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1] List of Important International Days in July 2015

4 July (first Saturday in July) - International Day of Cooperatives

11 July - World Population Day

15 July - World Youth Skills Day

18 July - Nelson Mandela International Day

28 July - World Hepatitis Day

30 July - International Day of Friendship

30 July - World Day against Trafficking in Persons.

2] 30 June 2015 clocked one second longer with a leap second added to clocks worldwide.

3] Prime Minister Modi launched Digital India Week to spread awareness about Digital India Programme.

4] Greece became 1st developed nation to default on IMF debt.

5] Sanjeev Galande selected for G D Birla Award for Scientific Research for 2014.

6] Anisa Rasouli nominated as first female judge of Afghanistan Supreme Court.

7] U P Singh appointed as Interim CMD of Oil India Limited.

8] The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has adopted the ‘Digital Guddi-Gudda Board’ as a Best Practice under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme on the occasion of Digital India Week being observed from 1st July to 7th July, 2015.

9] Darshan Jain, an Indian-American teacher named for US Presidential Award

10] The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to a new scheme the “Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana” (PMKSY). It will have an outlay of Rs. 50,000 crore over a period of five years (2015-16 to 2019-20). The allocation for the current financial year is Rs. 5300 crore.

11] The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of the book ‘Uniki’ The book has been written by Shri Ch Vidyasagar Rao, Governor of Maharashtra.




12] Cuba became first country in the World to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis.

13] Chandrasekaran Ramakrishnan appointed as CFO of Tata Motors.

14] "Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years" by A.S. Dulat.

15] Sir Fazle Hasan Abed of Bangladesh won 2015 World Food Prize

16] SBI launched Project Tatkal - The project will help home loan applicants to get the loan within 10 days after receipt of application form and relevant supporting documents.

17] Book “37 Bridges” authored by Aamer Hussein.

18] Corporation Bank launched first MUDRA card under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana.

19] India won 2015 South Asian Basketball Championship

20] Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won 2015 Formula 1 British Grand Prix title.

21] Indian-American Professor R. Paul Singh named for GCHERA World Agriculture Prize 2015.

22] SN Sahai appointed as Home Secretary of Delhi.

23] Electronic Nose for environmental monitoring jointly developed by CSIR-NEERI and C-DAC.

24] Climate Change to be the theme of Science Express in 2015.

25] Goa to host the Youth Delphic Games in February 2016

27] Jodhpur Film Society honoured with Pritiman Sarkar Award 2014-15

28] Floyd Mayweather stripped of WBO Welterweight title he won against Manny Pacquiao.

29] India Central Asia Relations authored by Amiya Chandra.

30] HDFC Bank launched watch banking application for Apple Watch

31] Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in India written by Jairam Ramesh

32] ‘World Population Day’ observed with theme Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies

33] ISRO successfully launched five UK satellites into space




34] Kagiso Rabada became second bowler to claim hat-trick on ODI debut

34] India’s 1st Earthquake Warning System successfully installed in Uttarakhand

35] 7th BRICS Summit held in Ufa, Russia

36] Inderjeet Singh became first Indian to win a Gold Medal at World University Games in Gwangju.

37] Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela began in Maharsahtra

38] IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals suspended for two years by Justice Lodha panel

39] 55th National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships concluded in Tamil Nadu.

40] Lt General Man Mohan Singh Rai appointed as Vice-Chief of Indian Army

41] 'Buddha in a Traffic Jam' bagged best screenplay award at Madrid film festival.

42] Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis won women's doubles title in Wimbledon.

43] Indo-Vietnamese pair Sumit Nagal-Nam Hoang Ly won 2015 Wimbledon Boys’ Doubles title

44] Paes-Hingis won mixed doubles final at Wimbledon

45] Novak Djokovic won the men’s singles title of Wimbledon

46] RBI constituted Deepak Mohanty Committee on Medium-term Path on Financial Inclusion - The 14-member panel will be headed by RBI executive director Deepak Mohanty.

47] India’s first railway-line built under PPP model inaugurated in Gujarat

48] Make in India initiative of DIPP won Frost and Sullivan’s 2015 Economic Development Innovation Award.

49] Professor Kamal Bawa, an Indian-origin scientist, elected to Royal Society of London.

50] RBI signed Special Currency Swap Agreement with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka

51] Union Cabinet approved setting up of Panagariya Committtee to classify Caste Census data, 2011




52] RBI permitted CBS-enabled Cooperative Banks to issue ATM cards in tie-up with a sponsor bank.

53] Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju, formally launched the GAGAN system (GPS AIDED GEO AUGMENTED NAVIGATION) at a function here today. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister congratulated the entire team on development of the GAGAN project.

54] Prime Minister Launches SKILL INDIA on the Occasion of World Youth Skills Day (15 July).

55] The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) in collaboration with Facebook has launched the ‘#100Women Initiative’ that aims to recognize and acknowledge women who are making a difference in their communities, across the country. The ‘#100Women Initiative’ involves a contest to select 100 women achievers of India through public nominations via social media.

56] The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari released a book entitled “Swatantrata Senani Raja Mahendra Pratap” edited by Shri Raghuvir Singh ‘Arvind’

57] India and World Bank Sign US $ 250 Million Financing Agreement for Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project

58] Railway PSU – “RailTel” Bags 12th National Awards for Excellence in Cost Management 2014.

59] India and World Bank signed Financing Agreement for Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project.

60] Union Cabinet approved setting up of Panagariya Committtee to classify Caste Census data, 2011

61] Indian American Sunita Viswanath honoured as Champions of Change by US White House.

62] RBI signed Special Currency Swap Agreement with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

63] Nelson Mandela International Day observed on 18 July

64] New fish species named Puntius Dolichopterus discovered in Kerala

65] BCCI announced venues for ICC World Twenty20; Kolkata's Eden Gardens to host final.

66] Bhanu Pratap Sharma appointed as Chairperson of FSSAI

67] India’s 1st indigenously designed and developed High Thrust cryogenic rocket engine tested.




68] Indian-origin Shiv Pande received honorary fellowship from University of Central Lancashire.

69] Ajay Mathur appointed as Director-General of TERI

70] Earth-like exoplanet Kepler 452b discovered.

71] Shubham Jaglan won IJGA World Stars of Junior Golf event 2015

72] Peter Higgs received Royal Society’s Copley Medal, the world's oldest scientific prize.

73] Indian-American Amitoj Chhabra won Junior Title at US Powerlifting Championships 2015.

74] India ranked 12th in terms of power generation from nuclear source.

75] National Broadcasting Day observed across the country - 23 July.

76] Conakry named as World Book Capital for 2017 by UNESCO.

77] Ashish Bahuguna appointed as Chairman of food safety regulator FSSAI

78] Rajesh Exports Ltd acquired Switzerland-based world’s largest gold refinery Valcambi.

79] Ram Sevak Sharma appointed as Chairman of TRAI.

80] Former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam passed away.

81] World's largest flower Amorphophallus Titanum bloomed at Jindai Botanical Gardens in Tokyo.

82] 16th Anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas (27 July) observed across the country.

83] Ramachandra Guha chosen for Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize 2015.

84] Beijing chosen to host 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

85] Microsoft launched Windows 10 operating system.

86] RBI decided to issue 10 rupees coins to commemorate International Day of Yoga.

87] Cyclone Komen formed over Bay of Bengal.

88] ‘Visaarnai’ became first Tamil film to enter Venice film festival.




89] India to become most populous nation by 2022: UN World Population Prospects.

90] SEBI cancelled Certificate of Registration of Sahara Mutual Fund.

91] India signed Loan Agreement of $300 Million with ADB for National Urban Health Mission

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