What's Buzzing This Week? - Aug 19, 2021

Here’s your dose of weekly news updates from us!

1. Tokyo Paralympics to see a record participation from female athletes

https://www.india.com/sports/tokyo-paralympic-games-to-set-a-record-in-women-participation-4881317/

2. SC allows women candidates to appear for NDA exam

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/supreme-court-allows-women-to-appear-for-nda-exam-101629270687140-amp.html

3. America’s Richest Self Made Women - 2021: 5 Indian-origin women make it the list by Forbes

https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/5-indian-origin-women-in-2021-forbes-list-of-america-s-richest-self-made-women-101628699978280-amp.html

4. PM Modi announced that all Sainik schools across the country will now admit girls 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/news/sainik-schools-across-country-to-admit-girls-also-says-pm-modi-101629006506715-amp.html

5. India’s first woman Subhadra Kumari Chauhan honoured with a Google Doodle on her 117th birth anniversary

https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/trending-news/story/google-doodle-celebrates-india-s-first-woman-satyagrahi-subhadra-kumari-chauhan-s-birth-anniversary-1841244-2021-08-16

6. 3 women judges have been recommended to elevation to the Supreme Court, one could become the first Chief Justice of India

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/collegium-selects-3-women-for-sc-one-to-become-first-woman-cji/articleshow/85418838.cms

7. PM Narendra Modi releases ₹1,625 crore of funds for women entrepreneurs

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-releases-rs-1-625-crore-for-women-entrepreneurs-101628764476126-amp.html