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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.

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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

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34] Kagiso Rabada became second bowler to claim hat-trick on ODI debut
34] Indias 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 mens 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] Indias first railway-line built under PPP model inaugurated in Gujarat
48] Make in India initiative of DIPP won Frost and Sullivans 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

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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] Indias 1st indigenously designed and developed High Thrust cryogenic rocket engine
tested.
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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 Societys 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 worlds 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.

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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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