World This Week: 9 November-15 November 2015

9 November 2015
• India re-elected to UN Commission on International Trade Law
• Opposition Croatian Democratic Union led by HDZ Party won Parliamentary Elections of Croatia
• Richard Proud-chaired Independent Commission on Doping in Sports submitted its report to WADA
• Indian-origin barrister Kalyani Kaul sworn-in as Circuit Judge in the UK

10 November 2015
• Belgian court ordered Facebook to stop tracking non-members
• IEA released World Energy Outlook 2015
• World Science Day for Peace and Development 2015 observed
• Abraham M Keita from Liberia won the 2015 International Children's Peace Prize

11 November 2015
• Russian President Putin ordered inquiry into allegations of major drug abuse in athletics

12 November 2015
• India inked MoUs with six countries in the International Civil Aviation Negotiations
• Ukrainian Parliament approved amendment to Labour Code prohibiting discrimination at workplace
• India, UK announced commercial deals worth 9 billion pounds
• 2015 Valletta Summit on Migration concluded
• World Pneumonia Day observed with the theme Every Breath Counts: Stop Pneumonia Now

13 November 2015
• Terrorist attack in Paris; Hundreds Killed
• IAAF provisionally suspended Russia from World Track and Field Events

14 November 2015
• Prithvi Raj Singh elected to Board of Governors of World Water Council

15 November 2015
• India, Australia completed formalities for Civil Nuclear Pact
• India, Bangladesh signed SOP to operationalise Agreement on Coastal Shipping
• Xuerui Li defeated Saina Nehwal to clinch Women's Singles title at China Open Superseries
• Nico Rosberg beat Lewis Hamilton to win Brazilian Grand Prix
• Siril Verma clinched silver at World Junior Badminton Championships
• Czech Republic defeated Russia to retain Fed Cup
• Ford tested driverless cars using LiDAR technology

India This Week: 9 November-15 November 2015

9 November 2015
• Nuclear capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile successfully test-fired
• Union Government signed Loan Agreement with Asian Development Bank
• Srinivasan removed as ICC Chairman; Shashank Manohar to take his place
• Ministry of Defence launched Army Cloud, Data Centre & Digi-Locker for the Indian Army
• Ministry of Railways issued Letter of Award to GE Global Sourcing India Pvt Limited
• Srinivasan removed as ICC Chairman; Shashank Manohar to take his place
• Odisha's Barabati stadium excluded from BCCI's new Test venues
• Nuclear capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile successfully test-fired
• Ministry of Defence launched Army Cloud, Data Centre & Digi-Locker for the Indian Army
• Justice AP Shah appointed as the Ethics Officer (Ombudsman) at BCCI
• RBI Governor Dr Raghuram Rajan elected as Vice-Chairman on BIS Board

10 November 2015
• Defence Minister commissioned India’s Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel ‘Samarth’
• PRASAD and Swadesh Darshan schemes of Ministry of Tourism

11 November 2015
• India's GSAT-15 communication satellite launched successfully

12 November 2015
• President approved Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Bill
• Subir Gokarn appointed as IMF's Executive Director

13 November 2015
• Governing Council of NIIF constituted under the chairmanship of Finance Minister
• Online auto classifieds portal CarTrade acquired CarWale

14 November 2015
• Children’s Day observed across India on 14 November
• Children's book writer Kamala Laxman died
• Shipwright School Commissioned as INS Vishwakarma
• Maareech, an Advanced Torpedo Defence System, handed over to Indian Navy

15 November 2015
• First AMRIT outlet opened at AIIMS Delhi for selling affordable drugs
• Union Government declared NSCN-K as terrorist organization under UAPA, 1967
• Jharkhand Government introduced Mobile Governance
• Veteran actor Saeed Jaffrey died

World This Week: 2 November-8 November 2015

2 November 2015
• Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won majority in Parliamentary elections of Turkey
• Punjabi became third most common language in Parliament of Canada
• Nepal, US armies launched Joint Military training Balance Nail 16-01
• India, Indonesia signed MoUs on Energy, Culture Exchange
• UNGA First Committee approved draft resolution to prevent placement of nuclear arms in outer space
• The Legatum Prosperity Index 2015 released
• Colin Welland, the writer of Oscar winning Chariots of Fire, died at 81
• Tollywood comedian Kondavalasa Lakshman Rao died
• Financial Secrecy Index 2015 released; India moderately secretive

3 November 2015
• Norway reopened Consulate General in Mumbai after four decades
• Hindi largest spoken Indian language in US: Census Bureau of US
• Shoaib Malik announced retirement from Test Cricket
• Michelle Payne became first female jockey to win Melbourne Cup
• Civil communications satellite ChinaSat 2C launched by China
• Former England Cricketer Tom Graveney died

4 November 2015
• Maldives declared State of Emergency for 30 days
• Bosnian and Serbian Governments held first joint session post-Bosnian War in Saravejo
• Indian-born Harjit Sajjan sworn-in as Defence Minister of Canada
• Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned
• French intellectual Rene Girard passed away

5 November 2015
• Tanzania’s first female Vice President Samia Suluhu sworn in
• Maldives Parliament voted to Impeach Vice President Ahmed Adeeb
• 'India in Shanghai’ Cultural Week inaugurated at Shanghai
• FIFA World Rankings 2015: Belgium topped for first time
• UNHCR released study titled I am Here, I belong on Need to End Childhood Statelessness

6 November 2015
• Heena Sindhu won gold in 13th Asian Shooting Championship

7 November 2015
• WHO officially declared Sierra Leone Ebola-free

8 November 2015 
• Nigeria won 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
• Cyclone Megh struck Yemeni island of Socotra
• NRI industrialist Swraj Paul’s son Angad Paul dead

India This Week: 2 November-8 November 2015

2 November 2015
• SC issued notice to Union Government over improper implementation of MGNREGA
• Meghalaya HC asked Union Government to enforce AFSPA 1958 in Garo Hills region
• Eight Core Industries of IIP grew by 3.2% in September 2015; Fastest in 4 months
• Mana Patel, Virdhawal won best swimmers' award in 69th senior National Aquatic Championships
• C-DOT’s GyanSetu bagged Recognition of Excellence award at ITU World Telecom Event, Budapest
• Odisha government banned fishing to protect Olive Ridley turtles
• MTS India merged with Reliance Communications
• Tata Motors signed Lionel Messi as Global Brand Ambassador for its Passenger Vehicles
• First International Film Festival for the persons with disabilities to be held in Delhi
• Deepak Singhal appointed Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India
• Captain Krishna Swaminathan took over command of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya
• Suresh N Patel appointed as MD & CEO of Andhra Bank

3 November 2015
• Daughters cannot inherit ancestral property if father died before 2005: SC
• Justice MB Shah-headed SIT on Black Money submitted its third report
• Child born out of rape has right over assaulter’s property: Allahabad High Court
• Shiva Thapa ranked World No 2 in boxing
• Dracula ant discovered in Western Ghats region of Kerala
• Maharashtra approved APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna for pregnant and lactating women
• Assam Government hiked daily minimum wages of workers in various sectors
• Rajasthan Government relaxed two-child policy for government employees
• International Indigenous Terra Madre 2015 started in Shillong
• Shekhar Kapur to head jury and Anil Kapoor to be chief guest at IFFI 2015
• Interlinking of Indian Rivers authored by Radha Kant Bharati released

4 November 2015
• Union Government constituted Empowered Committee to approve schemes under Nirbhaya Fund
• Dr T K Viswanathan Committee on Bankruptacy Law Reforms submitted its report
• RBI notified Operational Guidelines of Sovereign Gold Bonds 2015-16
• Jitu Rai won silver in 13th Asian Shooting Championship
• Indian Railways signed MoU with Odisha for implementation of railway projects
• AP signed MoU with WEF to support state in assessing its competitiveness
• Flipkart appointed Surojit Chatterjee as Head of Consumer Experience and Growth
• Forbes list of World's Most Powerful People 2015 released
• India's former Ambassador to Nepal Bimal Prasad died
• Justice T S Thakur set to be the Chief Justice of India
• Rebooting India authored by Nandan Nilekani & Viral Shah released

5 November 2015
• President Pranab Mukherjee launched research project Imprint India
• Supreme Court upheld Kerala Government’s ban on online lotteries
• PM Narendra Modi launched three gold related schemes
• CCEA hiked Minimum Support Prices for Rabi Crops of 2015-16 season
• Union Cabinet approved UDAY for financial turnaround and revival of DISCOMS
• RBI issued Uniform Guidelines on Internet Banking for Cooperative Banks
• Phase-I of T-Hub inaugurated in IIIT-Hyderabad
• Veteran actor Vikram Gokhale honoured with Vishnudas Bhave Award
• MP Government proposed 1656 crore rupees AMRUT Action Plan
• Rajasthan government launched the Agro-Processing and Agri-Marketing Promotion Policy 2015
• V Sivaramakrishnan appointed as Managing Director of Oxford University Press India

6 November 2015
• Union Government decided to impose 0.5% Swachh Bharat Cess on all services
• Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin became fastest Indian to reach 150 test wickets
• 21st INCOFYRA to be organised in Bengaluru in 2016

7 November 2015
• Union Government issued notification for implementation of OROP
• Union Government launched E-Pathshala, Saransh, Shaala Siddhi Portals
• Conference of Power, New Renewable Energy and Mines Ministers of States & UTs concluded
• Indian Army successfully test-fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in Rajasthan
• Santoor maestro Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma honoured with Kala Shikhar award
• Prof Ashok Misra headed Committee of Eminent Persons CEP on JEE submitted its report

8 November 2015
• BCCI announced monetary benefits for former players
• Grand Alliance won the 2015 Assembly Elections of Bihar with two-thirds majority
• What Happened to Netaji? authored by former journalist Anuj Dhar released

World This Week: 26 October-1 November 2015

26 October 2015
• Law and Justice Party won Poland’s Parliamentary Elections 2015
• ICC released Test, ODI, T20I and Women’s Ranking
• IOC allowed refugees to compete in Olympics for the first time
• China launched third mapping satellite of Tianhui-1 series

27 October 2015
• Russia to launch manned moon missions by 2029
• Sylvie Lucas appointed as Chair of the IGN on UNSC reforms
• Britain's Curry King Lord Gulam Noon Died
• India and Sri Lanka began Joint Naval Exercise SLINEX 2015 at Trincomalee
• World Bank Doing Business 2016 report released
• Citibank appointed Samiran Chakraborty as Chief Economist for India
• Exim Bank announced setting up of project development firm KPDC in Africa
• 191 UNGA-members voted a resolution condemning US embargo on Cuba

28 October 2015
• Bidhya Devi Bhandari elected as first women President of Nepal
• India, France signed MoU to conserve and publicize written heritage
• Freedom on the Net 2015 Report released
• Nepal signed MoU with China to ease fuel crisis
• Global Tuberculosis Report 2015 released by WHO

29 October 2015
• John Pombe Magufuli won the Presidential Elections of Tanzania
• China abandoned its decades old 'One Child Policy'
• European Parliament gave status of whistle-blower to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden
• Saudi blogger Raif Badawi awarded 2015 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
• Activist Bindeshwar Pathak selected for New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award

30 October 2015
• BRICS nations signed Moscow Declaration for supporting Multilateral Science Projects
• Paul Ryan elected as 54th Speaker of US House of Representatives
• American actor Al Molinaro passed away

31 October 2015
• New Zealand won Rugby World Cup for record third time
• Russian plane Airbus A321 crashed in Sinai 
• China made sexual assault on men a crime

1 November 2015
• Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis won women's doubles title of Singapore Open
• Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal to win Swiss Indoors title

India This Week: 26 October-1 November 2015

26 October 2015
• Financial powers of Health Institutions enhanced to 5 lakh rupees per patient under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi
• Union Law Ministry notified Delhi HC Amendment Act, 2015
• Indian Immunologicals Ltd opened 250 crore rupees multi-purpose facility near Hyderabad
• Dinesh, Yekona open cast mine projects of Western Coalfields inaugurated in Nagpur
• FIIs/RFPIs can now invest up to 74 percent in DEN Networks Limited: RBI
• Department of Heavy Industries drafted National Policy on Capital Goods
• AR Rahman received Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award

27 October 2015
• Union Finance Ministry launched E-Sahyog Pilot Project to facilitate Taxpayers
• Sub Group of Chief Ministers on Centrally Sponsored Schemes submitted its report
• India ranked 130 in ease of doing business: World Bank
• J&K to host South Asian Rugby 7’S Championship in 2016
• Union Government constituted RV Easwar Committee to simplify The Income Tax Act, 1961
• NITI Aayog panel on Innovation submitted its report recommending private funding for R&D
• Government of Andhra Pradesh declared 196 mandals as drought-hit
• Reliance Industries signed revised Listing Agreements with BSE and NSE
• Narendra Nayak appointed as Managing Director of BlackBerry India

28 October 2015
• Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated Games Secretariat of 12th SAF Games in Shillong
• Madhya Pradesh Government declared 33 percent quota for women in government jobs
• SC reinforced its earlier view of No Reservation in Super Specialty Courses in Medicine
• Internet freedom is partly free in India: FOTN 2015 Report
• Hockey India signed three years partnership with Sports Authority of India
• IBM and TASK signed MoU to ensure cloud technology in Telangana colleges
• Najib Shah appointed as Chairman of CBEC

29 October 2015
• WCD Ministry launched initiative to spread awareness about Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme
• RBI allowed NRIs to subscribe to National Pension System
• India-Africa Forum Summit 2015 held in New Delhi
• Amit Kumar won silver in men's club throw F51 event of IPC Athletics World Championships
• Bombay HC asked NEERI to study River Godavari’s pollution during Kumbh Mela
• HCL Technologies acquired CRM services firm PowerObjects for 299 crore rupees
• Defence Acquisition Council cleared military projects worth over 12000 crore rupees

30 October 2015
• Ministry of Civil Aviation released Revised Draft National Civil Aviation Policy
• Sanjeev Mohanty appointed as CEO and MD of Jabong

31 October 2015
• National Unity Day observed across India
• Shaktikanta Das nominated on RBI Central Board of Directors
• Eminent archaeologist V.N. Misra passed away
• MHRD constituted TSR Subramanian committee to draft New Education Policy

1 November 2015
• Air Marshal Virender Mohan Khanna took over as Maintenance Head of IAF
• AK Jha took over as CMD of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
• NPPA capped prices of few drugs for Diabetes, Hypertension, Pneumonia
• Facebook to help BSNL set up 100 rural Wi-Fi hotspots
• Alternate Train Accommodation Scheme (ATAS) called “VIKALP” launched
• BrahMos missile test-fired from Indian Navy's latest stealth destroyer INS Kochi 
• Hero MotoCorp Founder Brijmohan Lall Munjal died at 92

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

India This Week: 19 October-25 October 2015

19 October 2015
• PM Narendra Modi inaugurated IDFC Bank
• Ministry of Information & Broadcasting reconstituted Central Press Accreditation Committee
• Karnataka, Gujarat lifted ban on Maggi Noodles
• Konkan Railway to set up a tunnel technology institute at Margao in Goa
• Union Government modified National Blood Policy, 2002 towards better blood utilisation
• Union Government increased import duty on wheat to 25% from 10%
• Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports constituted All India Council of Sports
• APSEZ inked MoU with IPGA to handle pulses across its ports in country
• Infosys announced to acquire Noah Consulting for 70 Million US dollars
• Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India by Sam Pitroda
• Justice Vaiphei appointed as acting Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court
• VK Malhotra appointed as head of the All India Council of Sports
• Noted criminologist K Chockalingam won Paul H Appleby Award

20 October 2015
• UP Government announced 50000 rupees monthly pension to Yash Bharti awardees
• Sehwag retired from all forms of International Cricket, IPL
• Snapdeal appointed Anup Vikal as CFO
• Renowned marine biologist Syed Zahoor Qasim died
• Veteran Kannada film-maker KSL Swamy passed away
• Indian Women facing inequality at all stages of Life Cycle: UN Study
• Anil Kumble named Brand Ambassador of Champions Tennis League team Raipur Rangers
• AB de Villiers named brand ambassador of MRF
• Ashwini Kumar, IOC honorary member, died

21 October 2015
• Union Cabinet approved agreement between India and Egypt on Maritime Transport
• Union Cabinet approved treaty between India and Maldives on Mutual Legal Assistance in criminal matters
• Union Cabinet approved amendments to Payment of Bonus Act 1965 hiking bonus for Industrial workers
• Erstwhile Maharashtra and Gujarat Naval Areas divided into two Separate Headquarters
• Alok Rawat appointed as first male member of NCW
• Reliance Capital signed agreement to acquire Goldman Sachs mutual funds business in India
• Western Digital to buy SanDisk for 19 billion US dollar

22 October 2015
• India is World’s largest remittance recipient: World Bank
• Union Government cleared first batch of AMRUT projects for 89 cities worth 2786 crore rupees
• Prime Minister laid foundation stone of Shri Venkateswara Mobile & Electronics Manufacturing Hub
• No copyright exists on Title of literary work: Supreme Court
• RBI issued direction on implementation of Gold Monetisation Scheme 2015
• Jacques Kallis appointed as Head Coach of Kolkata Knight Riders
• Saina Nehwal lost World No. 1 ranking to Carolina Marin
• Bollywood singer Labh Janjua died
• PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of Amaravati, new capital of Andhra Pradesh
• Andhra Pradesh signed two memorandums with Japan for development of the State

23 October 2015

• President promulgated Ordinances on Constitution of Commercial Courts and Amendment to the Arbitration & Conciliation Act 1996
• India’s first AC double-decker Shatabdi train to run on Mumbai-Goa route
• First World Indigenous Games began in Brazil
• NDRF tied up with 30 PSUs to tackle man-made or natural disasters
• Sekhar Basu took over as Chairman of AEC and Secretary of DAE
• Haryana Government announced New Integrated Licensing Policy 2015

24 October 2015
• Defence Ministry approved induction of women as IAF fighter pilots
• Bengaluru-based Saankhya Labs developed ‘Pruthvi’ chip to power White-Fi devices
• Indian mountaineers climbed an untouched mountain peak, named it after APJ Abdul Kalam
• Doordarshan emerged as most watched Hindi channel
• Haryana Government announced to open Sanskrit University at Mundri for Scheduled Castes

25 October 2015
• Indian Railways developed warning system for unmanned level crossings
• South Africa clinched 1st ever bilateral ODI series in India
• Ministry of Railways flagged off Vigithon to fight against corruption
• Sin Tax to be imposed on alcohol, tobacco during GST regime
• Suresh Arora appointed as DGP of Punjab
• Haryana to commission 215 new power sub-stations in three years

World this Week: 12 October - 18 October 2015

12 October

•UNESCO released Gender and Education for All 2000-2015 report
•Microeconomist Angus Deaton won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics
•India funded 5 million US dollars grant to Palestine as Budgetary assistance
•India signed contract for microlight aircrafts with Slovenian firm Pipistrel
•Jioji Konrote elected as Fiji's President
•KP Sharma Oli elected as the Prime Minister of Nepal
•President Pranab Mukherjee visited Jordan
•Indo-China Joint Military Exercise ‘Hand in Hand’- 2015 started
•India-Sri Lanka Joint Exercise ‘Mitra Shakti-2015’ culminated

13 October

•China operationalised Zam hydropower station on Brahmaputra River in Tibet
•Etihad Airways signed deal worth 700 million US dollars with IBM
•The Clintons' War on Women authored by Roger Stone and Robert Morrow
•Al-Quds University conferred Honorary Doctorate on President Pranab Mukherjee
•President Pranab Mukherjee visited Palestine
•Jamaican writer Marlon James won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
•Iran’s Parliament approved Vienna Agreement on Iran Nuclear Programme
•Etihad Airways signed deal worth 700 million US dollars with IBM

14 October

•India, Israel signed pacts on Double Taxation Avoidance & Cultural Exchange
•Kundhavi Kadiresan appointed as FAO Assistant Director-General
•US University honoured Tibetan PM Sangay with Presidential Medal for promoting peace
•India, US and Japan began five-day Malabar Exercise 2015
•International Religious Freedom Report 2014 released

15 October

•Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay elected as non-permanent members of UNSC
•Malaysia proposed to invest 30 billion US dollars for urban development in India
•Australian Government re-approved Carmichael Coal Mine Project to be built by Adani Group
•Myanmar signed National Ceasefire Agreement with 8 armed ethic rebel groups
•India, Israel signed 10 MoUs to enhance bilateral cooperation

16 October

•Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises approved
•China, Indonesia signed 5.5 billion US dollars deal to build high-speed railway in Indonesia
•Pakistan, Russia signed agreement to build 1100 km Gas Pipeline
•Apple ordered to pay $234 million to University of Wisconsin for infringing patent
•FIFA suspended Kuwait Football Association
•Onsari Gharti Magar elected as House speaker of Nepal
•World Food Day observed with the theme Social Protection and Agriculture

17 October

•International Day for the Eradication of Poverty observed globally

18 October

•Parents of St. Therese dubbed 'the Little Flower' canonised; Became first couple in modern times
•Saketh Myneni of India won 2015 Vietnam Open Tennis Trophy
•Great Britain beat India to win Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey tournament
•Novak Djokovic won 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters tennis title
•Indian shuttler PV Sindhu defeated by Li Xuerui in 2015 Denmark Open final