Events of June 08-15
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Parkash Singh Badal conferred with 2015 Sant Namdev National
Award
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Award
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Sangeet Akademi Fellowships for R. Janakiraman (Musicologist),
S. Sathyu (film-maker), Vijay Kichlu (Classical singer) and Tulsidas Borkar
(Musician)
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Award
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Space Pioneer Award presented to ISRO for Mars Mission
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Award
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India, Japan and Australia discussed concerns over Chinese
reclamation in the South China Sea
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B Rel
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A renovated memorial for Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF)
soldiers in Palaly, Jaffna, has been declared open
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B Rel
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India, Japan and Australia held their first ever high-level
trilateral dialogue in New Delhi
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B Rel
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UAE seeks India's help in launching its Mars Mission in 2020
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B Rel
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India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh signed a landmark Motor
Vehicles Agreement (MVA) for the Regulation of Passenger, Personnel and Cargo
Vehicular Traffic among the four South Asian neighbours in Thimpu
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B Rel
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ONGC gets nod for 35 exploratory wells in Cauvery basin
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Econ
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IREDA awarded Miniratna (Category-1) status by Department of
Public Enterprises
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Econ
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RBI announced Strategic Debt Restructuring Scheme
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Econ
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RBI allows NRIs to invest in chit funds
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Econ
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Former IMF Chief Strauss Khan acquitted of running prostitution
ring
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Econ
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Cairn India set to merge into Vedanta in $2.3 billion deal
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Econ
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Aequs Pvt Ltd acquired Paris-based T&K Machine Inc
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Econ
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Indian Army has launched 'Operation Shiva' to ensure safety of
Amarnath Yatra
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India
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K V Chowdary is appointed as Central Vigilance Commissioner
(CVC)
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India
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Vijai Sharma is appointed as Chief Information Commissioner
(CIC)
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India
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R C Tayal is appointed as Chief of National Security Guard (NSG)
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India
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Jind and Karnal districts of Haryana and Muzaffarnagar of Uttar
Pradesh were included in National Capital Region
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India
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Cyclonic storm ASHOBAA was developed into a cyclonic storm from
only a depression that formed over the Arabian Sea.
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India
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Indian Army in hot pursuit of terrorists behind Manipur ambush,
enters Myanmar, kills 20 Northeast insurgents
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India
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Delhi police arrest Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar in
fake certificate; resigns as Delhi Law Minister
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India
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Government cancels licenses on 4470 NGOs
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India
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Bihar launched campaign Badh Chala Bihar to produce Bihar@2025
vision document
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India
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CCEA approved 4721 crore rupees road projects in Madhya Pradesh,
Telangana
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India
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Rs. 6000 crore loan to help sugar mills clear cane arrears
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India
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INS Vikrant undocked at Cochin Shipyard
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India
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Cabinet Committee on Econ. Affairs approved the continuation of
production of urea using naphtha or any other means in 3 plants [Madras
Fertilizers Ltd. (MFL), Mangalore Chemical and Fertilizers Ltd. (MCF), and
Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation (SPIC)]
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India
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India richer by 349 new species; Western Ghats accounted for 22
per cent of the new discoveries
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India
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Union Government scrapped import duties on AIDS drugs
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India
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Union Government launched Migrant Resource Centre in Chennai
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India
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Solar Train project is being discussed
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India
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Jammu & Kashmir: After Pakistani flags, separatists wave
ISIS flags in Kashmir
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India
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Rajasthan: at least 25 bus passengers electrorocuted
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India
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Bihar: in college exams, three persons help each candidate
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India
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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao unveiled the
Telangana Industrial Policy 2015 in Hyderabad. The policy is intended to
boost industrial activity and employment opportunities in the state.
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India
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Andhra Pradesh launches ‘Mee Bhoomi’ digital depository of land
records
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India
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4300 refugees from Afghanistan and Pakistan (Hindus and Sikhs) get Indian Citizenship
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India
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Separate department for Medical Tourism soon
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India
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Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) launched India Nuclear
Insurance Pool (INIP)
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India
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Railway Ministry decided to run Suvidha Trains with dynamic
fares from July 2015
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India
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Union Government launched website to connect employers, job
seekers
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India
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Union Government scrapped import duties on AIDS drugs
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India
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Supreme Court scraps AIPMT 2015, asks CBSE to conduct fresh
exams within four weeks
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India
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Lalit Modi visa row triggers political circles in the country
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India
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Why transgender not an option in Civil Service Exam form - Court
questions UPSC
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India
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PMO launches application named 'Sakaar' to highlight the
achievements of the Dept of Space
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India
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Union Agriculture Minister laid the foundation stone of
Gangatiri Cows’ Conservation and Development Center in Varanasi
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India
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World Ocean Day (Theme: 'Healthy
Oceans. Healthy Planet'): June 08
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Misc
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Indian-origin scientist Manu Prakash developed World's first
water-based computer
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Misc
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G7 Summit at Bavaria, Germany; Theme: 'Think Ahead. Act Together.'
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Misc
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India's first advertisement (titled 'The Visit') showing lesbian
couple goes viral
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Misc
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World Day Against Child Labour (Theme: 'NO to Child Labour - YES to quality Education!'): June 12
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Misc
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'Keeping kids as domestic help is modern day slavery' - Kailash Satyarthi
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Misc
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RIL to launch 4G network by Dec 2015 (at Rs. 4000) - Mukesh
Ambani
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Misc
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New York museum to honour Mani Ratnam
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Misc
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BSNL to launch free roaming for a year
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Misc
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World Blood Donor Day (Theme: 'Thank you for saving my Life'):
June 14
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Misc
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Canadian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton won the title; this is his
fourth Grand Prix win in this year
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Sport
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Shah Rukh Khan acquired CPL T20 team Trinidad & Tobago
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Sport
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FIFA suspends 2026 bidding
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Sport
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Forbes released the list of 2015 World's 100 Highest-Paid
Athletes. The list has been topped by Floyd Mayweather and the only Indian to
figure in the list is Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
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Sport
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Sir Wesley Winfield Hall inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of
fame
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Sport
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Hockey teams (Men) of Argentina, Germany and the Netherlands
qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics
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Sport
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French tennis player Richard Gasquet became only the third
Frenchman in the open era to win 400 singles matches
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Sport
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The Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkey led by
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won Turkey’s parliamentary polls
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World
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Free Nasheed: US Senators to Maldives
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World
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Luxembourg rejects refrendum on (i) reducing the voting age from
18 years to 16 years (ii) granting voting rights to foreign citizens
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World
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African leaders signed the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA)
pact paving the way for creating Africa’s largest free-trade zone; signed by
26 nations
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World
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Said Djinnit (UN envoy to Burundi crisis), stepped down as
mediator
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World
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US becomes biggest oil producer in 2014, surpasses Saudi Arabia
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World
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US Probing TCS, Infosys for visa violation
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World
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Zimbabweans will start exchanging "quadrillions" of
local dollars for a few US dollars [$1 for 35,000,000,000,000,000 old
dollars]
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World
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Four Indian languages (Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali and Hindi) can
be chosen while appearing for driving tests in Dubai in the UAE from
September.
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World
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World famous Buddhas of Bamiyan resurrected in Afghanistan
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World
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Moldova's Prime Minister Chiril Gaburuci resigned
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World
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UN accuses Indian Peacekeepers of sex abuse in troubled nations
in 4 countries (Haiti, Congo, Liberia and South Sudan)
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World
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June 2015 Events
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