Sunday 22 November 2015

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

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