Current Affairs Video, August 2015, 1 August–7 August 2015

Jagranjosh.com brings for the aspirants Current Affairs video of the week 1 August–7 August 2015 that will be of immense help in their preparation.

• Lok Sabha passed Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015
• Union Government signed historic peace accord with NSCN (I-M)
• 193 UN members reached agreement on sustainable development agenda
• Frances Oldham Kelsey, the anti-thalidomide Canadian doctor, died
• 70th Hiroshima Day observed to commemorate dropping of Atomic bomb on Hiroshima
• August Edition of FIFA World Rankings released
• Uttar Pradesh government decided to rename UPTU as APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University
• Hindi litterateur Kashinath Singh chosen for Bharat Bharti literary award 2014
• Lok Sabha passed Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill, 2015
• Rural Development Minister launched ‘SAMANVAY’ for Gram Panchayats
• Egypt unveiled New Suez Canal expansion
• India decided to boycott 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference to be held in Islamabad
• Hollywood Actor George Cole passed away
• Indian-American Atul Keshap appointed as the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives
• World War-II hero Colonel Harwant Singh passed away