup Final
• Angry Indian Goddesses bagged People’s Choice Award at Rome Film Festival
• Irish-born actress Maureen O’Hara passed away

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