- Chennaiyin FC crowned 2015 ISL champion
- Chennaiyin FC was crowned as the champions of the 2nd Indian Super League (ISL) Football tournament on 20 December 2015.
- In the final played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda, Goa, Chennaiyin defeated the hosts FC Goa, 3-2.
- Mendoza, who finished as the tournament’s highest scorer with 13 goals, bagged the ‘Golden boot’ as well as the ‘Hero of the League’ award.
- Spain’s Mireia Lalaguna Royo crowned Miss World 2015
- Spain’s Mireia Lalaguna Royo was named the winner of the Miss World 2015 competition in the southern Chinese island resort of Sanya.
- Sofia Nikitchuk of Russia was the runner-up and Indonesia’s Maria Harfanti took third place.
- The victory marked the first-ever win for a Spanish contestant..
- Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach crowned Miss Universe 2015
- Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach has crowned Miss Universe 2015 at the final of 64th edition of Miss Universe held in Las Vegas, the USA.
- Urvashi Rautela who represented India in the contest couldn’t make it to top 15 semi-finals round.
- West Bengal Government approved proposal for formation of 5 new districts
- The West Bengal Government has cleared the proposal for setting up five new districts in the state.
- These five new districts will increase the number of districts of West Bengal to 25
- The five new districts will be Kalimpong, Basirhat, Sunderbans, Jhargram and Burdwan.
- Indian ace Abhay Singh wins Boys’ under-19 title in Singapore
- Top seeded Abhay Singh of India lived up to his seeding to win the Boys U-19 title beating second seeded Alwin Chai of Malaysia 11-8, 11-3, 11-8 in the finals of the Old Chang Kee Singapore Squash Open in Singapore
- Inclusive of this win, this number one ranked junior player has now a tally of seven junior titles this year, two of them international.
- 10th WTO Ministerial Conference adopted Nairobi Package
- The five-day long 10th World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference concluded in Nairobi, Kenya.
- The conference concluded with the adoption of the Nairobi Package that is aimed at benefitting organization’s poorest members.
- The conference was attended by trade ministers of 162 member countries of the WTO. India was represented by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry Nirmala Sitharaman
- The Nairobi Package contains a series of six Ministerial Decisions on agriculture, cotton and issues related to least-developed countries.
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