World this Week 1 June-7 June 2015

1 June 2015
• 92-year-old Harriette Thompson became oldest woman to complete a marathon
• Two patients died from MERS virus in South Korea
• Mauritius designated Ameenah Gurib-Fakim as its first woman President
• Stempeucel, a stem cell drug, received Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) in Europe

2 June 2015
• US President Barack Obama signed USA FREEDOM Act 2015 into law
• South Korea and China signed bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
• Trial run of Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala bus service began
• India, Sweden signed 6 agreements during visit of Pranab Mukherjee to Sweden
• AIFF signed an agreement with French Football Federation
• WJP Rule of Law Index 2015 released; India placed 59th out of 102 countries
• Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president amid corruption scandal
• Harley-Davidson tied-up with Myntra for online merchandise sale

3 June 2015
• India and the US signed 2015 Framework for the India-US Defence Relationship
• India joined MCAA on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (AEOI)
• India and Belarus signed six Agreements during the visit of President to Belarus
• AB De Villiers conferred with South Africa Cricketer of the Year Award for 2015
• UK Author Ali Smith won 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction

4 June 2015
• WTO’s Dispute Settlement Board ruled against India’s ban on poultry imports from the US
• President Pranab Mukherjee concluded two-nation visit to Sweden and Belarus
• Justin Gatlin finished 100m race at Rome Diamond League in record time
• Fortune released 61st edition of list of top 500 companies

5 June 2015
• India and the Netherlands signed agreements to enhance bilateral cooperation
• Prominent scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim sworn-in as President of Mauritius
• World Environment Day observed globally

6 June 2015 
• India, Bangladesh signed Land Boundary Agreement of 1974
• India and Bangladesh signed 22 bilateral documents
• Eleven Indo-Canadians honoured with ICCC Annual Awards 2015

7 June 2015
• Justice and Development Party won Turkey's parliamentary polls
• Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won 2015 Canada Grand Prix of Formula 1
• Momota and Ratchanok won Indonesia Open Badminton titles
• Stanislas Wawrinka won Men's single title of French Open

India This Week: 1 June-7 June 2015

1 June 2015
• Union Government simplified defence rules to woo foreign companies
• RBI permitted cross holding in infrastructure bonds
• Hike in Service Tax to 14 percent became operational
• Tendulkar, Ganguly, Laxman inducted in BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee
• Fishing ban of 61 days along the Western Coast became effective except in Kerala
• Wrestler Prem Nath passed away
• P Kunhikrishnan appointed as Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR
• Meena Hemchandra appointed as Executive Director of RBI
• Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa sworn-in as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
• S Somanath appointed as Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, ISRO
• K Sivan appointed as Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ISRO
• Volvo India appointed Tom von Bonsdorff as Managing Director

2 June 2015
• Union Government launched Khoya Paya web portal to exchange information on missing children
• Union Ministry of Women and Child Development launched IAP HealthPhone programme
• IREDA awarded Miniratna (Category-1) status by Department of Public Enterprises
• Second Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2015-16 announced; Repo rate cut by 0.25 percent
• Ravi Shastri re-appointed as Director of Indian Cricket team
• Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry Irwin Rose passed away

3 June 2015
• Inderjeet won gold in shot put at 21st Asian Athletics Championships
• Denudation in mangrove vegetation of Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary
• Northern Railway rolled out India’s first rail coach lit by solar panels
• Jharkhand Cabinet approved Jharkhand Special Courts Ordinance, 2015
• Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje inaugurated Phase 1A of Jaipur Metro Rail Services
• Union Government filed complaint against Maggi under Section 12(1)(d) of Consumer Protection Act
• Syed Asif Ibrahim appointed as PM’s Special Envoy on Countering Terrorism and Extremism

4 June 2015
• Sundaram Ravi inducted into Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires for 2015-16
• AP Postal Circle decided to sell River Godavari water as GOD-JAL during Pushkaram festival
• Delhi Government introduced mechanical road sweepers
• Union Government signed 400 million US dollars loan agreement with World Bank for TNSUDP
• Delhi Metro got its first driver-less train
• 20 soldiers killed in militant ambush at Tengnoupal, Manipur

5 June 2015
• Union Ministry of Water Resources launched nationwide Jal Kranti Abhiyan from Jaipur
• Union Government inaugurated Tier-I Oil Spill Response Centre for Mumbai and JNPT Harbour
• HP High Court asked state government to establish separate homes for differently-abled people
• Industrial effluents caused fire on water of Bellandur Lake
• IMA’s first Jan Aushadhi medical store launched in Delhi
• R Seshasayee appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of Infosys Limited

6 June 2015 
• Rahul Dravid named coach of India ‘A’, U-19 cricket teams
• International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2015
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bangladesh

7 June 2015
• Flood of fire written by Amitav Ghosh
• Maharashtra Government invoked MCOCA against ration mafia
• Anshu Jain, Juergen Fitschen resigned as Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank