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Winner of three Wimbledon titles in a day, who died at the age of 89– Doris Hart
Person who was sworn-in as 19th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh – Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa
Former cricketers who were inducted into the BCCI’s newly-constituted cricket advisory committee – Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman
Football club Copa del Rey also known as Spanish King’s Cup by defeating Athletic Bilbao – Barcelona
Person who was appointed as the new Chancellor of the Nalanda University, Bihar– George Yeo, the former Foreign Minister of Singapore
The women, who was designated as the new President of the Indian Ocean island nation, Mauritius by its government– Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
India and Sweden signed 6 agreements to boost ties and restart the bilateral strategic dialogue in presence of– President Pranab Mukherjee, who was on a state visit to Sweden
One of the founders of India’s Information Technology (IT) industry and chairman of Hinditron Group who died – Hemant Sonawala
92 year 65 days old cancer survivor, who became the oldest woman to finish a marathon at San Diego’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon of 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometers)– Harriette Thompson
President of FIFA who resigned amid the corruption scandal that has engulfed the football’s governing body– Sepp Blatter
To attract investment of 1 lakh crore rupees Maharashtra Cabinet approved– a Composite Renewable Energy Policy worth 4156.43 crore rupees
Scientists claimed that some female members of a critically endangered species of sawfish are reproducing in the wild without sex, that is, by– Parthenogenesis
US President Barack Obama signed the USA FREEDOM Act 2015 in law for Uniting and Strengthening America by– Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015.
The former cricket captain of Indian team, who was re-appointed as the Director of Indian cricket team for the Bangladesh tour– Ravi Shastri
Sixth city in the country to have metro services; other cities are Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Kolkata is– Jaipur
Indian shot putter who won gold medal in men’s shot put event in the 21st Asian Athletics Championships– Inderjeet Singh
India and Belarus inked six agreements to boost ties and relationship based on – friendship and mutual benefit
Jharkhand Cabinet approved Jharkhand Special Courts Ordinance, 2015 to make Jharkhand– rid of corruption
Person who for his contribution towards the development of athletics in Asian continent was was conferred with the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) President’s award – Suresh Kalmadi
World Bank Board approved $250 Million support to Jammu and Kashmir for– Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project
Name the legendary Telugu writer who died in Hyderabad after a brief illness– Dasaradhi Rangacharya
Name the Cyclonic storm that was developed over the Arabian Sea – ASHOBAA
Three districts of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh that were included in National Capital Region are– Jind, Karnal and Muzaffarnagar
ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, appointed a person as the non-executive chairman for a period of five years is– Mahendra Kumar Sharma
City that who’s Municipal Corporation (AMC) announced USE and GET PAID scheme, under which people will be paid one rupees for using public toilets– Ahmadabad
Person who was conferred with the prestigious 14th Sant Namdev National Award 2015 at a function in Pune, Maharashtra– Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
Former Indian cricketer who died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Pune, Maharashtra– Hemant Kanitkar
Delhi Jal Board vice-chairman who was named as the new Law Minister of Delhi– Kapil Mishra
Researchers discovered a trio of mud statuettes inside a reed basket in a building, an important archaeological site, in the ancient city of Vichama in northern Peru is believed to be created about 3800 years ago by– the ancient Caral civilization.
HDFC Bank launched a mobile app as a complete digital payment and purchase solution–PayZapp
The United Nations (UN) envoy in Burundi crisis, who stepped down from his role as mediator of the crisis after being accused of being biased– Said Djinnit
Union Government scrapped customs import duties for drugs and test kits used to treat– AIDS
Four Indian languages included in the books of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of UAE which can be chosen while appearing for driving tests here in the UAE from September 2015 includes– Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Bengali
Cricketer who became the ninth all-time highest Test wicket-takers by claiming 416 wickets in 102 matches is– Indian off-spin cricketer Harbhajan Singh
Person elected as the President of United Nations General Assembly’s 70th session– Mogens Lykketoft of Denmark
China unveiled 800-year-old Buddha statue (Qianshou Guanyin) famous for its 1000 hands in– Dazu County in Sichun province
First Indian footballer to score 50 international goals – Sunil Chhetri
India’s first 100 percent visually-challenged person to be inducted into the Indian Foreign Services (IFS) is– Beno Zephine

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