Sunday 22 November 2015

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

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