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Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) became the world leader in Initial Public Offerings
(IPO).
Former South African cricketer Allan Donald resigned as the bowling coach of
South Africa Cricket team.
PM Modi became the first Indian prime minister in over 42 years to visit Canada.
North Koreas Foreign Minister, Ri Su-yong, arrived in New Delhi,India on a three
day visit.
The Union home ministry has renamed the tourist visa-on-arrival scheme as 'etourist visa' scheme.
India has slipped 6 places to rank 89th on a global Networked Readiness Index.
India and Canada signed an agreement on uranium supply.
BALCOs IT major Reena Srivastava won 2015's "INFOSEC MAESTROS Top 50
Most Promising CEO Award".
Meenakshi Madan Rai sworn in as the first lady judge of the Sikkim High Court.
Mohan Kumar has been appointed the next Ambassador to France.
India retained its No. 2 position in the ODI rankings.
Pakistan successfully test- fired a new ballistic missile, Ghauri missile.
Sachin Tendulkar was inducted as one of the five new members into the prestigious
Laureus Sports Academy.
Former Prime Minister of Nepal, Surya Bahadur Thapa passed away.
Nokia announced to acquire French telecommunications firm Alcatel-Lucent for
around $16.6 billion.
Moodys pegged Indias growth at 7.5 percent for 2015.
Satya Nadella was honoured with the White House Champions of Change Award.
Satya Nadella is the first Indian-origin Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microsoft.
Raja Rajeswari has become the first person of Indian descent to be named as a
criminal court judge in New York City.
Vivek Oberoi has been named for the prestigious 'Dada Saheb Phalke Pride Award
2015'.
India successfully test fired its nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile.
The UN peace envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, has resigned.
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic was named the Laureus Sportsman of the Year.
Ethiopian sprinter Genzebe Dibaba was named the Laureus Sportswoman of the
Year.
Gujarat government formed a task force to make strategy and provide suggestions
on poverty elimination in the state.
Supreme Court appoints CBI SP Vivek Priyadarshi to head team probing IPL
scandal 2013.
India has clinched three awards in the annual awards given by Asian Squash
Federation (ASF).

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 Mary Kom has been named best film at the Stockholm International Film Festival
Junior in Sweden.
Sitaram Yechury was unanimously elected CPI (M)s new General Secretary.
State Government of Kerala launched Subodham project, to help people in the state
to overcome addiction to liquor.
Shahrukh Khan was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Cinema award
at the 5th annual Asian Awards in London.
Britains swimmer Adam Peaty has broken the men's 100-meter breaststroke world
record.
IPC) has suspended the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) for indefinite period.
The annual trade deficit for India for fiscal year 2014-15 increased to touch $137
billion.
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Bahrain Grand Prix for the
second year in a row.
Indias Y. Pranjala has won the Asian Junior Tennis championship title.
Maharashtra Government announced the target of 14400 MW power generation by
2019.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced a new tournament to be known as the Africa
T20 Cup.
Eminent historian Professor Christopher Alan Bayly died in Chicago. He was 70.
The government has retained the rate of interest for General Provident Fund (GPF)
at 8.7 per cent for the current fiscal.
Pakistan conferred its top civilian award 'Nishan-e-Pakistan' on Chinese President
Xi Jinping.
The Income Tax Department was awarded 'Prime Minister's award.
The Indian passport has been ranked 48th in a list of 50 most powerful travel
documents in the world.
Metals and mining conglomerate Sesa Sterlite Ltd has changed its name to Vedanta
Ltd.
Shah Rukh Khan has been conferred with Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation
Award 2015.
Jaya Prada was conferred with Kalashree Award by the Dada Saheb Phalke Film
Foundation.
World Bank established Pollution Management and Environmental Health (PHEM)
program.
The New York Times won two prestigious Pulitzer prizes for coverage of the Ebola
outbreak in West Africa.
ICICI Bank launched a payment service 'Tap-n-Pay'.
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, a three-time Odisha Chief Minister and former Governor of
Assam, passed away.
Loretta Lynch has been chosen as the new attorney general of America.
Indian-American Vivek Murthy was sworn-in as the U.S. Surgeon-General.

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 Achanta Sharath Kamal will spearhead the Indian challenge in the World Table
Tennis Championship (WTTC).
The Union Cabinet gave its approval for signing of a shipping agreement between
India and Jordan.
Global Accounting company KPMG elected Lynne Doughtie as its CEO and
Chairman.
Gopinath Pillai has been bestowed with 'Outstanding Service Award' for his services
to Singapore.
The Indian Air Force received the first two upgraded Mirage-2000 aircrafts from
France.
Japan has been appointed as host of the FIFA Club World Cup for the next two
years.
India is at the 117th spot on Global Happiness Index 2015.
Russia and Argentina have signed a series of framework agreements on economic
and energy co-operation.
India would become fourth largest infrastructure projects market in the world by
2025.
The government has allowed EPFO to invest 5% of its corpus in exchange traded
funds (ETFs).
Len Blavatnik is Britain's richest man with a 13.17bn fortune.
Sangeeta Bhatia has won a prestigious USD 250,000 Heinz award.
India launched a relief and rescue Operation named Maitri in earthquake hit Nepal.
Actor Anil Kapoor was conferred the Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award.
State of Assam has been awarded as the Best e-Panchayat state.
Akhilesh Das Gupta was elected the vice-president of the Badminton Asia
Confederation (BAC) for a four year term.
Bhalchandra Nemade received 50th Jnanpith Award.
Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has won a third term with 58.75% of the vote in
polls.
Railway Sports Promotion Board has won the 5th Senior Mens National Hockey
Championship 2015.
'Margarita With A Straw' has bagged the best feature film honour at Washington
DC International Film festival.
China won the World Men's Team Chess Championship held in Armenia.
Georgia won the World Women's Team Chess Championship held in Armenia.
India Ratings projected the Indias economic growth at 7.7 per cent this financial
year.
Mukesh Ambani regained his position as the world's richest Indian with a networth
of $19.6 billion.
Uttar Pradesh has signed two MoUs for establishing a solar and an ultra-mega solar
power project in the state.
Raja Rajeswari became first India-born woman to be appointed a judge in the New
York City.

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 The government has raised the limit of FDI in pension sector to 49 per cent.
Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) has won the Asian Banker Achievement Award
2015.
India won for the first time the 22nd Presidents Cup Boxing Tournament in
Palembang, Indonesia.
Eden Hazard has won the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year
award.
Lewis Hamilton has been named as the richest sportsman in Britain.
Kei Nishikori won Barcelona Open title.
China has for the first time overtaken the United States as Australia's largest source
of foreign investment.
Praful Patel was elected as vice-president, South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
Region.
Austrailias Russell Ford announced his retirement from international hockey.
Siddhartha Gigoo has won the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
The International Table Tennis Federation has become the world's largest sports
body in terms of membership.
Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa of Bahrain was re-elected as the president of
the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Mazen Darwish was honoured with UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press
Freedom Prize 2015.
The Fourteenth edition of the Indo-French naval exercise VARUNA 2015
concluded.
Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) won the 5th Hockey India Senior Women
National Championship 2015.
Tennis player Rafael Nadal received the Golden Medal for Merit in Work.
Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport has been adjudged the world's best
airport for the year 2014.
R&B and soul singer Ben E King, best known for the classic song 'Stand By Me'
passed away.
Government has made Permanent Account Number (PAN) mandatory for private
firms seeking central excise registration.
International Shooting Competition 2015 was held in Hannover, Germany.
Novak Djokovic held on to first place in the ATP world singles mens rankings.
Roger Federer won Istanbul Open Tournament.
Frances Richard Gasquet won the Estoril Open Tennis Tournaments Title.
Deepamale Devi won gold in the women's 20km walk in the 19th Federation Cup
National Senior Athletics championship.
Vasco da Gama secured the Rio de Janeiro state championship for the 23rd time.
Former Union minister and veteran Congress leader Baleshwar Ram died. He was
87.
Wang Jianlin became the wealthiest man in Asia.

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 France signed an agreement with Qatar to supply 24 Dassault Aviation-built Rafale

fighter jets.
The United States authorized commercial ferry services to Cuba for the first time in
more than a half-century.
Stuart Bingham won 2015 Snooker World Championship.
England batsman Jonathan Trott (34) has retired from international cricket.
Michael Blake, who won an Oscar for writing the script of Dances With Wolves
died at the age of 69.
The government has appointed Arun Jha as the next Tribal Affairs Secretary.
Norway is at the top of Global Motherhood Index 2015.
The IMF projected a 4.3 per cent growth rate for Pakistan this year.
Nadia district in West Bengal has won the 2015 United Nations Public Service
Award.
Geeta Phogat bagged a bronze in the Women's freestyle 58kg category in the Senior
Asian Wrestling Championship.
India and China have signed 24 agreements worth over 10 billion dollars in Beijing.
Tata Consultancy Services has been ranked as the 57th leading brand in the US.
Tejaswini Sagar won under-15 category of World School Chess Championships.
Eminent Bengali writer Suchitra Bhattacharya passed away in Kolkata.
India was honoured for its significant contribution to UN Peacekeeping over the last
six decades.
India has been ranked at a lowly 100 position on the global Human Capital Index.
The US diplomatic mission in India has bagged People's Choice Greening
Diplomacy Initiative award.
The government appointed M.J. Joseph as the Controller General of Accounts in the
Ministry of Finance.
Indian shooter Gagan Narang won the bronze medal in the 50m Rifle Prone Event
of the ISSF World Cup.
Najama Heptullah is the Union Minister for Minorities Welfare.
Syndicate Bank has appointed Arun Shrivastava as its as Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer.
Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri has been sworn in as the chairman of the USs National
Indian Gaming Commission.
UC Browser has appointed all rounder Yuvraj Singh as its Product Specialist and
Brand Ambassador.
Kochi will host the World Senior Badminton Championships in 2017.
Franz Wright, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, passed away.
Islamic clothing company East Essence tied up with Snapdeal.

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 Novak Djokovic captured his fourth Rome Masters Tennis title with a win over
Roger Federer.
Narendra Modi became the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Mongolia.
ICICI Bank opened its first branch in China.
India announced a US $1 billion credit line to Mongolia for infrastructure
development.
Infosys announced to establish its first overseas centre outside India in China.
Private sector Federal Bank along with card issuing company SBI Card launched
co-branded credit cards.
India announced that it would contribute USD 2.1 million to the World Health
Organisation.
Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin has announced his retirement from
one-day international cricket.
David Granger, a retired army general, has become Guyanas new president.
The government has allocated Rs. 5,000 crore for the growth of Department of
AYUSH.
Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai has won the Man Booker International
Prize.
Bank of India has elevated R.A. Sankara Narayanan as the executive director of the
bank.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) named Kuldeep Malik as the new chief
national coach.
Joe Root has been elected England Cricketer of the Year for 2014-15.
Former Union minister and BJP MP S.S. Ahluwalia was appointed chairman of a
Joint Committee of Parliament.
India has ranked 24th out of 70 countries in the first Environmental Democracy
Index.
Lithuania topped the Environmental Democracy Index.
Indians have become the second biggest job creators in London in 2015.
India is on 6th position in terms of scientific publications.
Indian-origin US filmmaker Prashant Bhargava passed away.
Indian IT major Wipro has been felicitated by Microsoft with 'Supplier of the Year
award'.
Hwang Kyo-ahn has been named the new South Korean prime minister.
Rory McIlroy has been named the European Tours Golfer of the Year and the
Players Player of the Year.

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 AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa sworn in for the fifth time as Tamil Nadu chief
minister.
Gujarat government and Chinese software firm ZTEsoft have signed an agreement
for smart city projects in the state.
IRCTC has partnered with Mydala.com to provide deals and offers to customers.
French thriller film Dheepan has been awarded Palme dOr Award at 68th Cannes
Film Festival.
Mumbai Indians' (MI's) won the eight edition of Indian Premier League (IPL).
India's Deepa Kumari has been accorded an international outdoor umpire status by
the FIH.
Indian boxers won a total of seven medals including four gold, one silver and two
bronze medals at the Doha International boxing tournament.
G. Mohan Kumar has been appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Defence
(MoD).
John Nash, a Nobel prize winner and Mathematician passed away.
Andrzej Duda has won Poland's Presidential elections.
Saurabh Kumar was appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to Iran.
Batsman Ajinkya Rahane won the CEAT Indian Cricketer of the Year award.
Ranjit Singh Baxi has been elected as the head of the Bureau of International
Recycling.
ICICI Bank has launched a service where customers can make transactions using
just their voice.
China has set up a gold sector fund involving countries along the ancient Silk Road.
Nico Rosberg of Germany won the Monaco Grand Prix Formula 1 World
Championship title.
Western Union has renewed its 14-year-old partnership with India Post.
Manoj Mishra has been appointed as CMD of National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL).
China's PM Li Keqiang and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed a currency
swap deal.
Lt general (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma was sworn-in as the governor of Mizoram.
Ace cross-country bike racer C.S. Santosh won the coveted Motorsport Man of the
Year award.
The PM Narendra Modi, launched DD Kisan India's first television channel
dedicated to farmers.
India and Vietnam signed a Joint Vision Statement on Defence Cooperation for the
period 2015-2020.

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 Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai has been selected for FIFA Lifetime Achievement
honour.
The Indian food and beverage sector is likely to touch Rs. 3.80 lakh crore by 2017.
Indias exports to China are expected to grow by around 14 per cent a year in the
decade to 2030.
Anindo Majumdar has been appointed as the CMD of Delhi Finance Corporation.
Documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark passed away.
Pakistani spinner Raza Hasan was banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board from
playing any form of cricket.
The Spanish football club, Sevilla Football Club (FC) won Europa League title.
India has topped the world hunger list.
Eminent scientist Dr. Selvin Christopher has been appointed as the Director General
of DRDO.
Singapore has appointed S. Chandra Das as its non-Resident High Commissioner to
Sri Lanka.
The Maharashtra Government launched 'Swachhata Saptapadi' scheme.
Nebraska has become the 19th US state to abolish the death penalty.
Sepp Blatter was re-elected President of FIFA for a fifth term.
Mauritius President Kailash Purryag has resigned from office.
Akinwumi Adesina has been elected as the new President of the African
Development Bank (AfDB).
G. S. Reddy has been appointed as the Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister.
The United States has removed Cuba from its list of countries sponsors of terrorism.
More than 100 US cities will organise a Yogathon on the first International Yoga
Day on June 21.
American actor and comedian Reynaldo Rey passed away.
Service tax hike to 14% has become effective from 1st June 2015.
India won four gold at International Wrestling tournament (Mens) in Sassari City,
Italy.
Himachal Pradesh has emerged as first the state in the country to start Aadhaar
Based Payment System (ABPS).
Edward Gilligan, the president of American Express Co. Passed away.
Muhammadu Buhari sworn-in as President of Nigeria.
Govt. approved agreement on Coastal Shipping between India and Bangladesh.
Singapore honoured Gautam Banerjee with 'Public Service Medal'.
US-based taxi hailing app Uber has appointed Amit Jain as President of its India
operations.

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 Repo Rate has been cut by 0.25 percent to 7.25 percent.

India and Sweden inked 6 agreements.
Rahul Jalali has been elected as the new president of Press Club of India for the
2015-16 term.
Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa sworn in as the 19th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
Lalit Bhanot has been elected vice-president of Asian Athletics Association (AAA).
Chinas sprinter Su Bingtian became the first Asia-born athlete to run a sub-10
second 100 metres.
K. Sivan assumed office as the 12th Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.
Travellers from across the globe have ranked Taj Mahal among the top three
landmarks in the world.
US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter arrived in India on a three-day visit.
US President Barack Obama has signed into law landmark USA Freedom Act.
Rita A. Teaotia, has been appointed as the new commerce secretary.
Pradeep Kumar Pujari has been appointed the new power secretary.
Former leader of Britain's Liberal Democratic Party Charles Kennedy died.
Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa took over as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff
(VCAS).
Ministry of Women and Child Development launched IAP HealthPhone
programme.
Harriette Thompson, a 92 year old became the oldest woman to finish a marathon.
P. Kunhikrishnan was appointed as the Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre
(SDSC).
India and the US signed a new strategically important 10-year defence framework
pact.
Inderjeet Singh won gold medal in men's shot put event in the 21st Asian Athletics
Championships.
India and Belarus inked six agreements.
India Post has signed a deal with CMS Info Systems for RuPay credit card.
American Nobel laureate biochemist Irwin Rose passed away.
The US and Vietnam signed a defence agreement.
Uttarakhands Health Minister Surendra Singh Negi conferred with the World No
Tobacco Day Award 2015.
Alexander V. Lukashenko is the President of Belarus.
Bharti Airtel is 28th in Forbes list of world's 60 largest telecommunications
companies.

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 Coal India Limited has become the 6th-largest mining company in the world in
terms of market capitalisation.
ADB announced to give 3,200 crore rupees loan assistance to the West Bengal
Government.
Nearly 300 deals worth USD 55 billion have been signed at the 3rd China-South
Asia Expo in Kunming.
The National Union of Seafarers of India has bagged the 'Best Welfare Organisation
of the Year Award-2015'.
Former Union minister (Congress) and close relative of Jawaharlal Nehru Sheila
Kaul passed away.
FDI inflows into the services sector grew to 3.2 billion dollars in 2014-15.
India is home to the fourth largest number of ultra-high-networth households.
India signed a motor vehicles pact with three SAARC nations, Bhutan, Bangladesh
and Nepal.
SEBI has barred Karvy Stock Broking from taking up new IPO assignments for one
year.
An Egyptian court sentenced former President Mohamed Morsy to 25 years in
prison.
India and Poland has set an ambitious trade target of USD 5 billion.
The Centre has approved an anti-chit fund bill passed by West Bengal Assembly in
2013.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the world's richest self-made billionaire.
Australia signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement with China.
Narendra Kumar Yadav has taken over the charge of CMD of MTNL.
Viswanathan Anand lost to Magnus Carlsen in the Blitz Chess tournament.
Charles Correa, the face of modern architecture in India, passed away.
The UNGA elected Denmark's Mogens Lykketoft as its President for its 70th
session.
China launched "Wu-14", a supersonic nuclear delivery vehicle.
Sunil Chhetri became the first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals.
BSNL announced to set up 40,000 wi-fi hotspots across the country.
India's rank is 143th on Global Peace Index (GPI).
Iceland topped the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2015.
Mumbai is the most expensive city in India according to the latest Mercer survey
for 2015.
Archana Ramasundaram was appointed as the Director of National Crime Records
Bureau.

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 Sharad Pawar was re-elected as the President of Mumbai Cricket Association.

Asia has overtaken Europe as the worlds second-richest region in the world in
2014.
The Election Commission of India suspended the recognition of the National
Peoples Party.
Asian Development Bank announced to increase about 50 percent loan to India to
$12 billion by 2018.
Japan lowered the voting age to 18 years from 20 years.
Turkey's former president and prime minister Suleyman Demirel passed away.
South Korea's Justice Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn was appointed as the country's new
prime minister.
India has been ranked third in a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Report for
2013.
Russia topped World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Report for 2013.
Journalist and writer Aakar Patel appointed as Executive Director of Amnesty
International (AI) India.
10th Bharatiya Jnanpith Navlekhan Price was awarded to Babusha Kohli and
Upasana.
ONGC lifted the 42nd All India Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial Cricket
Tournament 2015.
Hawaii becomes first US state to raise smoking age from 18 years to 21 years.
ISRO announced to provide navigational support to Indian Railways through
GAGAN system.
Historian-author Ramachandra Guha has been selected for Japan's prestigious
Fukuoka Prize.
Eminent scientist C.N.R. Rao was conferred Japan's highest civilian award.
China has manufactured the worlds first electric passenger aircraft BX1E.
SBI has launched Internet-based platform SBI eforex.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Narendra Modi Mobile App.
BJP MLA and former Madhya Pradesh Minister Tukojirao Puar passed away.
HDFC Bank launched a 10-second paperless instant loan plan for its existing
customers.
India created two world records on the first International Yoga Day on 21st June
2015.
Serbia won the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015 by defeating Brazil.
Roger Federer defeated Andreas Seppi to win ATP Gerry Weber Open Halle Tennis
title.

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 Bangladesh defeated Team India in the second ODI cricket match.

Benni Joseph Mavelil has been chosen for the V.K. Krishna Menon award.
German football club Colognes striker Patrick Helmes has announced his
retirement.
Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport has the world's fastest WiFi service.
Former Indian women hockey captain Shashi Bala and her son Agrim Thakur died
in a road accident.
Indian mission in Sweden has launched India Unlimited platform.
India-born Nikesh Arora appointed the president of Japan's SoftBank Corp.
EPFO has made Universal Account Number (UAN) mandatory for all employers.
ICICI Bank has partnered with Alibaba.com, to launch a trade facilitation centre.
Carnatic vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyam selected for Sangitha Kalanidhi award of
Madras Music Academy.
Britains Andy Murray won the mens singles of the Aegon Championships.
Nico Rosberg won Austrian Grand Prix 2015 beating Lewis Hamilton.
Nagesh Kukunoor is the director of the film Dhanak.
China won the 2015 Nongfu Spring Snookers World Cup by defeating Scotland.
India has moved down to 61st place in terms of foreigners' money in Swiss banks.
Debendranath Sarangi elected as president of the Squash Rackets Federation of
India (SRFI).
K. Rajendiran elected as secretary-general of the Squash Rackets Federation of
India (SRFI).
Tennis legend Steffi Graf was appointed the Ayurveda brand ambassador of Kerala.
Railway Team defeated France in the 20th USIC- Tennis (World Railways)
Championship.
Narayana Murthy conferred with Astronautical Society of India's Rocket and
Related Technologies Award.
'Sabar Shouchagar' project in West Bengals Nadia district won UN award for
innovative public services.
SIDBI has set up a Rs.1000 crore 'Make in India' fund for MSMEs.
Rajasthan topped the list of states commissioning grid connected solar power
projects in the country.
Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has been appointed President of ICC.
India is at 9th rank in terms of recipients of FDI in 2014.
India has emerged as the third largest source of FDI for United Kingdom.
India would provide an assistance of $1 billion for quake-hit Nepal's reconstruction.
Australia announced that it would join the new China AIIB as a founding member.

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 Prominent journalist, writer and anti-nuclear activist Praful Bidwai passed away in
Netherlands.
Russia and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of
nuclear energy.
HDFC Bank extended managing director Aditya Puri's tenure for another five years.
Famous writer of Sanskrit and Telugu Professor Pullela Srirama Chandraudu passed
away.
Satnam Singh Bhamara became the first Indian basketball player to be drafted in
America's NBA.
Asha Bhosle is declared the greatest Bollywood playback artist of all times by the
U.K. based Eastern Eye newspaper.
State Bank of India announced the appointment of Anshula Kant as its Chief
Financial Officer.
Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has been conferred with Colombia's highest
civilian award.
Axis Bank has launched an EMV-chip-based debit card called Secure+.
Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the 'Best Test player' of the 21st century.
11 Indian companies are ranked in Forbes Asia's 'Best Under A Billion' list.
Dr. Vishwanath Tripathi has been choosen for the 28th Moortidevi Award 2014.
Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa won the Canada Open Grand Prix women's
doubles title.
Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hassan ranked the best all-rounder in ODI once
again.
Ericsson has appointed Paolo Colella as the new head of its India operations.
Exim Bank has extended a loan of $268.35 million to Tanzania.
Russia's former prime minister Yevgeny Primakov passed away.
Pratap Pawar was awarded Punyabhushan Award 2015.
FIICI and Quality Council of India started a programme for 'Zero Defect, Zero
Effect' products.
Railways is the 8th largest employer in the world.
U.S. Department of Defense is worlds largest employer.
India is at the top in Baseline Profitability Index (BPI).
Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia won the men's singles title of the Canada Open
Badminton tournament.
Michelle Li of Canada won womens singles title of the Canada Open Badminton
tournament.
IMF has approved USD 506.4 million loan tranche to Pakistan.

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 Justin Gatlin won the 200m title at the US athletics championships.

Ujjwal Batria was appointed as the CEO of French cement maker Lafarge's India
operations.
Brazilian racer Nelson Piquet Jr won the FIA Formula E Championship title of the
2014-15 season.
IDFC appointed Indias former CAG Vinod Rai as independent director.
Y.C. Modi has been appointed as Additional Director in the CBI.
Nandkumar Saravade has been appointed as CEO of the Data Security Council of
India (DSCI).
HDFC Bank launched '30-min auto' and '15-min 2-wheeler' loan schemes.
Khalin Joshi finished sixth at the USD 76,000 Bali National Golf Championship.
Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the Integrated Security System (ISS) at four railway
stations in Mumbai.
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani for the first time nominated a female as judge
in Supreme Court.
Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Airtel has become the worlds third largest mobile operator.
Infosys has launched a mobile app, the 'Finacle SME Enable'.
Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta won the Commonwealth Chess Championship

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