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panel headed by former CJI R. M. Feb. 10: The Aam Aadmi Party NATIONAL Lodha to decide penalty. sweeps to power with 67 seats in the Indian-American author Jhumpa 70-member Assembly. JANUARY Lahiri wins the $ 50,000 DSC prize Facebook launches Internet.org for Literature for her book, The in at a function in . Jan. 1: The Modi government sets Lowland. ICICI Bank launches the first dig- up NITI Aayog (National Institution Prime Minister Narendra Modi ital bank in the country, ‘Pockets’, on for Transforming India) in place of launches the Beti Bachao, Beti Pad- a mobile phone in Mumbai. the Planning Commission. hao (save daughters, educate daugh- Feb. 13: Srirangam witnesses The Karnataka High Court sets up ters) scheme in Panipat, Haryana. over 80 per cent turnout in bypolls. a Special Bench under Justice C.R. “Sukanya Samrudhi” account Sensex gains 289.83 points to re- Kumaraswamy to hear appeals filed scheme unveiled. claim 29000-mark on stellar SBI by AIADMK general secretary Jaya- Sensex closes at a record high of earnings. lalithaa in the disproportionate as- 29006.02 Feb. 14: Arvind Kejriwal takes sets case. Jan. 24: Poet Arundhati Subra- oath as Delhi’s eighth Chief Minis- The Governor K. Ro- manian wins the inaugural Khush- ter, at the Ramlila Maidan in New saiah confers the Sangita Kalanidhi want Singh Memorial Prize for Delhi. award on musician T.V. Gopalak- Poetry for her work When God is a Feb. 16: The AIADMK candidate rishnan at the ‘Sadas’ at The Music Traveller at the Zee Jaipur Litera- S. Valarmathi scores a massive victo- Academy in Chennai. ture Festival. ry in the Srirangam Assembly by- Jan. 3: The title Natya Kala Jan. 25: A declaration of friend- polls bagging 1,51,561 votes. Acharya is conferred on Bharatana- ship, a renewed 10-year defence The Trinamool Congress wins a tyam artist Leela Samson at the Mu- partnership and the nuclear break- thumping victory in the Lok Sabha sic Academy’s dance festival in through mark the second summit and Assembly byelections in West Chennai. between Prime Minister Narendra Bengal. Bags Bongaon LS seat by a Jan. 4: The Indian Science Con- Modi and the U.S. President Barack Prime Minister Narendra Modi presenting to the U.S. President record margin of 2.11 lakh votes. gress makes history with a symposi- Obama in New Delhi. Barack Obama a reproduction of a telegram sent by USA to the India and Sri Lanka sign a Civil um on “Ancient Sciences through BJP patriarch L. K. Advani, Pun- Indian Constituent Assembly in 1946, in New Delhi. Nuclear Cooperation pact after talks Sanskrit.” jab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Ba- between Prime Minister Narendra Jan. 5: Columbia University Pro- dal, nuclear scientist M. R. gy projects and $1 billion from the date will be held as null and void if he Modi and President Maithripala Sir- fessor Arvind Panagariya is appoint- Srinivasan and actors Amitabh Exim Bank of the U.S. at the India- fails to disclose full details of his isena, in New Delhi. ed NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman. Bachchan and Dilip Kumar promi- US Business Summit in New Delhi. criminal antecedents at the time of Feb. 19: A six-member relay Jan. 6: Sensex plummets by 855 nent among the nine Padma Vib- Military might showcased in the nomination, rules the Supreme team, including Manav Mehta, a points in its worst crash in five-and- hushan awardees. 66th Republic Day parade. In a first, Court. class 9 student, sets a new open-sea a-half years and closes at 26987.46. Former CEC N. Gopalaswami, all-woman contingents of the three Feb. 6: The Delhi High Court en- swim world record by swimming Jan. 8: Tamil writer Perumal Mu- constitutional expert Subhash C. Services take part. hances to 30 years the life term from Goa to Mumbai in 156 hours. rugan flees home town following fu- Kashyap, Carnatic vocalist Sudha Jan. 29: S. Jaishankar takes awarded to Vikas Yadav and his cou- Feb. 20: Veteran CPI leader Go- rore over his book Mathorubhagan. Raghunathan, Microsoft founder charge as Foreign Secretary. sin Vishal Yadav for the February vind Pansare dies of gunshot wounds Jan. 9: Jammu and Kashmir Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates Sensex gains 122.59 points to a 2002 killing of Nitish Katara. sustained in an attack in Kolhapur comes under Governor’s rule. and Fields Medal winner Manjul new closing peak of 29681.77, after Marathi writer Bhalchandra Ne- on Feb. 16. at the Breach Candy Hos- Vistara, the new airline of Tata Bhargava among 20 Padma Bhushan reaching a lifetime high of 29740.63. made known for works like Kosal pital in Mumbai. SIA Airlines, begins commercial op- awardees. Jan. 30: Former Union Environ- (Cocoon) and Hindu is selected for Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram erations in New Delhi. Violinist Kanyakumari Avasarala, ment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan the Jnanpith award for 2014. Manjhi resigns. Jan. 10: Sindhushree Khullar is filmmaker , in- quits the Congress. Feb. 7: Delhi registers a record Feb. 22: Senior JD (U) leader Nit- appointed CEO of NITI Aayog. dustrialist T. V. Mohandas Pai, actor In its largest-ever disinvestment, 67.08 percent turnout in the As- ish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Jan. 13: Tamil writer Perumal , badminton play- the Centre raises Rs. 22,557.63 crore sembly polls. Minister in Patna. Murugan gives up writing and with- er P. V. Sindhu, Syedna Mohammad from the sale of its 10 per cent share- Feb. 9: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Feb. 23: Yaduveer Gopal Urs is draws all his books. Burhanuddin and Pran Kumar Sinha holding in Coal India Ltd. Ram Manjhi is expelled from the Ja- formally adopted as heir to the Wa- Jan. 15: Leela Samson quits as (both posthumous) among 75 Padma Jan. 31: The former Union Minis- nata Dal (United). diyar dynasty at a ceremony in Amba CBFC chairperson. Shree recipients. ter Matang Singh is arrested in Kol- Vilas Palace, Mysuru and given the Hari Shankar Brahma takes over Jan. 26: The U.S. President Ba- kata by the CBI in the multi-crore name Yaduveer Krishnadatta Cham- as the 19th CEC at Nirvachan Sadan, rack Obama announces $4 billion in rupee Saradha chit fund scam. araja Wadiyar. New Delhi. bank loans, $ 2 billion for green ener- Feb. 24: R.K. Pachouri, Chairper- Jan. 17: Ashok Srinivasan is pre- FEBRUARY son of the Intergovernmental Panel sented The Hindu Prize 2014 at the Feb. 1: Veteran actor Dilip Kumar on Climate Change, resigns. Lit for Life 2015 for his debut collec- is conferred Lifetime Achievement The Union Cabinet gives nod for tion of 13 short stories, Book of Com- Award at the Jaipur International setting up the New Development mon Signs, in Chennai. Film Festival. Bank and the BRICS Contingent Re- Jan. 19: Filmmaker Pahlaj Niha- Malini Parthasarathy takes charge serve Arrangement. lani is appointed CBFC chairperson. as the first woman Editor of The Feb. 25: The 2015-16 Railway Jan. 21: Sensex sets a life-time Hindu. budget (Plan outlay Rs.1,00,000 high of 28958 points and NSE Nifty Feb. 4: Union Home Secretary crore) leaves passenger fares untou- records a historic 8741 points. Anil Goswami is sacked for allegedly ched. Freight rates hiked. Jan. 22: The Supreme Court in a trying to stall the arrest of former Feb. 28: Union Finance Minister benchmark verdict says BCCI offi- Minister Matang Singh. L.C. Goyal Arun Jaitley allocates Rs. 70,000 cials cannot have commercial inter- appointed in his place. crore for public spending on infras- ests in the IPL. Gurunath Feb. 5: L.C. Goyal takes charge as tructure to spur growth in the econ- Meiyappan and Raj Kundra found Union Home Secretary. omy, presenting the Union Budget guilty of betting. Three-member Dr. Arvind Panagariya. The election of a returned candi- CPI leader Govind Pansare. 2015-16. Announces Atal Innovation THE HINDU THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 DIARY OF EVENTS 2015 3

Mission and the Atal Pension Yoja- dawn-to-dusk -wide hartal in in Nepal trigger house collapses. na. Nirbhaya Fund gets Rs. 1,000 protest against the alleged assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi crore. its MLAs inside the Assembly hits presents the Jnanpith Award for life. 2014 to Marathi writer Bhalchandra MARCH March 17: The Supreme Court Nemade, New Delhi. March 1: Mufti Mohammad Say- sets aside the quota for Jats. April 27: The apex court declares eed takes oath as the 12th Chief Min- The Union Cabinet gives nod for “bad in law” the appointment of Bha- ister of Jammu and Kashmir The Undisclosed Income and Assets vani Singh as SPP by the Tamil Nadu heading a PDP-BJP coalition Minis- (Imposition of Tax) Bill. government in the disproportionate try. March 20: At least 38 passen- assets case. March 2: The Nasdaq Composite gers, of the Dehradun-Varanasi Ja- April 28: The Karnataka govern- Index surges above 5,000 for the first nata Express are killed and nearly ment appoints former AG B.V. time in 15 years, since the massive 150 injured after four coaches derail Acharya as Special Public Prosecu- dotcom crash of 2000. near the Bachrawan station in Rae tor in the disproportionate assets Maharashtra Animal Preservation Bareli district, U.P. Rescue work on at the mishap site at Bachrawan, in UttarPradesh. case. (Amendment) Bill 1995, banning March 21: A Delhi court acquits April 29: The Union Cabinet cow slaughter gets Presidential nod. all 16 accused in the May 22, 1987 Vajpayee at the latter’s residence in April 8: Prime Minister Narendra launches the Smart Cities Mission March 3: Three senior brokerage Hashimpura massacre at Meerut New Delhi. Modi launches the Pradhan Mantri and the Atal Mission for Rejuvena- officials are arrested by the Mumbai that left 42 dead, for lack of evidence. March 28: The AAP removes Micro Units Development and Refi- tion and Urban Transformation police in connection with the Rajendra Singh dubbed the “Wa- founder-members Yogendra Yadav nance Agency Ltd. (MUDRA) Yoja- which replaces the JNNRUM with a Rs.4,600-crore National Spot Ex- terman of India”, instrumental in re- and Prashant Bhushan from its na- na, in New Delhi. MUDRA Bank total outlay of nearly Rs. 1,00,000 change Scam. viving numerous water bodies in tional executive. launched. crore. March 4: BSE Sensex crosses his- Rajasthan is chosen for the Stock- ISRO’s PSLV C-27 successfully April 9: A special Court in Hyd- toric 30000 mark and the NSE Nifty holm Water Prize. launches Indian Regional Naviga- erabad sentences to seven years RI MAY touches the 9100 milestone in early March 23: Veteran actor-pro- tion Satellite I-System (IRNSS) 1-D the former Chairman of Satyam May 3: President Pranab Muk- trade. ducer Shashi Kapoor is chosen for into the intended orbit. Computers Services Ltd., B. Ramal- herjee presents to The Lok Sabha clears the long- the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for The NDA government announces inga Raju and nine others in a the 62nd National Film Award for pending Insurance Laws (Amend- 2014. the removal of Dr. Aziz Qureshi as Rs.7,000-crore corporate fraud case. Best Actress for her role in Queen ment) Bill. March 24: The Supreme Court Mizoram Governor. The Union Home Ministry sus- and award for best feature film to March 5: The Maharashtra gov- strikes down Section 66A of the In- March 30: Freedom fighter and pends the registration of Green- debut director Chaitanya Tamhane. ernment officially scraps the five per formation Technology Act terming it founder of Banaras Hindu Universi- peace India under the Foreign May 6: A Mumbai sessions court cent reservation for Muslims in edu- unconstitutional. ty Madan Mohan Malviya is post- Contribution Regulation Act for six holds actor Salman Khan cational institutions, despite a Bom- Director Chaitanya Tamhane’s humously conferred the Bharat months and freezes its seven ac- guilty of homicide in the September bay High Court ruling in its favour. quadrilingual film Court emerges as Ratna at a function in New Delhi. counts, prohibiting donations from 28, 2002 hit-and-run case and sen- The Delhi High Court upholds the the best feature film and Kangana March 31: The Gujarat Assembly abroad. tences him to 5-years RI. January 2013 conviction of the for- Ranaut is adjudged best actress for passes the landmark Gujarat Control April 13: The Union government The Constitution (122nd Amend- mer Haryana Chief Minister Om her role in Vijay Bahl’s Queen at the of Terrorism and Organised Crime notifies the National Judicial Ap- ment) Bill for introduction of Goods Prakash Chautala, his son and 53 62nd National Film Awards in New Bill 2015. pointments Commission (NJAC) and Services Tax sails through the others in the junior teachers recruit- Delhi. Kannada actor Vijay bags the A Division Bench of the Kerala law and brings to an end the dec- Lok Sabha. ment scam that took place in 2000. best actor award for role in Nanu High Court upholds the UDF gov- ades-old collegium system of ap- The Rajya Sabha unanimously The Centre bans telecast on In- Avanalla Avalu. ernment’s liquor policy that permit- pointing judges. passes the Constitution (119th) ternet a documentary India’s March 25: Shailesh Yadav, son of ted bars to function only in hotels of April 17: Hurriyat leader Masarat Amendment Bill to enable the rat- Daughter by British director Leslee Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Na- five star and above categories. Alam is arrested on charges of orga- ification of the Land Boundary Udwin on the Dec.16, 2012, Delhi resh Yadav and an accused in the The Karnataka Assembly adopts nising a pro-freedom rally and rais- Agreement with Bangladesh hanging gangrape that was aired on the BBC’s Vyapam scam is found dead at his the Right of Children to Free and ing a Pakistani flag in Srinagar. fire since 1974. Channel 4 earlier in the day. father’s residence in Lucknow. Compulsory Education (Karnataka April 19: Rajya Sabha member Sensex tanks 723 points to close at March 7: Senior separatist leader March 26: The Madras High Amendment) Bill 2015 and the Kan- Sitaram Yechury is elected the fifth 26717.37 on huge selloff by FIIs. Masarat Alam, one among the main Court Bench in Madurai restrains nada Language Learning Bill 2015. general secretary of the CPI(M) at May 7: The Juvenile Justice organisers of the pro-Azadi protests the Centre from permitting start of the 21st Party Congress in (Care and Protection of Children) in the Valley in 2010, is freed from work at the proposed INO project in APRIL Visakhapatnam. Bill that provides for trying juveniles prison by the J& K police. Pottipuram, Theni district. April 1: The Supreme Court stays Nasim Zaidi takes over as the 20th aged between 16 and 18 years for March 10: The Land Acquisition March 27: President Pranab summons issued by a Special Court CEC in New Delhi. heinous crimes under laws for adults (Amendment) Bill is approved in the Mukherjee confers Bharat Ratna on against the former Prime Minister April 20: The AAP expels rebel is passed by the Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha. former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Manmohan Singh and five others in leaders Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Parliament unanimously ap- March 12: Rajya Sabha passes the the coal scam case. Bhushan, Anand Kumar and Ajit Jha Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, The Andhra Pradesh government from the party. 2015. decides to name the new capital Am- April 22: Gajendra Singh, a farm- March 13: The Kerala Assembly aravati. er from Dausa district, Rajasthan witnesses unprecedented violence April 3: President Pranab Muk- commits suicide at a political rally as the Opposition LDF tries to pre- herjee signs the new Land Acquisi- organised by the AAP against the vent the Finance Minister K.M. Ma- tion Ordinance. Centre’s land ordinance at Jantar ni who faces bribery charges in the April 7: Twenty woodcutters Mantar in New Delhi. bar licence row from presenting the from Tamil Nadu found felling red April 24: The Rajya Sabha passes, budget. sanders are killed by police in an for the first time in 45 years, a pri- Suzette Jordan who was allegedly alleged encounter in the Seshacha- vate member’s bill protecting and raped in a moving car on Park Street lam forest in Andhra Pradesh. providing rights for transgenders. in Kolkata in February 2012 dies in The Union Cabinet gives nod for April 25: At least 51 persons are the city after a brief illness. Jnanpith awardee Bhalchandra the Real Estate (Regulation and De- killed across Bihar, U.P. and West The new CPI(M) general March 14: The LDF-sponsored Nemade. velopment) Bill. Bengal after tremors from the quake secretary, Sitaram Yechury. 4 DIARY OF EVENTS 2015 THE HINDU THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 proves The Constitution (119th first Rangaswami Parthasarathy Me- Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in Amendment) Bill, operationalising morial Award to veteran journalist the disproportionate assets case. the Land Boundary Agreement with Shekhar Gupta at a function in June 24: The Prime Minister Na- Bangladesh. Chennai. rendra Modi launches Housing for Achal Kumar Jyoti, a former Chief The Supreme Court upholds the All, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation Secretary of Gujarat is appointed constitutional validity of the Nation- and Urban Transformation (AM- Election Commissioner. al Company Law Tribunal and its RUT) and Smart Cities schemes, in The RJD expels five-time MP Ra- appellate forum under the Compa- New Delhi. jesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav from nies Act of 2013. Gokulraj, a Dalit youth is found the party for six years. May 18: Aruna Shanbaug, former murdered with head severed on a May 8: The Bombay High Court nurse at Mumbai’s King Edward Me- railway track near Pallipalayam, Ti- suspends the five-year jail term morial Hospital dies of pneumonia ruchengode, Tamil Nadu. awarded to actor Salman Khan and after being in a coma since Novem- June 29: Tamil Nadu Chief Min- grants him bail. ber 27, 1973 following a sexual as- Passengers waiting to board the inaugural run of the Metro train ister Jayalalithaa inaugurates the May 9: Prime Minister Narendra sault by a ward boy. in Chennai. Metro Rail network in Chennai, cur- Modi launches two insurance May 21: The AIADMK Legisla- rently being operated from Koyam- schemes, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan ture Party elects Jayalalithaa leader. decides to file an appeal in the Su- ident becomes the first visually chal- bedu to Alandur, through video Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri O. Panneerselvam resigns as Chief preme Court against verdict acquit- lenged to be selected for the IFS. conferencing from the Secretariat. Suraksha Bima Yojana and the Atal Minister. ting Jayalalithaa and three others in June 13: The Union Government The Hindu art work on special cover. Bima Yojana, at a function in May 23: Jayalalithaa takes oath the disproportionate assets case. launches an Insurance pool of Rs. June 30: Tamil Nadu Chief Min- Kolkata. as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for the The trial run of the Kolkata-Dha- 1,500 crore mandatory under the ister Jayalalithaa wins the Radhak- Veteran journalist Vinod Mehta is fifth time at a function in Chennai. A ka-Agartala bus service begins in Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage rishnan Nagar Assembly by-poll posthumously honoured with the new Cabinet takes office. Kolkata. Act. with a record margin of over 1.50 G.K. Reddy Memorial National May 24: The heat wave toll in A.P. June 2: The Hindu Business Line June 15: The Supreme Court can- lakh votes. Award at a function in New Delhi. and Telangana touches 470. launches www.bloncampus.com or cels the All India Pre Medical and Telangana TDP MLA A. Revnath May 10: Bollywood veteran May 25: The Delhi High Court BLOC, a first of its kind website tai- Pre Dental Entrance Test held on Reddy arrested in a cash-for-vote Shashi Kapoor is presented with the rules that the Delhi government’s lored for B-Schoolers and B-School May 3, 2015 due to exam fraud. case is granted conditional bail by Dadasaheb Phalke award by the ACB has jurisdiction to arrest police aspirants. Ex-servicemen launch an indefi- the Hyderabad High Court. Union I & B Minister Arun Jaitley in personnel. Sensex plummets 660.61 points to nite fast across the country seeking Mumbai. May 27: The Tripura government close at 27188.38 implementation of the One Rank JULY May 11: The Karnataka High revokes the Armed Forces (Special June 3: The Centre lodges a com- One Pension scheme. July 1: “Dignity of a woman is Court acquits former Tamil Nadu Powers) Act, in force since February plaint against Nestle Maggi noodles June 18: At least 102 people are part of her non-perishable and im- Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and 1997. with the National Consumer Dis- killed after consuming illicit liquor mortal self”, holds the Supreme three others in the disproportionate May 28: Yaduveer Krishnadatta putes Redressal Commission. at Malvani in Malad, Mumbai. Court ruling out room for compro- assets case. Her disqualification un- Chamaraja Wadiyar is crowned the June 4: Tamil Nadu bans the June 19: Mumbai comes to a mise in rape cases. der the RPA stands negated. new Maharaja at the Amba Vilas Pal- manufacture, stocking and sale of standstill following heavy torrential The Black Money (Undisclosed The Lok Sabha passes the Undis- ace in Mysuru. Maggi and three other noodle brands rain measuring close to 300 mm over Foreign Income and Assets) and Im- closed Foreign Income and Assets May 29: Pradeep Kumar Sinha is for three months. 24 hours. position of Tax Act comes into force. (Imposition of Tax) Bill, 2015. appointed Cabinet Secretary. June 5: Nestle withdraws Maggi June 21: Prime Minister Naren- July 2: Maharashtra decides to A metropolitan sessions court in The TDP goes national at the Ma- and the Food Safety and Standards dra Modi leads 35,985 people in label students of madrasas or vedic Hyderabad grants bail to former Sa- hanadu in Hyderabad. Authority of India orders recall of all breaking the Guinness World Re- schools ‘uneducated’. tyam Computers Chairman B. Ra- May 30: The U.P. government nine varieties of the noodles from cord for the largest number of people The External Affairs Ministry re- malinga Raju and nine others. files a case against Nestle India after the market. doing Yoga at Rajpath, New Delhi on instates IFS officer Devyani Khobra- India names private banker K.V. excess lead is detected in Maggi June 7: Manabi Bandyopadhyay the occasion of the first Internation- gade and posts her to the newly Kamath as the first president of the noodles. becomes the nation’s first openly al Day of Yoga. created ‘States division’. $100-billion BRICS bank named Chennai Metro gets the final ap- transgender college principal as she June 22: Thirtyseven persons July 4: Tamil Nadu Chief Minis- New Development Bank. proval for starting operations. takes charge at Krishnagar Women’s travel by the first commercial bus ter Jayalalithaa takes oath as an May 12: Seventeen persons are May 31: President Pranab Muk- College in Kolkata. service (Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala) MLA at the Secretariat. killed across east and north India in herjee repromulgates the Land Ordi- June 10: The Madras High Court which took off from Karunamayee The mystery surrounding the Vya- tremors triggered by fresh after- nance for the third time. dismisses petitions by Sun TV and Stand in Salt Lake. pam scam in Madhya Pradesh turns shocks of the quake in Nepal. Kal Comm Pvt. Ltd. against attach- June 23: The Karnataka govern- murkier after Akshay Singh, a TV Sensex tumbles by 629.82 points JUNE ment of assets by the ED in the Air- ment files an SLP in the Supreme journalist dies at Meghnagar area to close at 26877.48. June 1: The Karnataka Cabinet cel-Maxis case. Court against the acquittal of Tamil near Jhabua town soon after inter- May 13: In a landmark judgment, K.V. Chowdhary takes oath as viewing the parents of an accused the Supreme Court restrains the CVC and Vijai Sharma is sworn in as who herself was found dead in 2012. government from publishing the Chief Information Commissioner, in Ira Singhal from Delhi, becomes photographs of political leaders, New Delhi. the first physically challenged wom- ministers or prominent persons in Neyveli Santhanagopalan (Car- an to top the Civil Services exam. government advertisements. natic vocal), Ashwini Bhide Desh- July 5: The Vyapam scamclaims The Rajya Sabha approves The pande (Hindustani vocal), Ronu another victim, with Arun Sharma, Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Majumdar (flute) among 36 artists Dean of the Jabalpur-based Netaji Income and Assets) and Imposition chosen for the Sangeet Natak Subhas Chandra Bose Medical Col- of Tax Bill, 2015. Awards for 2014. lege, being found dead in a Delhi May 14: SBI launches SBIin- June 12: Telangana announces hotel. Touch, its contactless debit and its maiden industrial policy with a July 6: The Chennai Corporation credit card using latest near field unique feature to cut delays — Right announces a major decision, permit- technology. to Clearance, on the lines of RTI, in Relatives mourning a hooch ting residents to build houses on May 17: Mr. N. Ram, Chairman, Hyderabad. victim at a cemetery at Malad, land of any size in the city. Kasturi and Sons Ltd., presents the Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor. N.L. Beno Zephine, a Chennai res- Mumbai. The DMK challenges in the Su- THE HINDU THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 DIARY OF EVENTS 2015 5 preme Court the acquittal of Tamil the IIM in Shillong, Meghalaya. daughter Sheena Bora in Raigad dis- Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in The Supreme Court refuses to stay trict on April 24, 2012. the disproportionate assets case. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayala- Aug. 26: Six persons are killed as The Supreme Court rules unwed lithaa’s acquittal in the dispropor- the Gujarat bandh turns violent. Ar- mother can be the sole guardian of a tionate assets case. my called in. minor child. July 28: Mumbai’s iconic dabba- The Supreme Court suspends all July 8: Sensex slumps by 483.97 wallas go online with the launch of proceedings against the two Italian points to close at 27687.72 fuelled by www.dabbewale.com marines accused of killing two Indi- the Chinese equity turmoil. July 29: The Supreme Court dis- an fishermen off the Kerala coast in July 10: The ISRO’s PSLV C-28 misses the review petition filed by 2012. launches five satellites weighing the then UPA government challeng- The Centre unveils a list of 98 1,440 kg for a U.K.-based company ing the commutation of death penal- smart cities, with Uttar Pradesh and from the Satish Dhawan Space Cen- ty to life term of three convicts in the Tamil Nadu taking the largest share tre in Sriharikota. Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. of developing 13 cities and 12 July 11: The Madras High Court July 30: The 1993 Mumbai blasts Raju Burman, a resident of Poatarkuti, Bangladesh, celebrating respectively. recalls order suggesting mediation convict Yakub Memon is hanged at the newfound citizenship of India. The ISRO launches communica- between a rape survivor and the the Nagpur central prison hardly tion satellite GSAT-6, with an indig- convict. two hours after Supreme Court re- in the teachers’ recruitment scam in the illegal phone exchange case. enous cryogenic stage aboard a July 13: The CBI begins probe jects his petition. case of 2000. Aug. 13: The Bombay High Court GSLV D-6 rocket from Sriharikota, into the Vyapam scam (fraud in the The former President A.P.J. Abdul Amalendu Krishna of the TIFR, revokes the nationwide ban on Mag- Andhra Pradesh. pre-medical tests held from Kalam is laid to rest with full state Mumbai, wins the Ramanujan Prize gi Noodles, but orders fresh tests on Aug. 28: The NDA government 2006-2013). honours in Pei Karumbu village in for 2015. all variants of the product. allows the land acquisition ordi- July 14: The R. M. Lodha panel on Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. Aug. 4: At least 25 persons are Aug. 14: Delhi police try to evict nance to lapse. the IPL betting scandal suspends July 31: Gandhian and anti-li- killed after several coaches of the ex-servicemen on a relay hunger Aug. 30: Veteran Kannada writer CSK and RR for two years. Gurunath quor crusader Sasi Perumal dies dur- Kamayani Express and the Janata strike for 61 days at Jantar Mantar M.M. Kalburgi (77) known for his Meiyappan and Raj Kundra slapped ing a protest atop a mobile phone Express derail and plunge into the seeking implementation of OROP. stand against superstition, is shot with life ban. tower near Marthandam in Tamil Machak river while crossing flooded Aug. 15: Prime Minister Naren- dead at his home at Kalyan Nagar in At least 27 persons are killed and Nadu’s Kanyakumari district. tracks near Harda in Madhya Pra- dra Modi announces the “Start-up Dharwad, Karnataka. 36 injured in a stampede at the Go- The former President A.P.J. Abdul desh. India Stand Up India” scheme , in his Aug. 31: The Supreme Court re- davari Maha Pushkaram in Rajah- Kalam’s birthday, October 15, to be Aug. 5: Two BSF jawans Rocky address during the 69th Independ- stores the Jain religious practice of a mundry, Andhra Pradesh. observed as ‘Youth Awakening Day’ and Suvendu Singh are killed and ence Day celebration in New Delhi. ritualistic fast unto death staying the July 15: The Manipur Regulation every year in Tamil Nadu. eight injured in an attack on a con- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jaya- August 10 order of a Division Bench of Visitors, Tenants and Migrant voy near Udhampur, J&K. A Pakista- lalithaa presents the first A.P.J. Ab- of the Rajasthan High Court. Workers Bill 2015 passed on March AUGUST ni militant is shot dead and another dul Kalam Award to ISRO scientist Rajiv Mehrishi replaces L.C. Goyal 16 is withdrawn at a special Assemb- Aug. 1: At least 14,854 people join captured. N. Valarmathi. as Union Home Secretary. ly session, following protests during India after shedding a stateless ex- A Mumbai special court issues an Aug. 17: The Supreme Court up- Five persons are killed during a which a student died in police firing istence for years in 51 Bangladesh NBW against former IPL Commis- holds the conviction of Vikas Yadav, general strike in Manipur to protest (on July 8). enclaves. sioner Lalit Modi in London since Vishal Yadav and Sukhdev Yadav in the passage of Protection of Manipur July 17: The All India Railway Aug. 3: The government signs a 2010. the 2002 murder of Nitish Katara, an People’s Bill, 2015 and two amend- Helpline number 1512, for victims of peace deal with the NSCN (IM) in Aug. 7: Prime Minister Narendra MBA graduate. ment bills in the Assembly. crimes on railway property is un- New Delhi. Modi inaugurates the first National Vipul Garg (17) from Haryana’s veiled at a function in New Delhi. The flood toll in West Bengal goes Handloom Day in Chennai and Jind district tops the All India Pre- SEPTEMBER July 21: The Supreme Court lifts up to 69 and 2.1 lakh people shel- launches the Indian Handloom Medical Test entrance exam 2015. Sept.1: Three persons are killed its year-long embargo on State gov- tered in over 1,500 relief camps. Mark. Aug. 19: India Post, Reliance In- in police firing on a mob in Mani- ernments from freeing life convicts. The Supreme Court dismisses the The Tripura Assembly passes a dustries Ltd. among 11 entities pur’s Churachandpur district as the Rajiv killers cannot be freed. appeals of the former Haryana Chief resolution against death penalty. granted in principle nod by the RBI protests against the passage of bills July 23: Nobel laureate and cli- Minister O.P Chautala, his son Ajay Aug. 10: ( for setting up payment banks. escalate. mate scientist R.K. Pachauri is re- Chautala and three others against Days and 1983) shares the Best Actor The Supreme Court allows the re- Nine persons are sentenced to life moved as Director General of TERI. their conviction on January 16, 2013 Award with Sudev Nair (My Life al estate magnates Gopal and Sushil by a Special Court in Thiruvanan- July 25: A sessions court in New Partner) at the Kerala State Film Ansal to walk free in the 1997 Uphaar thapuram for the August 21, 2009 Delhi discharges 36 accused, includ- awards for 2014. Nazriya Nazim bags Cinema fire case. murder of businessman Paul Muth- ing cricketers S. Sreesanth, Ajit Best Actress Award for Om Shanthi Aug. 21: The Gujarat High Court oot George near Nedumudy in Ker- Chandila and Ankeet Chavan in the Oshana and Bangalore Days. stays the government notification ala’s Alappuzha district. IPL spot fixing case of 2013. Aug. 11: Aadhaar not mandatory, making voting compulsory in the The Prime Minister Narendra says the Supreme Court. civic bodies and panchayat polls. Modi presents The Hindu’s senior The Prem Bhatia Memorial Award Aug. 24: Sensex tumbles by journalist Gargi Parsai with the for 2015 is awarded to Suhasini Hai- 1624.51 points to close at 25741.56. ICAR award for Excellence in Jour- dar, Diplomatic and Strategic Affairs Aug. 25: Police crackdown after a nalism in Agricultural Research and Editor with The Hindu. mammoth rally of Patels in Ahmeda- Development, 2014, at a function in The government sues Nestle, bad, Gujarat seeking quota in jobs Patna. manufacturer of Magi Noodles for triggers violence. Hardik Patel, July 27: Seven persons, including Rs. 639 crore. spearhead briefly detained. an SP Baljit Singh are killed in an Aug. 12: The Lok Sabha debates Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jaya- attack on a police station in Dinana- the Lalit Modi saga on the penulti- lalithaa announces a comprehensive gar in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district. mate day of the monsoon session. AMMA Master Health-Check-up A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (83), former The Supreme Court stays the Ma- plan in the Assembly. President who played a key role in dras High Court order cancelling the Indrani Mukherjea, former CEO India’s nuclear tests dies after col- Former President, Dr. A.P.J. anticipatory bail of former Union of INX Media Limited is held by the lapsing on stage during a lecture at Abdul Kalam. Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran Mumbai police for the murder of her M. M. Kalburgi. 6 DIARY OF EVENTS 2015 THE HINDU THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016

Sept. 2: The Union Cabinet gives pends Internet services on mobile Fiftythree per cent voting is regis- nod for a new policy for the auction across the state. tered in the third phase of Bihar As- of 69 small and marginal oil fields to Sept. 21: The Hindu makes public sembly polls. private and foreign firms. online destruction of documents re- Oct. 29: The Delhi Declaration The nationwide strike by workers garding a military intelligence unit 2015, unveiled at the conclusion of seeking hike in minimum wages, hits set up during Gen. V.K. Singh’s ten- the India- Forum Summit banking and transport services. ure. An army general court martial calls for a global plan to combat The Government cancels the Reg- had on May 9, 2015 sentenced ha- cross-border terrorism and faster istration of Greenpeace India. vildar Sham Das D. to 10 years RI for reform of the UNSC. Sept. 4: The Delhi High Court leaking them. Oct. 30: Chandrabhan Sanap, allows women to be granted perma- The Rajasthan Assembly decides convicted of raping and murdering nent commission in the Navy. to increase quota limit to 68 per cent. techie Esther Anuhya is sentenced to Sensex plummets by 563 points to Two bills to ensure 5 per cent reser- death by a special women’s court in end at 25201.90 following heavy sell- vation for Gujjars and 14 per cent to Mumbai. ing in global stocks. Economically Backward Classes Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiling the plaque to lay the Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah Sept. 5: Defence Minister Mano- passed. foundation stone of Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh. presents The Hindu Saregama M.S. har Parrikar announces the imple- Sept 24: The Centre clears the Subbulakshmi Award 2015 to S. mentation of the one rank, one Gujarat Control of Terrorism and OCTOBER the 99th Constitutional Amendment. Adithyanarayanan, a mathematics pension (OROP) scheme for Organised Crime Bill 2015 and sends Collegium system is operative again. student, in Chennai. ex-servicemen. it to the President for assent. Oct. 3: Vishal, the son of a local Over 55 per cent voting recorded Oct. 31: India’s tallest person and Sept. 6: Veterans call off stir after Sept. 26: The CBI registers a case BJP leader accused of inciting a mob in the second phase of Bihar As- Asia’s second tallest, Kolipaka Gat- Prime Minister Narendra Modi clar- against Himachal Pradesh Chief to lynch Mohammed Akhlaque over sembly polls. taiah, dies of heart attack while being ifies that all service personnel who Minister Virbhadra Singh, his wife rumours of cow slaughter in Bishara Oct. 17: National Blood Policy treated at a hospital in Hyderabad. had taken premature retirement are and associates in a disproportionate village in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh on modified. Blood banks can borrow also entitled to OROP. assets case after raids at 13 places. September 28 is arrested. from one another in case of shortage. NOVEMBER Sept. 7: An Army Court martial Sept. 28: The ISRO launches As- Oct. 5: India and Germany agree Oct. 19: The Gujarat police ar- Nov. 1: Bihar registers 57.59 per awards lifer to six of its personnel for trosat, its first dedicated multi- to form the Climate and Renewable rests Hardik Patel on sedition charg- cent turnout in phase IV of Assembly the killing of three youth on April 29, wavelength space observatory into Energy Alliance. es in Rajkot. polls. 2010 in the Machil Sector of Kup- space, besides six satellites for Cana- Oct. 6: Maharashtra Cabinet de- Oct. 22: The Prime Minister Na- Nov. 3: A Fast Track court in New wara district in J&K in a fake da, Indonesia and the U.S. cides to revive Ratnagiri Gas and rendra Modi lays the foundation for Delhi sentences to lifer Uber cab encounter. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jaya- Power Private Limited — the erst- Amaravati, the “People’s Capital” of driver Shiv Kumar Yadav for raping a Sept. 9: Tamil Nadu Chief Minis- lalithaa launches “Amma mobile while Dabhol Power Project. Andhra Pradesh at Uddandrayuni- woman executive on Dec. 5, 2014. ter Jayalalithaa inaugurates projects phones’’, a scheme under which Eminent litterateur Nayantara palem on the banks of the Krishna Haryana drops chargesheet worth Rs.2,568 crore at the opening women SHG trainers are to be pro- Sahgal returns her Sahitya Akademi between Vijayawada and Guntur. against senior IAS officer Ashok of the first Global Investors Meet vided cellphones. award in protest against the killing Oct. 23: The Sahitya Akademi , Khemka. 2015, in Chennai. Sept. 29: The government flags of writer M.M. Kalburgi and ratio- passes resolution condemning the Nov. 4: The collegium system is The Gandhi Peace Prize is be- off its Green Highways (Plantation, nalist Govind Pansare. killing of Kannada writer M. M. Kal- back and the CJI H. L. Dattu suggests stowed on the ISRO and accepted by Transplantation and Maintenance) Oct. 8: The Bombay High Court burgi, at an emergency meeting in the name of Justice Tirath Singh its Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar from Policy 2015 at a function in New sets aside a tax demand of Rs. 3,700 New Delhi. Thakur to be his successor. President Pranab Mukherjee, at the Delhi. crore imposed on Vodafone India by Oct. 25: The Hindu group launch- A special court in Mumbai frames Rashtrapati Bhavan. Sept. 30: A special court in Mum- the IT authorities. es the Sportstar digital edition in charges against Sayed Zabiuddin An- Sept. 12: At least 89 people are bai awards death sentence to five and Oct. 9: Noted writer Shashi Desh- Chennai. alias Abu Jundal in the Novem- killed and over 100 injured after an lifer to seven persons for the July 11, pande quits the Sahitya Akademi Oct. 26: Geeta, a differently abled ber 26, 2008 serial terror strikes in explosion in Petlawad town of Jha- 2006 serial train blasts. Council. woman who had wandered across Mumbai. bua district, Madhya Pradesh. For the first time in the history of Oct. 10: Poet K. Satchidanandan the India-Pakistan border in 2002 The Registrar of Societies in Tamil Sept. 16: Majed Hassan Ashoor, Indian judiciary, the Madras High and feminist writer Sara Joseph, and looked after by the Edhi Foun- Nadu cancels the registration of the Saudi Arabian diplomat accused Court allows live telecast of con- both from Kerala quit Sahitya Aka- dation in Karachi arrives in New Greenpeace India as a society. of sexual assault on two Nepali tempt proceedings against two Mad- demi and return awards. Delhi. Nov. 5: The Supreme Court maids leaves India. urai advocates for their activities The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet de- A massive earthquake rocks north throws open the collegium system to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister against the compulsory helmet rule. cides to rename Rajahmundry as India. Jammu and Kashmir badly public scrutiny. Chandrababu Naidu completes the Rajamahendravaram. hit. A 19-year-old is raped in a moving rivers Godavari-Krishna link as part Oct. 12: Fiftyseven per cent vot- Navy opens its doors to women bus in Bengaluru. of the Pattiseema project in West ing is recorded in phase I of Bihar pilots, who for the time being will be Godavari district. Assembly polls. shore-based. The RBI grants ‘in principle’ ap- Oct. 14: The government to begin The Maharashtra Government proval for 10 firms to set up small declassification of Netaji Subhas withdraws circular on sedition. finance banks. Chandra Bose files from January 23, Oct. 27: The Gujarat High Court Sept. 17: The Supreme Court 2016. upholds sedition charge against Pa- stays the operation of a new pan- Kerala plantation labour call off tel agitation leader Hardik Patel. chayat law in Haryana laying down stir. Oct. 28: Documentary film-mak- minimum educational qualifications Oct. 15: The Supreme Court stays er Anand Patwardhan returns his to contest local bodies polls. ban on the operation of dance bars in national award along with nine oth- Sept. 18: The West Bengal Gov- Mumbai. ers in solidarity with the FTTI stu- ernment declassifies 64 files relating The Government cannot insist on dents who end their 139-day strike. to Subhas Chandra Bose. production of Aadhar card, rules the Facebook’s Free Basics and Zero Sept. 19: The detention of Hardik Supreme Court. Rating did not violate Net neutrality, Patel, leader of the Patidar Andolan Oct. 16: The Supreme Court re- says CEO Mark Zuckerburg in a Samithi by the Surat police triggers Astrosat all set for launch in jects the National Judicial Appoint- town hall-style event on the IIT, Del- violence. Gujarat government sus- Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. ments Commission (NJAC) Act and hi campus. Geeta. 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Prime Minister Narendra Modi The Supreme Court opens the tences to death seven accused in the unveils the Gold Monetisation door for Navy woman officers re- gangrape-cum-murder of a Nepali Scheme, Sovereign Gold Bond leased from service after September woman in February 2015. Scheme and Gold Coin and Bullion 26, 2008 to return to the force. Dec. 22: The Rajya Sabha clears Scheme, at a function in New Delhi. Music maestro Ilayaraja is confer- the Juvenile Justice (Care and Pro- Nov. 6: Underworld don Chhota red with the Centenary Award at the tection of Children) Bill. Rajan is arrested after being brought 46th IFFI inaugural in Panaji, Goa. Artist Chintan Upadyay is arrest- to New Delhi from Indonesia. Nov. 21: The Wednesday Child ed for the murder of his wife Hema Nov. 7: Prime Minister Narendra from Hungary and Ella from Col- and her lawyer Harish Bhambhani. Modi announces an economic pack- ombia are given the best film and Dec. 23: The BJP suspends Darb- age of Rs. 80,000 crore for J&K at a director awards at the 21st Kolkata hanga MP Kirti Azad for levelling function in Srinagar. International Film Festival. corruption charges in DDCA affairs. The Union Government notifies Nov. 23: The Centre sanctions The UP police file chargesheet the one rank one pension scheme, Rs. 939.63 crore as immediate flood against 15 in the Dadri lynching case. but ex-servicemen reject it. relief to Tamil Nadu. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay Nov. 8: The Nitish Kumar-Lalu Nov. 26: Parliament holds a dis- High Court cancels the bail of DU Prasad duo leads the Grand Alliance cussion to commemorate the Con- professor G.N. Saibaba held in May to a historic, two-thirds majority in stitution and its framer Dr. B.R. for alleged Maoist links. the Bihar Assembly polls. Ambedkar. Dec. 24: The Delhi Chief Minister Nov. 9: Nov. 27: Chennai residents carrying children as they wade through Heavy rain lashes the The Hindu launches its floodwaters. Arvind Kejriwal unveils the blue- coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, with Mumbai Edition. print for the odd-even car rollout Neyveli receiving 45 cm within a few Nov. 29: Two espionage rackets from January 1. hours. Parts of Puducherry, Chennai with links to Pakistan’s ISI are bust- Dec. 9: The Hindu launches India Dec. 15: A CBI raid on the secre- The ULFA general secretary Anup too hit. Cuddalore gets 266 mm in ed in Jammu and Kolkata, and five for Chennai (# India for Chennai), a tariat of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Chetia is freed from the Guwahati two days. persons are held. national editorial campaign to col- Kejriwal triggers a political storm. Central Jail following grant of bail. Nestle India resumes sale of Mag- Nov. 30: Chennai records 1049.3 lect funds to help the rain-hit. Sangita Kalanidhi M.S. Subbu- Dec. 26: In the first verdict in the gi noodles. mm rainfall, missing the 1088.4 mm Dec. 10: The Bombay High Court lakshmi Award is conferred on Car- M.P. Vyapam scam cases, two per- Nov. 10: Kerala Finance Minis- registered in November 1918. acquits actor Salman Khan of all natic vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyan sons are awarded three years RI by a ter, K.M. Mani resigns over the bar Adventure drama Embrace of the charges in the September 28, 2002 at the Music Academy in Chennai. court in Indore. bribery allegations. Serpent bags the Golden Peacock for hit-and-run and drunk-and-drive Dec. 16: Appointment of priests Dec. 28: Meat recovered from The Centre announces ‘Big Bang’ Best film at the IFFI 2015 in Goa. case in which one person died out- in Tamil Nadu temples as per Aga- Dadri lynching victim Mohammad FDI reforms, easing norms across 15 side the American Express Bakery in mas not a violation of the right to Akhlaq’s house mutton not beef, says sectors, including defence, banking. DECEMBER Bandra. equality, rules the Supreme Court. probe report. Nov. 16: Tamil Nadu Chief Minis- Dec. 1: Chennai registers a record The Supreme Court upholds the The Supreme Court bans registra- Amitabh Kant is NITI Aayog CEO. ter, Jayalalithaa announces Rs. 500 29.4 cm rain and Tambaram 49 cm. Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amend- tion of luxury diesel vehicles in the An IAF man is dismissed after be- crore for relief and rehabilitation in Dec. 2: The seven life-term con- ment) Act, 2015 which mandated National Capital Region of Delhi up ing held on espionage charge by the the wake of the rain havoc in the victs in the Rajiv Gandhi assassina- that only those having “minimum’’ to March 31, 2016. Delhi Crime Branch Police. State. People in many marooned lo- tion case merit no hope of freedom, educational qualifications were eli- The ISRO launches six Dec. 29: The Supreme Court up- calities in Chennai are airlifted and holds the Supreme Court. gible to contest panchayat polls. satellites from Sriharikota in Andhra holds the liquor policy in Kerala. ferried by boats. Dec. 3: Prime Minister, Narendra A special court in Mumbai grants Pradesh. Eminent Gujarati writer Raghu- The CISF takes over security in Modi undertakes an aerial survey of pardon to LeT operative David Cole- The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet de- veer Chaudhary is chosen for the Madras High Court. the rain-hit areas of Chennai and man Headley and accepts his pro- cides to appoint a judicial commis- Jnanpith Award for 2015. Nov. 17: Chittoor Mayor Katari announces an additional Rs. 1,000- posal to turn approver in the sion to probe ‘call money sex racket.’ Dec. 30: India successfully test- Anuradha and her husband Katari crore package. November 26, 2008 terror attacks. Dec. 17: Tamil writer A. Madha- fires Barak NG, a surface-to-air mis- Mohan both belonging to the TDP Dec. 4: Eighteen patients are The Centre announces the Tamil van is chosen for the 2015 Sahitya sile system from INS Kolkata on the are killed in an attack at the killed between Dec. 2 and 3 at the Nadu floods to be a ‘Calamity of Se- Akademi award for his collected western seaboard. chamber. MIOT International in Manapak- vere Nature’. Toll put at 347. prose writings Ilakkiya Chuvadukal. Dec. 31: Over 200 Delhi officials Nov. 18: President Pranab Muk- kam, Chennai following power fail- Dec. 11: film Ottal BJP and rebel Congress MPs ‘vote go on leave opposing the suspension herjee appoints Supreme Court ure after the hospital is flooded (The Trap) wins four top awards at out’ Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minis- a day earlier of two colleagues held Judge Justice C.P. Thakur as the owing to the Adyar river breaching the IFFK. ter Nabam Tuki and elect Kalikho void by the Centre. 43rd CJI with effect from Dec. 3. its banks. Three persons are sentenced to 10 Pul. The Guwahati High Court stays Music maestro Ilayaraja is chosen A Mumbai special court allows years RI in the February 5, 2012 Park all decisions. for Kerala Tourism’s Nishagandhi plea to make Pakistan-born Amer- Street gangrape case in Kolkata. The Union Cabinet gives nod for Puraskaram 2016. ican terror operative David Coleman Dec. 12: India and an- Rs. 40,000-crore defence deal. Headley, an accused in the Novem- nounce a series of military and stra- Dec. 18: Mumbai’s Marine Drive, ber 26, 2008 attacks. tegic agreements. completes 100 years. Nov. 19: The CBI arrests former The bodies of noted artist Hema Former Defence Secretary R.K. TV network owner Peter Mukherjea Upadhyay and her lawyer Harish Mathur is named new Chief Infor- in the Sheena Bora murder case. Bhambhani are found in a sewage mation Commissioner. The first batch of 62 persons resid- drain in Kandivali, Mumbai. Dec. 19: A Delhi court grants con- ing in Bangladesh enclaves arrives in Dec. 13: Actor Dileep Kumar is ditional bail to Congress president West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district. presented the Padma Vibhushan Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Ra- Nov. 20: Nitish Kumar is sworn award by Home Minister, Rajnath hul Gandhi in the National Herald in Bihar Chief Minister for the fifth Singh at his home in Bandra, case. time. Mumbai. Dec. 20: The youngest convict in The Madras High Court stays for Dec. 14: Justice L. Narasimha the December 16, 2012 Delhi gan- four weeks the Tamil Nadu Govern- Reddy is appointed the one-man ju- grape is released and moved to the ment’s order cancelling the registra- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish dicial commission to look into OROP care and protection of an NGO. tion of Greenpeace India. Kumar. implementation. Dec. 21: A court in Rohtak sen- Tamil writer A. Madhavan. 8 DIARY OF EVENTS 2015 THE HINDU THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016

coffins of slain police personnel Birdman bags Oscars for Best Pic- INTERNATIONAL Franck Brinsolaro, Ahmed Merabet ture, Best Director, Best Original and Clarissa Jean-Philippe, at the Screenplay at the 87th Academy JANUARY Paris police headquarters. Awards in Hollywood, California. Jan. 14: Charlie Hebdo makes a Eddie Redmayne gets Best Actor Jan. 3: IS militants burn alive defiant return with the “survivors award (The Theory of Everything). Jordanian pilot Maaz-al-Kassasbeh issue” with the print order going up Julianne Moore bags Best Actress captured on December 24, 2014 after to 5 million. honours for role in Still Alice. Wes his F-16 set crashed while on a mis- Pope Francis canonises 17th centu- Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Ho- sion over northern Syria. ry priest Joseph Vaz — Sri Lanka’s tel wins four awards on its nine nom- Jan. 5: The euro sinks to a nine- first Saint — at a ceremony near Col- inations. year low. ombo’s seafront. Former Maldives President Mo- Jan. 7: Two masked Islamist gun- Jan. 15: Switzerland uncouples hammed Nasheed is arrested in Male men attack the headquarters of the the Swiss franc from the euro. under anti-terrorism laws for alleg- satirical French weekly magazine Jan. 20: Shia militia fighters Firefighters carry an injured person on a stretcher in front of the edly ordering the arrest of a senior Charlie Hebdo in Paris over its lam- seize the presidential palace in the offices of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. judge in 2012 that triggered violence. pooning of Prophet Mohamed leav- Yemeni capital Sana'a. Feb. 23: Eurozone approves ing 12 persons, including Stephane Jan. 21: Sri Lanka exonerates for- clares the 239 passengers and crew five trophies. Greek reforms plan. Charbonnier, Editor-in-Chief and mer army Chief Sarath Fonseka of all of missing flight MH370 ‘presumed Musician Ricky Kej and activist staff cartoonists dead. charges, and restores his rank and dead’. Neela Vaswani win honours for their Jan. 8: Presidential polls largely medals. Bangladesh’s Parliament passes a work in album Winds of Samsara and peaceful in Sri Lanka with an 81.52 Jan. 22: Yemen President Abed historic proposal to recognise rape the documentary on Malala Yousaf- per cent turnout. Rabbo Mansour Hadi resigns. victims of the 1971 Liberation War as zai at the 57th Annual Grammy Jan. 9: Elite French police storm Jan. 23: Saudi Arabia’s King Ab- freedom fighters. Awards in Los Angeles. The Stay a printing firm in Paris and kill Che- dullah (90), dies in Riyadh. His half- Jan. 30: K. Sripavan, a Tamil With Me fame singer Sam Smith rif and Said Kouachi, the two broth- brother Salman succeeds to the Judge is appointed Sri Lanka Chief scoops four Grammy Awards. ers wanted for the Charlie Hebdo throne. Justice. Feb. 9: Nobel Laureate Amartya attack. An accomplice, Amedy Couli- Thailand’s Parliament votes to Jan. 31: Sergio Mattarella, a Sici- Sen is chosen for the inaugural Char- baly who had held people hostage at impeach the former Prime Minister lian Judge is elected Italy’s new leston-EFG John Maynard Keynes a Jewish grocery shop too killed Yingluck Shinawatra. President. Prize. along with four civilians. Jan. 24: Haruna Yukawa, one of The IS releases video depicting Feb. 10: Three Muslim students Maithripala Sirisena is sworn in two Japanese being held hostage by the beheading of Japanese journalist from one family are shot dead by Sri Lanka’s sixth executive President the IS is beheaded. Kenji Goto. Craig Stephen Hicks, a self-de- at the Independence Square in Col- Jan. 25: Greeks cast ballots in scribed atheist in Chapel Hill, North ombo. UNP leader Ranil Wickramas- parliamentary polls. FEBRUARY Carolina. inghe is sworn in as Prime Minister. Colombia’s Paulina Vega is Feb. 1: Egypt deports Al-Jazeera Feb. 11: More than 300 migrants Charlie Hebdo staff start work on crowned Miss Universe 2014 in English reporter Peter Greste to are feared drowned in the Mediter- a new issue in premises loaned by Florida. after holding him for more ranean after their overcrowded "Birdman" Director Alejandro Jan. 26: the newspaper Liberation. Greet left-wing leader than 400 days on charges of backing dinghies sink. Inarritu poses with the Oscars Jan. 10: More than 200,000 peo- Alexis Tsipras is sworn in Prime the Muslim Brotherhood. Feb. 12: Ukraine and pro-Mos- ple pour onto the streets across Minister heading a coalition govern- Feb. 2: Moscow, Beijing back In- cow rebels announce ceasefire after for Best Director, Best Original France in silent marches, paying ment, after anti-austerity Syriza par- dia’s entry into APEC. New Delhi a summit in the Belarussian capital Screenplay and Best Picture at tribute to the 17 victims of the three- ty storms to victory in snap polls. endorses the launch of the Free Minsk. the 87th Academy Awards. day Islamist killing spree. Jan. 27: Greece names radical Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, at the Danish photographer Mads Nis- The mangled tail of an AirAsia left-wing economist Yanis Varoufa- RIC trilateral in Beijing. sen’s picture of a gay couple “Jon and Feb. 25: French magazine Char- plane that crashed on December 28, kis Finance Minister. Feb. 3: British Parliament votes Alex” wins the World Press Photo lie Hebdo returns to the news stand. 2014 with 162 on board is lifted out Jan. 28: Sri Lanka’s former Chief to allow the creation of babies with award. Feb. 26: “Jihadi John”, the of the Java Sea. Justice Shirani Bandaranayake im- DNA from three people. Two Al-Jazeera journalists, Mo- masked IS militant responsible for Jan. 11: Hundreds of thousands peached in 2013 is reinstated. Feb. 4: Jordan executes Sajida al- hamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed the beheading of Western hostages is of people and over 40 world leaders Jan. 29: formally de- Rishawi, a woman would-be suicide are freed from an Egyptian jail after identified as Kuwait-born London march through Paris in a show of bomber and Al-Qaeda member Ziad more than 400 days. computer programmer Mohammed solidarity after terrorist attacks. al-Karboli in response to the burn- Feb. 14: A documentary filmmak- Emwazi. Nearly four million take out a march ing alive of fighter pilot Maaz al-Kas- er Finn Norgaard is killed after a Suspected radical Islamists hack across the country. sasbeh by IS militants on Jan. 3. gunman fires on a café in the Danish to death popular Bangladesh writer The editorial office of Hamburger Feb. 6: Houthi rebels take over capital Copenhagen as it hosted a and novelist Avijit Roy and seriously Morgenpost German tabloid that re- Yemen and dissolve Parliament. free speech event organised by injure his wife Rafida Ahmed Banna printed cartoons from Charlie Heb- Kayla-Jean Mueller, an American Swedish artist Lars Vilks who drew in Dhaka. do is firebombed. aid worker held hostage by the IS is cartoons caricaturing Prophet Mo- Feb. 27: Russian opposition lead- Boyhood filmed over 12 years bags killed in an airstrike in Syria. hamed. er Boris Nemstov is gunned down top honours at the 72nd Golden Globe An Indian, Sureshbhai Patel, is left Iranian dissident director Jafar near the Kremlin in a drive-by Awards. Michael Keaton (Birdman) partially paralysed following police Panahi’s Taxi bags the Golden Bear killing. gets Best Actor award and Amy action in the suburb of Huntsville, in at the 65th Berlinale International Adams (Big Eyes) Best Actress Madison, Alabama, the U.S. Film Festival. Best acting honours MARCH award. The Grand Budapest Hotel Feb. 8: Coming-of-age drama goes to Charlotte Rampling and Tom March 4: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev bags Best film (musical or comedy). Boyhood bags the best film, best di- Courtenay for Andrew Haigh’s 45 goes on trial in the April 15, 2013 Jan. 13: “France will never break, rector for Richard Linklater and best Years. The Grand Jury Silver Bear is Boston Marathon bombing case. will never yield, never bend,” says supporting actress for Patricia Ar- bagged by Pablo Larrain’s The Club. March 5: NASA scientists unveil President Francois Hollande as he Sri Lanka's newly-elected quette at the BAFTA 2015. The Feb. 22: Mexican director Alejan- evidence of the existence of a mas- lays the Legion d’honneur on the President Maithripala Sirisena. Grand Budapest Hotel takes home dro Gonzalez Inarritu’s dark comedy sive ancient ocean that covered mosque inSaada. meni capitalSana’aandanother bombings attwomosquesintheYe- killed and351woundedinsuicide Lubitz. French Alpsbyitsco-pilotAndreas crashed intoaremoteareaofthe from Barcelonaarekilledafteritis of LufthansaenroutetoDusseldorf board aGermanwingsAirbusA320 Minister. third straighttermasPrime victory inIsraelipolls,securinga Tunisia capitalTunis. Museum adjoiningParliamentinthe two gunmenontheBardoNational Tunisian arekilledinanattackby including 17foreigntouristsanda President MaithripalaSirisena. ferred theFieldMarshaltitleby military chiefSarathFonsekaiscon- Nimrud, Iraq. cient Assyrianarchaeologicalsiteof of Mars. nearly halfthenorthernhemisphere THE HINDU behaviour beforetheenemy”after five yearswith“desertion”and“mis- after beinginTalibancaptivityfor Army SergeantBoweBergdahlfreed ing acopyoftheKoran. by amobinKabulforallegedlyburn- woman islynchedtodeathandburnt gapore GeneralHospital. Minister ofSingaporediesattheSin- the foundingfatherandfirstPrime ince, Argentina. rugged mountainsofLaRiojaprov- ped” smashintoeachotherinthe filming thesurvivalseries“Drop- 10 personskilledwhentwocopters Olympic boxerAlexisVastineamong list swimmerCamilleMuffatand rence Arthaud,Olympicgoldmedal- ney fromAbuDhabi. aircraft takesoffonitsglobaljour- Governor SalmanTaseerin2011. bodyguard whoshotdeadPunjab for MumtazQadri,aformerpolice Court upholdsthedeathsentence Act. convicted undertheAnti-Terrorism tenced to13yearsinjailafterbeing President MohamedNasheedissen- tion pact. announce anewsecuritycoopera- Benjamin Netanyahusweepsto March 25: March 24: March 23: March 22: March 20: March 19: March 18: March 13: March 11: March 9: The IslamicStatedestroysthean France’s championsailorFlo- Solar Impulse,world’sfirstsolar Farkhunda, anAfghan The Pentagoncharges At least142peopleare The IslamabadHigh India andMauritius Twentyone persons, Lee KuanYew(91), Former SriLankan All 150peopleon Former Maldives HRDY AUR 4 2016 14, JANUARY THURSDAY, leaves byboatandreachesRiyadh. dent AbedRabboMansourHadi- Shia HuthirebelsinYemen.Presi- killed afterSaudiwarplanesbomb University CollegeinKenya. Islamic groupattacktheGarissa ter fourgunmenofSomalia’sShebab Switzerland. negotiations inLausanne, accord aftermorethanadecadeof other worldpowersreachnuclear istan inJune2009. he abandonedhispostinAfghan- sets freeZaki-ur-RehmanLakhvi, colleague. Kenya isbeingcomfortedbya campus inGarissa,northern Islamist gunmenonauniversity A survivorofanattackby in TheHague. a ceremonyattheICCheadquarters the InternationalCriminalCourtat South America. the AndesmountainrangesinChile, Indian mountaineerisfounddeadin two-year shutdownforamajorrefit. the LargeHadronCollideraftera in Madison. shbhai PatelinaFebruary6incident force againstanelderlyIndianSure- Sloan Parkerforusingexcessive former AlabamapoliceofficerEric an experimentalnewtreatment. Leone recoversfullyafterreceiving while workingasanurseinSierra reservist whocontractedEbola wins Nigerianpresidentialpolls. industrial area. hacked todeathinDhaka’sTejgaon Babu, ayoungBangladeshibloggeris At least148studentsarekilledaf- A U.S.Federalgrandjuryindicts March 31: March 30: March 27: March 26: April 9: April 5: April 3: April 2: April 1: Palestine formallyjoins CERN scientistsrestart The LahoreHighCourt Malli MastanBabu,ace The U.S.,Iranandfive Fourteen civiliansare Anna Cross,aBritish APRIL Muhammadu Buhari Washiqur Rahman government’s detentionorder. commander, suspendingthePunjab mastermind andLeToperations the November2008Mumbaiattacks Stephen HarperinToronto. Prime MinistersNarendraModiand Corporation aftertalksbetween katoon, Canada-basedCameco lion nuclearagreementwiththeSas- Awards inLondon. award atthefifthannualAsian standing ContributiontoCinema Shah RukhKhanisawardedOut- A sceneofdevastationinavillageafteranearthquakeNepal. blacklist. rescind” Cuba’sinclusiononthe notifies Congressofhis“intentto shut tohaltthespreadofEbolavirus. than eightmonthsafterclasseswere lion childrenreturntoschoolmore arashtra among17pactssigned. nuclear projectinJaitapurMah- on proceedingforwardthestalled cois HollandeinParis.Agreement talks withFrenchPresidentFran- Prime MinisterNarendraModiafter fighter jetsinflyawaycondition,says jury whilebeingtakeninapolice U.S. aftersufferingafatalspinein- in policecustodyBaltimore,the distress call. guese containershipansweringits nean, aftercollidingwithaPortu- capsizes offLibyaintheMediterra- ed boatsmugglingthemtoEurope feared drownedafteranovercrowd- of genocideandrape. at theDhakaCentralJailoncharges hammad Kamaruzzamanishanged and Jamaat-e-IslamileaderMu- ic one-to-onetalksinPanamaCity. Summit ofAmericasaheadhistor- part RaulCastroaddressalandmark rack ObamaandhisCubancounter- April 15: April 14: April 11: April 10: April 19: April 18: The U.S.PresidentBarackObama A blackyouth,FreddieGray,dies Bangladesh warcrimesconvict India willbuy36Rafale India signsa$350-mil- Sierra Leone’s1.8mil- The USPresidentBa- Up to800peopleare Bolywood Superstar military rally. tion anddozingoffduringaformal anti-aircraft gunforinsubordina- Hyon Yong-Cholisshotdeadusing North KoreanDefenceMinister ending itshistoric11-yearmission. crashes intothesurfaceofMercury 2012. kill MalalaYousafzaiinOctober tences 10personstoliferforbid the RichterscalerattlesNepal. 2015 HeinzAwardWinner. crolivers fordrugtestingnamedthe has developedartificialhumanmi- dian-origin scientistattheMITwho Lamjung district. with theepicentrebeingBarpakin massive earthquakerocksNepal, are killedand17,000injuredasa mony inLondon. the GreatIndianBustard,atacere- for hisworkontheconservationof the WhitleyFundforNatureAward, ogist PramodPatilisconferredwith mark. Mount Fujibreakingthe600-kmph speed recordinatestrunnear maglev trainclocksanewworld adopts the19 vehicle onApril12. years. President andParliamenttobefive term limitforPresident.Termsof Amendment whichrestoresthetwo- break. one foritscoverageoftheEbolaout- wins threePulitzerprizes,including by MayorBilldeBlasio. a judgeinNewYorkcityissworn Indian-born womantobeappointed award forpublicservicejournalism. leston, SouthCarolinawinsthe NASA’s Messengerspacecraft An earthquakemeasuring6.7on April 28: April 27: April 26: April 25: April 21: April 20: April 30: April 29: h otadCourier and Post The Raja Rajeswari,thefirst A courtinPakistansen- Japan’s state-of-theart Sangeeta Bhatia,anIn- Sri LankanParliament At least10,000people The New York Times York New The -based ornithol- th DIARY OFEVENTS Constitutional in Char- Press FreedomprizeinLatvia. presented withUNESCO’sAnnual and rightsactivistMazenDarwishis azine car maglevtrain. Central JapanRailway'sseven- the 59Scottishparliamentaryseats. a devastatingrout. ry inpolls.TheLabourPartysuffers Cameron scoresaresoundingvicto- led byBritishPrimeMinister,David sexual assault. tention orderoverallegationsof der JulianAssangetorevokeade- rejects anappealbyWikiLeaksfoun- al electionsinthenation. of themostclosely-contestedgener- passes theUSAFreedomAct. the stateofPalestine. Karachi’s easternMalirdistrict. storm abuscarryingShiaIsmailisin killed afterpistol-wieldinggunmen agreements. India-ChinaForumof an hourbeforealegaldeadline. Netanyahu formsagovernmentjust of theKabulriver. of awomanFarkhundaonthebanks mary courtfortheMarch19killing 16 yearsinprisonbytheKabulpri- tenced todeathandeightpersons ural HistoryinNewYork. ter, attheAmericanMuseumofNat- Award fromthePENAmericanCen- with theFreedomofExpression assailants. Northeastern Sylhetbyunknown Ananta BijoyDasismurderedin and nearly2,400injured. rocks partsofNepalleaving76dead ia Ebola-free. Scottish NationalPartywins56of The U.S.HouseofRepresentatives The Vaticanofficiallyrecognises Israeli PrimeMinisterBenjamin May 15: May 13: May 12: May 11: May 9: May 8: May 7: May 6: May 5: May 3: Bangladesh blogger-activist Charlie Hebdo Charlie Britons castballotsinone Four Afghanmenaresen- The Frenchsatiricalmag- The WHOdeclaresLiber- Sweden’s SupremeCourt A 7.3magnitudetemblor The ConservativeParty Jailed Syrianjournalist India andChinasign24 At least43personsare MAY 2015 is presented 9

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State Provincial Leaders launched. dential run-off. Barbara, California. Luxembourg Prime Minister Xa- May 25: Bangladesh Cabinet rat- June 25: The U.S. Supreme Court vier Bettel marries his gay partner ifies the protocol on the Land upholds the Affordable Care Act Gauthier Destenay, a Belgian archi- Boundary Agreement with India. (Obamacare law) passed in 2010 pre- tect, becoming the first EU leader to May 27: At least 80 people are serving health insurance for millions enter into a same-sex union. killed in Saudi-led air strikes near of Americans. Boston Marathon bomber Dzhok- Yemen’s border with Saudi Arabia At least 206 civilians are killed as har Tsarnaev is sentenced to death and in the capital Sana’a. the IS rampages through the Kur- by a U.S. jury for the April 15, 2013 May 28: Indian-Americans Va- dish town of Kobane, Syria. attack. nya Shivashankar and Gokul Venka- June 26: At least 38 persons, May 16: India and China sign 21 tachalam are declared co-champions most of them British, are killed and agreements or MoUs estimated at a of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling 36 others wounded after a gunman total of $22 billion, in Shanghai. Bee in National Harbor, Maryland. launches an assault on a hotel in the An Egyptian court sentences de- May 29: The U.S. removes Cuba Tunisian resort town of Sousse. posed Islamist President Mohamed from its blacklist as a state sponsor The seventh Parliament of Sri Morsy and 100 others to death for of terrorism. Lanka is dissolved. their role in a mass jailbreak during May 31: Solar Impulse 2 aircraft The Vatican signs a treaty with the 2011 uprising. piloted by Andre Borschberg leaves Palestine granting it recognition. May 18: India and South Korea Nanjing in China heading for Hawaii June 27: The Greek Prime Minis- sign seven agreements. Agree to up- on its 8,500 km flight. Rescuers paying a silent tribute to victims of the Chinese cruise ter Alexis Tsipras calls a referendum grade their bilateral relationship to a Key provisions of the U.S.A. Patri- ship mishap in Jianli, Hubei province. on austerity demands from foreign “Special Strategic Partnership”. ot Act lapses without renewal by creditors. May 20: Hungarian writer Laszlo Congress. NSA loses authority to tempting to murder Pakistani June 10: African leaders sign the New York Police kill Richard Krasznahorkai is presented the Man conduct bulk telephone data collec- schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai Tripartite Free Trade Area, a 26-na- Matt, one of the two convicts on the Booker International Prize for 2015 tion. are acquitted by court. Two get lifer. tion free trade pact at a summit at run since June 6. at a ceremony at the Victoria and June 6: India and Bangladesh ex- the Red Sea resort town of Sharm The IS Jihadists destroy the fa- Albert Museum in London. JUNE change the instruments of ratifica- el-Sheikh, Egypt. mous limestone statue of the Lion of The Islamic State seizes the an- June 1: Over 442 people are killed tion of the Land Boundary June 13: China launches a freight al-Lat kept outside the museum in cient Syrian city of Palmyra and re- after Eastern Star, a Chinese cruise Agreement in Dhaka. train service between its northeast- Palmyra, Syria. sorts to massacre of a rebellious ship sinks in the Yangtze river in Prime Ministers Narenda Modi, ern city of Harbin and . June 28: Second New York pris- tribe. Hubei province’s Jianli county, after Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Europe’s tiny robot lab Philae hur- on escapee David Sweat is shot at Indian-American genius Tanishq being caught in a storm. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tling through space on the back of a and captured in the town of Con- Abraham (11) graduates with three Mauritius designates Ameenah flag off the Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala comet wakes up after nearly seven stable near the Canadian border. associate degrees from American Gurib-Fakim as President, making and the Dhaka-Shillong-Guwahati months and sends home first June 29: India and 49 other River College in Sacramento, her the first woman to hold the bus services. message. founding members of the Asian In- California. position. Richard Matt and David Sweat, June 14: Talks between Greece frastructure Investment Bank sign May 22: A skull and scalp trans- Solar Impulse 2 is forced to land in both convicted killers escape from and EU-IMF creditors collapse after articles that determine each coun- plant is done on James Boysen, a Nagoya, Japan. the maximum security Clinton Cor- both sides fail to agree on reforms . try’s share and lender’s initial capital software engineer during a 15-hour June 2: Omar Hassan al-Bashir rectional facility in Dannemora June 16: An Egyptian court up- at a ceremony at the Great Hall of the surgery at the Houston Methodist begins new term as Sudan President. town in New York near the Canadian holds death sentence against ousted People, Beijing. Hospital. The U.S. Senate passes and Presi- border. Islamist President Mohamed Morsy Greece shuts down banks plung- May 23: The Republic of Ireland dent Barack Obama signs into law June 7: Saudi Arabia’s Supreme for plotting jailbreaks and attacks on ing the country into a deep crisis. becomes the first country to legalise the NSA surveillance reform. Court upholds a sentence of 10 years police during the 2011 uprising. June 30: Greece defaults on a 1.5 same-sex marriage through vote. June 3: The Large Hadron Collid- in jail and 1,000 lashes against blog- June 17: The Palestinian Unity billion euro ($1.7 billion) IMF loan, The U.S. Senate rejects legislation er at the European Organisation for ger Raif Badawi on charges of in- government resigns. the first by an advanced economy, aimed at reforming NSA intelligence Nuclear Research, Geneva restarts sulting Islam. Nine African-Americans, includ- even as the current European bai- gathering. with nearly doubled energy levels in American rower Sonya Baumstein ing pastor and State Senator Clem- lout expires. U.S. mathematician John F. Nash a key breakthrough. from Orlando, Florida sets out on a enta Pinckney and six women are At least 142 people are feared Jr. (86) known for his theory of non- June 5: Eight of the 10 men re- 6,000-mile journey from Choshi, killed by a gunman Dylann Roof at killed as an Indonesian air force cooperative games and his wife Al- portedly convicted and jailed for at- Tokyo to sail solo across the Pacific the Emanuel African Methodist transport plane crashes in a residen- icia Nash are killed in a car crash in to reach San Francisco. Episcopal Church in Charleston, tial area of Medan on the island of New Jersey. Prime Minister Narendra Modi South Carolina. Sumatra shortly after takeoff and May 24: Iraqi forces recapture receives the Bangaladesh Liberation Scientists announce the discovery explodes. territory near Ramadi. Is fighters War Award on behalf of former of COSMOS Redshift 7, the brightest slaughter 400 people since the cap- Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee in galaxy in the early universe and nick- ture of the Syrian city of Palmyra Dhaka. name it CR7 after Portuguese foot- four days earlier. June 8: Vikas Bahl’s drama baller Cristiano Ronaldo. Jacques Audiard’s immigrant dra- Queen and Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider June 20: Jihadists blow up mau- ma Dheepan wins the Palme d’Or at bag major trophies at the 16th IIFA soleums of two revered Islamic fig- the Cannes Film Festival. Son of Saul awards in Kuala Lumpur. Rajkumar ures in Palmyra. a grim Hungarian holocaust drama Hirani gets the best director award June 22: Nine persons, including by Laszlo Nemes bags the Grand for PK. Deepika Padukone honoured a suicide bomber and five gunmen Prix. French actor Vincent Lindon with the woman of the year award. are killed and 31 injured after securi- bags the best actor award for role in Vanya Shivashankar and Gokul Turkish President Recep Tayyip ty forces foil an attempt by Taliban The Measure of a Man. Best actress Erdogan’s Justice and Development Militants to storm the Afghan award is shared by Rooney Mara Venkatachalam, hold aloft the Party loses absolute majority in Par- Parliament. (Carol) and Emmanuelle Bercot trophy after winning the 2015 liament for the first time in 13 years. James Horner (61), music com- A prayer service, in memory of (Mon Roi). Scripps National Spelling Bee in Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic poser for hit movies like Titanic and the church shooting victims, in Andrzej Duda wins Polish presi- National Harbor, Maryland. Party in Parliament for first time. Avatar dies in a plane crash in Santa Charleston, South Carolina. ND-X Prize ataceremonyinWashington. is namedwinneroftheWorldFood matic ties. toric dealtore-establishfulldiplo- apartment inCairo. eight othersduringaraidonan hood leaderNasseral-Houfiand Police killseniorMuslimBrother- jihadists inEgypt’sSinaipeninsula. killed inawaveofattacksbytheIS novel decade-long journeytoexploreit. whizzes pastPlutointheclimaxofa arms embargotostayforfiveyears. Vienna. Sanctionstobelifted.U.N. Iran onday18ofmarathontalksin reach ahistoricnucleardealwith passes controversialsecuritybills bridge loan. gramme. Eurozoneokays€7billion gives nodforatoughbailoutpro- Rights CouncilinGeneva. against IsraelattheUNHuman ing’s summitinUfa,Russia. tion Organisationduringthegroup- included intheShanghaiCoopera- sacre asgenocide. tion recognisingtheSrebrenicamas- militants in2014. of over1,700soldierscapturedbyIS to death24personsoverthekilling THE HINDU approach toterrorism. Ufa, Russiadisapprovesofaselective Brussels. after 17hoursofovernighttalksin year bailoutdealwiththeEurozone water Horizon. lowing theexplosionofrigDeep- 10, 2010GulfofMexicoOilspillfol- U.S. forthedamageduetoApril a $18.7billionsettlementwiththe tructure InvestmentBank. billion Beijing-backedAsianInfras- Minister JinLiquntoheadthe$100- resigns. nance MinisterYanisVaroufakis stant hitamongreaders. referendum. ingly ‘No’inahistoricbailout Bangladesh’s SirFazleHasanAbid The U.S.andCubaagreeonahis- U.S. authorHarperLee’ssecond The NewHorizonsspacecraft Japan’s lowerhouseofParliament July 16: July 14: July 13: July 10: July 9: July 8: July 6: July 5: July 3: July 2: July 1: Russia vetoesadraftUNresolu- China nominatesformerFinance Go Set A Watchman A Set Go British Petroleumreaches India abstainsfromavote An Iraqicourtsentences Greeks voteoverwhelm- At least70personsare Greece’s outspokenFi- The BRICSSummitin Six majorglobalpowers Greece reachesathree- India andPakistanare The GreekParliament JULY HRDY AUR 4 2016 14, JANUARY THURSDAY, , anin- Richards. Championships winnerNigel Francophone ScrabbleWorld upholds deathpenaltyforsenior “mysterious circumstances”. 2013 inaKarachihospitalunder Taliban chiefMullahAmardiedin for 2015. chosen forRamonMagsaysayaward vedi andAnshuGuptaamongfive Bank inShanghai,China. mally openstheNewDevelopment grand juryonhatecrimecharges. ton, SouthCarolinaisindictedbya in thechurchshootingsCharles- Diyala Province. ket inKhanBeniSaadtownIraq’s the IslamicStateonacrowdedmar- killed and170injuredinanattackby in Athens. and creditorsonathirdbailoutbegin birth anniversary. the formerSouthAfricanPresident’s Nelson MandelaInternationalDay, though hecannotspeakanyFrench. World ChampionshipsinBelgium, wins theFrancophoneScrabble telligent lifeintheuniverse. ject, thebiggest-eversearchforin- million BreakthroughListenpro- Hawking launchesthe10-year$100- shutdown. and banksreopenafterathree-week es thehistoricIrannucleardeal. Washington. at ahistoricceremonyin sume diplomatictiesafter54years, II. abroad forthefirsttimesinceWW that willenabletroopsfighting The BangladeshSupremeCourt Afghan intelligenceclaimsthat July 20: July 18: July 17: July 29: July 27: July 22: July 21: Nigel Richards,aNewZealander British cosmologistStephen Greece beginspaymenttoECB The U.N.SecurityCouncilendors- The BRICSgroupingfor- Dylan Roof,lonesuspect India’s SanjeevChatur- At least115peopleare The U.S.andCubare- Talks betweenGreece The worldcelebrates cer ofGoogle. Pichai isnamedchiefexecutiveoffi- 1971 liberationwar. Chowdhary forcrimesduringthe BNP leaderSalauddinQuader decades. the largestsuchmoveintwo known asrenminbi,by1.9percent, euro bailoutagreementinAthens. tional lendersreachamulti-billion injured. 2012 assaultthatleft12deadand70 Holmes issentencedtoliferforthe a governmentcomplex. in amassivetruckbombattacknear Fifteen othersdieand240wounded gates ofapoliceacademyinKabul. a suicidebomberstrikesoutsidethe to deathathishomeinDhaka. ger NiloyChatterjeeNeelishacked Syria. Rubble atthelocationofBaalShamintempleinPalymra, bombing atamarketintheIraqi killed and212woundedinatruck zens after68yearsofstatelessness. 7,110 acresbecomeBangladeshiciti- former Indianenclavesmeasuring Tianjin. New AreaintheChinesePortcityof explosions atawarehouseinBinhai killed and720injuredinmassive MH370 thatcrashed17monthsago. found inReunionIslandisfrom Razak confirmsthatplanedebris grants capsizesoffLibya. ed fishingboatcarrying600mi- feared drownedafteranovercrowd- leader tosucceedMullahOmar. Mullah AkhtarMansoorchosennew peace talkswiththeGovernment. Aug. 7: Aug. 5: Aug. 1: July 30: Aug. 13: Aug. 12: Aug. 11: Aug. 10: China devaluestheyuan,also Colorado theatreshooterJames At least27recruitsarekilledafter Malaysian PrimeMinisterNajib Over 37,000peopleof111 Bangladeshi secularblog- At least121personsare Greece anditsinterna- Afghan Talibanpullsoff At least76peopleare Over 200peopleare Chennai-born Sundar AUGUST bailout programme. Cuba forthefirsttimein54years the AmericanFlagatembassyin an addressinTokyomarking70 over hiscountry’swartimeactionsin hito expressesrare“deepremorse” Macedonia. baton-wielding officerstoreach bya coast.Over2,000migrantsbrave cue arecord4,400migrantsoffLi- state. in Nigeria’sNorthEasternYobe gunmen whoraidedaremotevillage or areshotdeadfleeingBokoHaram capital Baghdad’sSadrCity. central Homsprovince. headed bytheISmilitantsin chief archaeologistofPalmyraisbe- polls. party inSriLanka’sparliamentary Party emergesasthesinglelargest for thefourthtime,inColombo. sworn inPrimeMinisterofSriLanka leader RanilWickremesingheis bailout. HugedebtpaidtotheECB. ty membersbreakranksoverthe snap polls,afterhisleftistSyrizapar- Alexis Tsiprasresignsandcallsfor elections. Sri Lanka’seighthparliamentary strategic partnership. vate theirtiestoacomprehensive approves athirdbailoutforGreece. der onAug.15,1945. anniversary ofWorldWarIIsurren- Douma. gime ontherebel-heldtownof string of10strikesbytheSyrianre- killed andatleast200injuredina Greek Parliamentapprovesanew Up to150peopledrowninariver Aug. 18: Aug. 17: Aug. 16: Aug. 15: Aug. 14: Aug. 22: Aug. 21: Aug. 20: Aug. 19: Khaled al-Asaad(82),aretired Seventy percentvotespolledin .Japanese EmperorAki- India andtheUAEele- The U.S.Marinesraise Italy’s coastguardres- United NationalParty Greek PrimeMinister, Germany’s Parliament Over 100peopleare The UnitedNational DIARY OFEVENTS th video onsocialmedia. interview byagunmanwhopoststhe are shotdeadinVirginiaduringalive porter andcameramanAdamWard Google CEOSundarPichai. for allegedterrorlinksisre-arrested. handed downa13-yearprisonterm Mohammed Nasheedwhohasbeen Syria. Baal ShamintempleinPalmyra, tack byhardliners. after itwasclosedfollowinganat- sy inIrancapitalTehranfouryears dead. 200 peopleintwoboatsarefeared gees sinksoffthecoastofLibya.Over a shipcarryingmigrantsandrefu- tria-Hungary border. doned onamotorwayneartheAus- found deadinatruckaban- of oilgiantAramco. dential complexhousingemployees bia afterafirebreaksoutatresi- killed and219injuredinSaudiAra- rageous andEthicalJournalism. 2015 PeterMacklerAwardforCou- nalist isnamedtherecipientof a retrial. operating withoutapresslicense,in ists tothreeyearsinprisonfor tences threeAlJazeeraTVjournal- across Asia,EuropeandtheU.S. es inequityandcommoditymarkets Shanghai Compositetriggerscrash- the marinescase. and Italytomaintainstatusquoin Hamburg, GermanyordersIndia U.N.-mandated courtlocatedin charges. regime prisoncolonyonterror filmmaker to20yearsinastrict- sentences OlegSentsov,aUkrainian The formerMaldivianPresident, The ISmilitantsblowupthe17AD At least105peoplearekilledafter Aug. 30: Aug. 29: Aug. 27: Aug. 26: Aug. 25: Aug. 24: Aug. 23: An 8.5percentslumpinChina’s Zaina Erhaim,aSyria-basedjour- A Russianmilitarycourt Britain reopensEmbas- An Egyptiancourtsen- Alison Parker,aTVre- ITLOS, the21-member At least11personsare Up to71migrantsare 2015 11

ND-X A Brief Prime Minister, in th A 7.5 magnitude quake Argentina, Poland, Tan- Iranian Parliament pas- The Maldives Vice-Pres- At least 128 people killed Liberal Party leader Jus- K.P. Sharma Oli is sworn Session in Dubrovnik, Session in Sweden’s Tomas Lindahl, Sweden’s Tomas Svetlana Alexivich, a Bela- Svetlana Alexivich, a Tunisian coalition Nation- nd Hoesung Lee of South Korea is of South Korea Hoesung Lee Comedian and political neophyte Fugitive don Rajendra Sadashiv Oct. 7: Oct. 8: Oct. 9: Oct. 10: Oct. 12: Oct. 13: Oct. 19: Oct. 24: Oct. 25: Oct. 26: Professor Angus Deaton, a British Jamaican writer Marlon James is elected as head of the Inter-govern- elected as at on Climate Change mental Panel its 42 al Dialogue Quartet wins the 2015 al Dialogue Quartet Nobel Peace Prize . jolts Pakistan and Afghanistan leav- ing 390 people dead. Jimmy Morales is elected Guatema- la President. zania, Guatemala, Haiti and Ivory Coast hold polls. Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan, is arrest- ed soon after his arrival at the Den- pasar airport at Bali in Indonesia. tin Trudeau wins the Canadian par- liamentary polls. Croatia. Kathmandu. economist is awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Science. ident Ahmed Adheeb Abdul Ghafoor is arrested on charge of “high treason”. ses a bill supporting the nuclear deal with world powers. named winner of the Man Booker Prize for 2015 for his novel American Paul Modrich and Turk- American Paul Modrich are awarded ish-born Aziz Sancar the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Nepalese people celebrating the adoption of the Constitution. in as Nepal’s 38 History of Seven Killings. rusian journalist and prose writer rusian journalist and in Literature. wins the Nobel Prize and 186 wounded after two suicide and 186 wounded after of pro-Kur- bombers strike at a rally outside the dish and labour activists railway station in Ankara, Turkey. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 THE HINDU THE Russia launches air OCTOBER At least 22 persons are Tu Youyou of China, Ja- At least nine persons are Takaaki Kajita of the Uni- The IS blows up the iconic Inuit and Arctic activist Sheila A Japanese citizen Hoshi Kunio is Oct. 3: Oct. 4: Oct. 5: Oct. 6: Sept. 30: Oct. 1: Scientists find evidence of salt wa- India and the U.S. ink a $ 3 billion Cesare Tavella, an Italian aid strikes in Syria after the Duma gives nod for use of force abroad. versity of Tokyo and Arthur B. McDonald of Queen's University, Canada are awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physics. killed and 10 injured after a shooter Chris Harper Mercer shot dead later, after a gun battle with police, goes on the rampage at the Umpqua Com- munity College in Roseburg, Oregon, the U.S. Watt-Cloutier of Canada wins the 2015 Right Livelihood Award. She shares the prize with Ugandan activ- ist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera and Italian doctor Gino Strada. killed and 37 injured after an air strike by the U.S. hits a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in the Afghan city of Kunduz. shot dead in Kaunia town in Bangla- desh’s Rangpur district. Arch of Triumph situated at the en- trance to Palmyra’s historic colon- naded street. hundreds of prisoners. ter in liquid form on Mars. defence deal. worker is shot dead in Bangladesh capital Dhaka’s diplomatic quarter. pan’s Satoshi Omura and Irish-born William Campbell are jointly award- ed the Nobel Prize in Medicine. makes history Technology giants an- The very goal of a sus- At least 769 people, in- The Taliban seizes Kun- : Egypt pardons two Al- : Alexis Tsipras is sworn ) at the 67th Primetime Emmy Game of Thrones Shobhana Bhartia, chairperson Volkswagen CEO Martin Winter- Sept. 24: Sept. 25: Sept. 27: Sept. 28: Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Treat immigrants humanely, Pope in Greek Prime Minister for a second time. and editorial director of HT Media and Indra Nooyi, chairman and CEO of PepsiCo are presented the U.S.- India Business Council Global Lead- ership Awards at a function in Wash- ington which also witnesses the launch of the first Indo-U.S. Strate- gic and Commercial Dialogue. Men duz city in Afghanistan and frees Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fah- my and Baber Mohamed sentenced to three years in jail. korn resigns taking responsibility for the rigging of U.S. emission tests in the biggest scandal in the German Carmakers’ 78-year history. tainable future cannot be met with- out addressing the problem of poverty, says Prime Minister Naren- dra Modi at a special summit of the U.N. in New York. A migrant woman cries as she is embraced by a relative upon A migrant woman cries as she is embraced of Lesbos. arrival on the shores of the Greek island taking home 12 awards. cluding 35 Indians are killed and 934 injured in a stampede during Haj at Mina, near the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Francis tells U.S. in an address to the U.S. Congress, the first by a Pope. nounce strategic investments after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at the ‘’Digital India’’ road show in San Jose, California. Awards ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Fantasy dra- ma Mad How to Get ) and Jon Hamm : Nepal adopts its first : Nepal’s Parliament pas- : Japan’s Parliament pas- : Australian Prime Minis- : Australian : Hungary shuts down the : Hungary shuts down : Refugees flood Croatia, a 2015 Coup in Burkina Faso, military Sept. 17 Sept. 19 Sept. 20 Sept. 15 Sept. 16 Sept. 14 Former Greek Prime Minister Pope Francis, Latin America’s Viola Davis breaks the colour ‘bar- Malcolm Turnbull is sworn in as Malcolm Turnbull is Nepal’s Constituent Assembly re- Nepal’s Constituent Assembly Sri Lanka announces proposals Sri Lanka announces dissolves government. ses a new national Constitution in a marathon vote after discussions for four days to create a federal state after violent protests that claimed 40 lives. registers a win after eight years ( democratic Constitution. It creates seven states in a secular, federal system. Alexis Tsipras wins parliamentary polls. first Pope meets Cuban revolution- ary leader Fidel Castro at his home. rier’ to bag an Emmy ( ses security bills allowing troops to fight abroad for the first time since WW II. day after clashes with Hungarian riot police. 14 babies and children drown after children drown 14 babies and off a boat capsizes an overcrowded Greek island. away with Murder Australia’s 29th Prime Minister. main land route for asylum-seekers into the EU. Security forces cordon off the site where pilgrims were trampled to death during the Haj in Mina, Saudi Arabia. for a new Constitution and setting for a new Constitution at the U.N. up a truth commission in Geneva. Human Rights Council the Himalayan jects calls to revert during voting nation to a Hindu state on the new statute. ter Tony Abbott is ousted in a snap is ousted in a ter Tony Abbott by challenger Malcolm party vote Turnbull. The (From Afar), a debut : Veteran socialist and SEPTEMBER : The U.S. Senate votes to : At least 115 people, in- : Germany reinstates bor- : Austria and Germany : The EU refugee crisis : Pope Francis makes it : Tamil National Alliance : Russia begins taking part : Germany pledges € 6 bil- : Austria plans to reimpose DIARY OF EVENTS OF DIARY . The IMF MD Christine Lagarde Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Thirtyfour persons, among them Venezuelan opposition leader Le- Sept. 13 Desde Alla Sept. 12 Sept. 11 Sept. 9 Sept. 10 Sept. 8 Sept. 7 Sept. 6 Sept. 5 Sept. 3 Sept. 2 For the first time, Saudi Arabia For the first The IS partially destroys the tem- The IS partially 12 deepens. Three members of a Syrian deepens. Three members Kurdi, his family, including Alan Rehana brother Galib and mother sinks near Bo- drown after their boat drum, Turkey. Party wins a sweeping victory in snap parliamentary polls. cluding 11 Indians are killed and 184 injured after a construction crane crashes into the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. in operations in support of Syria. feature by Venezuelan director Lo- renzo Vigas bags the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice Film Festival. The Silver Lion for best director goes to Argentina’s Pablo Trapero for easier for Roman Catholics to secure divorce. eight-time MP Jeremy Corbyn is elected leader of Britain’s Labour Party. launches Women’s 20 (W-20), the grouping of women leaders from the world’s 20 largest economies in An- kara, Turkey. border controls. throw open their borders to Syrian refugees. der controls to stem the current in- flux of refugees. leader R. Sampanthan becomes the leader R. Sampanthan to become the first Tamil lawmaker in Sri Lan- Leader of the Opposition ka in 32 years. uphold the nuclear accord with Iran. opoldo Lopez is jailed for 14 years for inciting violence during protests in February 2014. lion towards providing housing to asylum seekers. Receives 20,000 ref- ugees over the weekend. A record number of 7,000 Syrians reach Macedonia. allows women to register to stand in to register to stand allows women local elections. ple of Bel, a UNESCO World Heri- ple of Bel, Palmyra. tage site in Clan

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Bhandari asthecountry’sfirstwom- elects communistlawmakerBidhya as Canada’s23 The ISRO’sCommunication The WHOdeclaresSierraLeone Nov.11: Nov. 9: Nov. 8: Nov. 7: Nov. 5: Nov. 4: Nov. 1: Oct. 31: Oct. 30: Oct. 29: Oct. 28: Poland’s euroscepticLawandJus- Angad Paul,sonofNRIindustri- Saudi bloggerRaifBadawi,sen- Faisal ArefinDipan,aBangladeshi Guenter Schabowski(86),theEast Shaker Aamer,ahigh-profilede- Justin Trudeautakesoath Eighty percentturnoutas Turkey’s JusticeandDe- The MaldivesParliament Myanmar’s rulingUnion The ChineseandTaiwa- President BarackObama All 224onboardaRus- China endsitsone-child Bangladesh handsover NOVEMBER rd Nepal’s Parliament Prime Ministerata HRDY AUR 4 2016 14, JANUARY THURSDAY, bombing IStargetsinSyria. in SouthAmerica. from theFrenchGuianaspaceport Aung SanSuuKyi. presidential runoffnarrowly. 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The BataclanTheatrebearsthe sault ontheFrenchcapitalParis. IS militantslaunchacoordinatedas- killed and352woundedassuspected Mauricio MacriwinsArgentina’s The ISleadexecutionerMo- Nov. 15: Nov. 14: Nov. 13: Nov.12: Nov. 22: Nov. 21: Nov. 19: Nov. 18: Nov. 17: Nov. 16: Belgian nationalandPa- India andtheU.K.an- Moscow joinsFrancein The G20summitinAn- India andChinadecide At least130peopleare The IMFendorsesthe Belgium issuesanin- Two Bangladeshwar The ASEANispro- th Summit in 26/11 Mumbaiattacks. to resumetalkssevenyearsafterthe orado Springs,NewYork. a PlannedParenthoodcentreinCol- Robert LewisDearopensfireinside and nineinjuredafteragunman ment atthesummitinMalta. tions signaclimatechangeagree- kamp todeathin2013. for shootinggirlfriendReevaSteen- Olympian OscarPistoriusofmurder court convictsdoubleamputee Person oftheYear2015. man ChancellorAngelaMerkelasits ist Partyiscrushedinpolls. injured. tles thatleave50deadand35 har city,triggeringpitchedgunbat- the airportinAfghanistan’sKanda- in thePlacedelaRepubliqueParis,twodaysafterattacks. 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Party winsmostseatsingeneral verse 2015inLasVegas,theU.S. Wurtzbach iscrownedMissUni- Afghanistan. outside Bagramairbasein killed byaTalibansuicidebomber The China-backedAIIBisformal- India’s roleinAfghanistanisto Japan andSouthKoreareach The evacuationofmorethan450 Syria conveysreadinessforpeace Dec. 31: Dec. 30: Dec. 29: Dec. 28: Dec. 27: Dec. 25: Dec. 24: Dec. 21: Dec. 20: Miss PhilippinesPiaAlonzo A tribunalinDhakasen- U.S. veteranTVstar,Bill Iraqi forcesfreeRamadi India andRussiaink16 A Talibansuicidebom- Prime MinisterNaren- Spain’s rulingPopular Six NATOtroopsare China officiallyends 2015 13

ND-X Haskell Wexler Christopher Lee Ian Fraser Kilmister Susanne Hoeber Ru- A.S. Ponnammal (88), Kamala Laxman (88), a Kamala Laxman (88), DECEMBER Sadhana (74), ac- V.S. Malimath (86), for- Noboru Karashima (82), Sharad Joshi (81), Shet- Haskell Wexler (93), Os- Benedict Anderson (79), Ashok Singhal (89), VHP Noorul Huda (86), veter- Allen Toussaint (77), R&B Allen Toussaint (77), M.A.M. Ramaswamy (84), (86), actor at a hos- Saeed Jaffrey (86), actor Pithukuli Murugadass (95), devo- Nov. 9: Nov. 14: Nov. 17: Nov. 24: Nov. 26: Dec. 2: Dec. 12: Dec. 13: Dec. 17: Dec. 22: Dec. 23: Dec. 25: Dec. 27: Dec. 28: Sadhana Gopulu noted writer of children’s books and noted writer of children’s in Pune. wife of R. K. Laxman, pital in London. dolph (85), a pioneering political sci- entist of modern India, at a hospice in Oakland, California. leader in Gurgaon. tional and bhajan singer, in Chennai. (70), English heavy metal singer , in Los Angeles. a leading voice in South Asian stud- ies in Malang, Indonesia. car-winning U.S. cinematographer, in Santa Monica, California. veteran industrialist, at a Chennai hospital. tor, in Mumbai after a brief illness. (1982 to 2011), in Kolkata. mer Chief Justice of Kerala and Kar- nataka High Courts, at Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru. legend, in Madrid. Japanese Tamil scholar and histori- an of South Asia, in Tokyo. seven-time MLA from Tamil Nadu, at Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai. kari Sanghatana founder at his Pune residence. an CPI (M) leader , in Kolkata. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 A Night- , of brain cancer V.S. Malimath Gunter Grass THE HINDU THE Jagmohan Dalmiya AUGUST Ieng Thirith (83), the OCTOBER Wes Craven (76), who Hashim Abdul Halim Jackie Collins (77), the (78), actor- Wilfred de Souza (88), Syed Ahmed (70), Mani- Kayyara Kinhanna Rai NOVEMBER Brijmohan Lall Munjal SEPTEMBER N. Ramani (82), flautist in Edida Nageswara Rao (81), in a hospital in Hyderabad (71), veteran music Oct. 10: Nov. 1: Nov. 2: Aug. 22: Aug. 30: Sept. 4: Sept. 19: Sept. 20: Sept. 27: Oct. 4: Oct. 9: Aug. 9: Sharad Joshi Jayakanthan former Goa Chief Minister, at the Manipal Goa hospital. Chennai. director-singer-lyricist at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai. most powerful woman in the Khmer most powerful woman Rouge, in Pailin, Cambodia. Sankarabharanam, Sagara Sanga- (92), Hero MotoCorp patriarch in a hospital in South Delhi. directed the slasher classic City. best selling British-born author, of breast cancer in Los Angeles. (80), former West Bengal Speaker singer, comedienne, in Chennai of multiple organ failure. mam producer of landmark movies like (100), Kannada poet and freedom (100), Kannada poet in Badiyadd- fighter, at his residence district. ka in Kerala’s Kasaragod at his home in Los Angeles. (75), BCCI President, in Kolkata. pur Governor, at Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital. mare on Elm Street M.A.M. Ramaswamy Terry Pratchett JULY Charles Correa (84), Suniti Solomon (75), Shiela Kaul (100), for- Omar Sharif (83), the Christopher Lee (93), R.S. Gavai (86), senior C.V. Narasimhan (90), M.S. Viswanathan (87), Sister Nirmala (81), who Suleyman Demirel (90), Y.K. Sabharwal (73), for- , in Chennai. Nicholas Winton (106), a P.A. Seshan (102), former July 14: July 17: July 25: July 28: June 7: June 13: June 16: June 17: June 23: July 1: July 3: July 9: July 10: Govindrao Adik (76), former Mah- Govindrao Adik (76), Manorama R. K. Laxman succeeded Mother Teresa as the su- perior-general of the Missionaries of Charity, in Kolkata. music director, in Chennai. RPI leader and former Governor of Bihar and Kerala, at a private hospi- tal in Nagpur. mer CJI, in New Delhi. Briton, who helped organise the evacuation of 700 children in 1938, in Slough, Berkeley. Egyptian-born actor and Holly- wood’s favourite Sheikh, of heart at- tack in Cairo. The Hindu Turkey’s former President and Prime Minister, at the Guven Hospi- tal in Ankara. mer Union Minister in Ghaziabad, U.P. who detected the first strains of HIV in the country, in Chennai . chief architect of Navi Mumbai, in Mumbai. British movie actor famous as ‘Drac- British movie actor famous Westminster ula’ at the Chelsea and Hospital in London. Finance and Commercial Editor, IPS topper in 1948, in Chennai. Chennai after a brief illness. Chennai after a brief a hospital in arashtra Minister, at Mumbai. of mul- Outlook N. Ramani V.S. Raghavan MAY Vinod Mehta (73), JUNE APRIL Terry Pratchett (66), John Malcolm Fraser G. Karthikeyan (66), MARCH S.R. Patil (94), veteran Deepak Khaitan (59), Janaki Ballav Patnaik Gopulu (91), noted car- Tareq Aziz (79), who Jayakanthan (81), fire- Gunter Grass (87), Ger- B.B. King (89), the great Sulochana Sampath (86), Ruth Rendell (85), British 2015 June 6: April 21: April 29: May 2: May 14: June 5: March 20: March 31: April 8: April 13: March 7: March 8: March 9: March 12: Nagore E.M. Hanifa (97), noted Jagmohan Dalmiya Rajni Kothari British author, in London after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. U.S. bluesman, in Las Vegas. industrialist in Kolkata, of cancer. noted sociologist in Pune . noted sociologist in Pune crime writer, at a London hospital tiple organ failure in New Delhi. (84), former Australian Prime Min- ister in Melbourne. Congress leader and freedom fighter in Bengaluru. toonist, in Chennai. served as the voice of Saddam Hus- sein’s regime at a hospital in Nasiri- yah, Iraq. founding editor of brand Tamil writer, in Chennai . singer, in Chennai. (83), former Chief Minister of Od- isha, in Tirupati, in Andhra Pradesh. Kerala Assembly Speaker, of multi- Kerala Assembly Speaker, hospital. organ failure at a Bengaluru many’s Nobel winning author, at a hospital in Luebeck. senor AIADMK functionary, in in Jackie Collins La Dolce Vita Meera Kosambi (75), Bhadrashyam Kothari Daggubati Ramanaidu JANUARY R.K. Laxman (93), leg- R.R. Patil (57), former Subhash Ghisingh (80), FEBRUARY V.S. Raghavan (90), vet- Anita Ekberg (83), best Adusumilli Janardhana Atmaram Bhende (91), Charles H. Townes (99), Rajni Kothari (86), emi- B.S. Abdur Rahman (88), Gaur Hari Singhania (80), OBITUARY Vasant Ranchhod Gowari- Vasant Ranchhod DIARY OF EVENTS OF DIARY

Feb. 26: Feb. 22: Feb. 18: Feb. 16: Feb. 7: Feb. 4: Jan. 29: Jan. 27: Jan. 26: Jan. 24: Jan. 19: Jan. 11: Jan. 7: Jan. 2: Jan. 4: Anne Kirkbride (60), ‘Coronation 14 M.S. Viswanathan veteran Marathi theatre artist and film actor, at the Ratna Memorial Hospital, in Pune. known for her performance in the known for her performance iconic 1960 movie (53), Chairman and Managing Direc- tor of Kothari Sugars and Chemicals in Houston, the U.S. . Maharashtra Home Minister in Lila- vati hospital, Mumbai. kar (81), who played a key role in kar (81), who played in Pune . India’s space programme, Chairman, JK Group, in Kanpur fol- lowing a heart attack. Italy, in Rome. (78), veteran film producer, in Hyderabad. Vara Prasad (57), Telugu actor, in Vara Prasad (57), Telugu Hyderabad. Gorkhaland movement leader, at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi. endary cartoonist of a cardiac arrest at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, in Pune. legendary physicist and Nobel lau- reate whose brainchild is the laser, at Oakland, California. eran Tamil film and theatre actor, in Chennai . nent scholar and political scientist, in New Delhi. Street’ star who played Deirdre Bar- low, at a Manchester hospital. educationist and founder of B.S. Ab- educationist and founder at Apollo dur Rahman University, Hospitals in Chennai.

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Chennai SuperKingsinthefinalto Lahore. its T20clashagainstZimbabweat turns toPakistanaftersixyearswith final atBerlin. pions LeaguebeatingJuventusinthe the India'A'andu-19teams. the final. open titledefeatingLucieSafarovain 20th GrandslamandthirdFrench West Indieswinsthethirdandfi- May 30:AlastairCookbecomes June 1: May 29: May 24: May 22: May 17: May 16: May 9: May 6: May 5: June 13: June 7: June 6: June 4: June 2: Sachin Tendulkar,VVSLaxman Ethiopian legendHaileGebrselas- Barcelona winstheUEFACham- Rahul Dravidisappointedcoachof Chris Gaylescoreshis14th New Zealandcricketteam Pakistan winsthetestse- Stuart Binghamwinshis Serena Williamswinsher Umpire S.Raviisinduct- Stanisla Wawrinkawins International cricketre- Sepp Blatterwinsafifth China clinchesitssixth Sepp Blatterresignsas India winstheSAARC Mumbai Indiansbeats Tamim Iqbalbecomes JUNE at Fatullah. during theone-offtestagainstIndia Mirpur. ODIs asBangladeshbeatsIndiaat five-for performancesinthefirsttwo second bowlerafterVitoritorecord Galle. tests asPakistanbeatsSriLankaat claims acareer-bestsevenfor76in to winCopaAmericaafter99years. title. States toitsthirdfootballWorldcup world cupfinalinspiringtheUnited first womantoscoreahat-trickin ries 3-2. Durham toclinchthefive-matchse- and finalODIagainstNewZealandat India atMirpur. in hisdebutODIasBangladeshbeats fizur Rahmantakesafive-wickethaul by anNBAteam-DallasMavericks. becomes thefirstIndiantobedrafted Cleveland CavaliersatCleveland. captures itsfirstNBAtitlebeating wait inaworld-levelevent. a medal(bronze)after33-year Indian hockeyteamwhichwon A PODIUMFINISH,FINALLY: Manchester. against NewZealandheldat against India2-1. three-match homeODIseries Delhi. chess ChampionshipheldatNew en's titlesintheCommonwealth mini Routwinthemen'sandwom- Fatullah. test againstBangladeshheldat Muskens andSelenapiekatCalgary. upstaging theDutchpairofEefie Canada openwomen'sdoublestitle Gutta andAshwiniPonappawinthe Chile defeatsArgentinainthefinal June 30: June 28: June 26: June 24: June 21: June 19: June 18: June 16: June 14: July 6: Mustafizur Rahmanbecomesthe England winstheloneT20I Carli Lloydbecomesthe Left-arm seamerMusta- Abhijeet GuptaandPad- Bangladesh clinchesthe India drawstheone-off Leg-spinner YasirShah Satnam SinghBhamara Golden StateWarriors England winsthefifth Indian shuttlersJwala JULY DIARY OFEVENTS The bio-mechanical centreinChennai. tests forhisbowlingactionattheICC er MohammadHafeezundergoes titles. 6-red snooker snooker and billiards, IBSF World who wonthe Pankaj Advani, CUE SPORTS: MAGICIAN OF to takethethree-matchseries2-1. Africa inthethirdODIatChittagong Martina Hingis. don mixeddoublescrownpartnering Slam titleasheclinchestheWimble- partner NamHoangLy. Wimbledon boys'doublestitlewith junior titleafterheclinchesthe sixth IndiantowinaGrandSlam bledon title. Roger FederertowinhisthirdWim- play-offs intheDaviscup. 3-2 andadvancestotheworldgroup a crashattheJapaneseGrandPrix. ing totheheadinjurieshesufferedin Bianchi passesawayaftersuccumb- 12 months. bowling inInternationalcricketfor rounder MohammadHafeezfrom and lastODIatBengalurutoclinch team beatsNewZealandinthefifth years. IPL CricketPvtLtdfromfortwo India CementsLimitedandJaipur pointed LodhaCommitteesuspends ries 2-1. third testatPallekeletotakethese- clinch theseries2-0. desh inthescondT20IatDhakato Hingis. doubles crownwithpartnerMartina clinches theWimbledonwomen's doubles GrandSlamtitleaftershe Pakistan's off-spinningall-round- July 19: July 17: July 15: July 14: July 12: July 8: July 7: Leander Paeswinshis16thGrand India's SumitNagalbecomesthe French FormulaOnedriverJules Pakistan beatSriLankainthe South AfricabeatsBangla- India beatsNewZealand The SupremeCourtap- Bangladesh beatsSouth India women'scricket ICC bansPakistanall- Novak Djokovicbeats 2015 win aWomen's Indian womanto becomes thefirst title. 21st GrandSlam Wimbledon and win hersixth bine Muguruzato liams beatsGar- series 3-2. the five-match Bengaluru. held at against India a Women'sT20I the fastestfiftyin Zealand strikes ie DevineofNew Sania Mirza Serena Wil- July 11: Soph- 15

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Goa 3-2 to win the second edition of the ISL. new cities to replace Chennai and Rajasthan in the IPL following Chen- nai Super Kings and Rajasthan Roy- als’ suspension from the league for two years. by 84 runs in the fourth ODI in Dubai by 84 runs in the fourth to clinch the series 3-1. against South Africa in Mohali. against South Africa in ODI’s. after beating Netherlands on penal- ties in the World Hockey League tournament in Raipur. IBSF world snooker title in Hurgha- IBSF world snooker title da, Egypt. fastest Indian to take 150 wickets in to take 150 wickets fastest Indian his 29 and Michel Platini for eight years for ethics violations. ONE FOR THE CITY: na Hingis wins the doubles’ titles in the doubles’ titles na Hingis wins beating Garbine Muguru- Singapore Suarez Navarro 6-0, 6-3. za & Carla vis Cup for the first time in 79 years beating Belgium 3-1 in Ghent. three wickets to win the first day- night Test in Adelaide and win the series 2-0. the new heavyweight champion beat- ing Wladimir Klitschko in Berlin. by 337 runs in the fourth Test at Delhi to clinch the series 3-0. from international cricket at the end from international cricket New Zeal- of the second Test against and in Perth. FC, which won the second edition of ISL, dedicated the Trophy to the people of Chennai. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 Vi- Oct. 20: Oct. 25: render Sehwag announces his retirement from interna- tional cricket. South Africa beats India by 214 runs in the fifth and final ODI in Mumbai Deepika Kumari wins the men’s and women’s re- curve title re- spectively in the national ar- chery cham- pionships in Meerut. THE HINDU THE Agnieszka Radwanska OCTOBER Jayanta Talukdar and Pankaj Advani wins the India loses to Czech Re- Former Indian football- NOVEMBER Poland defeats Sweden to Shashank Manohar takes India lose the T20 series to BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmi- BCCI President Jagmohan Lewis Hamilton wins the US GP in Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis Sania Mirza by eight Australia defeats England Former England fast bowler Frank Nov. 1: Sept. 22: Sept. 27: Oct. 4: Oct. 8: Oct. 10: Oct. 18: Sept. 20: to clinch the bilateral series 3-2. Texas and clinches his third title. public in the Davis Cup World Group public in the Davis Cup play off in New Delhi. in Kolkata. ya passes away aged 75 South Africa 2-0 after the third match is washed out in Kolkata. ADMINISTRATOR NON-PAREIL: Jagmohan Dalmiya, former BCCI President who passed away in Kolkata. third grand slam in 2015 beating Rog- slam in 2015 beating third grand 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to clinch er Federer US Open title. his second Open women’s doubles wins the US Ya- Casey Dellacqua & title beating 6-3. roslava Shvedova 6-3, match to win wickets in the fifth ODI the series 3-2 at Manchester. lift the Bermuda Bowl title in the 42nd World Bridge Championship held in Chennai. beats Petra Kvitova to win the WTA Finals title in Singapore. er Prashanta Sinha. member of the er Prashanta Sinha. medal-win- 1962 Asian Games gold aged 77 in ning squad passes away Kolkata. over as the BCCI President for the second time following the demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya. IBSF World Billiards championship in Adelaide, Australia. Tyson passes away aged 85 in Australia. Sania Mirza and Ethiopia's Mare Dibaba Novak Djokovic wins his Tennis icon Sania Mirza Flavia Pennetta wins the Jamaica's Usain Bolt re- Jamaica's Usain SEPTEMBER India beats Sri Lanka by Apurvi Chandela wins sil- Sept. 13: Aug. 30: Sept. 1: Sept. 5: Sept. 12: Aug. 27: Aug. 29: American Ashton Eaton wins the American Ashton Eaton a golden Usain Bolt completes Derek Drouin of Canada clinches The pair of Leander Paes & Marti- Narsingh Yadav wins the bronze Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Jamaican tains his men's 200m gold at the tains his men's 200m in World athletics championships Beijing. 117 runs in the third Test at Colombo and wins the series 2-1; R. Ashwin named Man of the Series. AT THE TOP: Martina Hingis, who ended the year as No. 1 in women’s doubles. and Almaz Ayana win the women's marathon and 5000m gold medals while Kathrina Molitor of Germany wins gold in the women's javelin throw at the World athletics cham- pionships in Beijing. the men's high jump gold as USA and Jamaica win gold medals in the men's and women's 1600m relay. conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rat- conferred the Rajiv Gandhi na award. with a word men's decathlon gold cham- record at the World athletics pionships in Beijing. helping Jamai- sweep in men's sprint relay. ca win the men's 400m US Open women’s singles beating compatriot Roberta Vinci 7-6 (4), 6-2. na Hingis wins the US Open mixed doubles title beating the pair of Sam Querrey & Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4, 3-6, 10-7. medal in the World wrestling cham- pionship at Las Vegas and secures his berth for 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. ver in the 10m air rifle at the shooting World Cup in Munich. team skipper Kumar Sangakkara re- Kumar Sangakkara team skipper cricket. tires from International becomes the first wom- Fraser-Pryce world 100m titles. an to win three Kumar Australia's Jason Day Saina Nehwal becomes Australia's Emily See- Britain's Sebastian Coe Pankaj Advani wins the Jamaican sprinter Usain Former Sri Lanka cricket : Hockey India's disciplin- 2015 New Zealand beats Zimbabwe in New Zealand beats Zimbabwe Saina Nehwal wins World Badmin- Aug. 24: Aug. 16: Aug. 19: Aug. 23: Aug. 15: Aug. 10 Aug. 11: Aug. 8: Australia posts a consolatory win U Mumba beats Bengaluru Bulls at ELOQUENT SOUTHPAW: wins the U.S. PGA Golf Champion- ship with a record 20-under par total. ton Championships silver after los- ing to Carolina Marina in the final at Jakarta. IBSF world 6-red snooker title in Ka- rachi. Sangakkara, who retired from all forms of cricket. the World Badminton Championships. the first Indian to reach the final of bohm wins the women's 200m back- bohm wins the women's a double stroke gold to complete the World Aq- (100m and 200m) at in Kazan; Ka- uatics Championships her fifth gold, tie Ledecky claims 800m freestyle winning the women's of freestyle to complete a sweep titles. Creates the one-off T20I at Harare; team total in record for the highest T20s in Zimbabwe. becomes the new President of the International Association of Athlet- ics Federations. ary committee hands a nine-month suspension to Indian midfielder Gur- baj Singh. Bolt wins his third consecutive men's 100m gold at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing. against England in the fifth and final Ashes test at The Oval as Aussie skip- per Michael Clarke retires from In- ternational cricket; England takes the series 3-2. Mumbai to claim the ProKabaddi League title. Tareq creates history by becoming Tareq creates swimmer ever to com- the youngest world championships pete at the but- part in the 50m when she took at the World Aquatics terfly heats in Kazan. Championships Usain Saina Nehwal, AUGUST Chris Froome wins his BCCI drops Duleep tro- BCCI drops A session’s court in New A session’s Clive Rice, South Africa's Ryan Lochte of the USA Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom Bahrain schoolgirl Alzain Katie Ledecky of the USA DIARY OF EVENTS OF DIARY

Aug. 7: Aug. 6: Aug. 4: Aug. 3: July 26: July 28: July 25: Hockey India names Roelant Olt- Hockey India names July 20: 16 phy from the domestic calendar for domestic calendar phy from the season. the 2015-16 makes history by becoming the first man to win the 200m individual me- dley for the fourth consecutive time at the World Aquatics Champion- ships in Kazan; Katie Ledecky wins her fourth gold, winning the wom- en's 4x200m freestyle title. second Tour de France title. mans the new coach of the national men's hockey team. Delhi discharges 36 accused, includ- Delhi discharges Ajit S. Sreesanth, ing cricketers Chavan in the Chandila and Ankeet 2013. IPL spot-fixing case of wins the women's 100m butterfly gold with a new world record timing; Adam Peaty becomes the first Briton to become world champion in 40 years in the men's 100m breaststroke.

first cricket captain of the post-isola- tion era passes away. THE MONARCH OF SPRINT: the World. titles, ended the year at No. 2 in INDIA’S PRIDE: who won two international wins the women's 1500m freestyle gold with a new world record timing. World Championship titles. best winning the 100 & 200m Bolt of Jamaica proved he’s the

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