What's Buzzing This Week? - Oct 7, 2021

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

1. Star Indian Tennis player Sania Mirza wins Ostrava Open women’s doubles title

https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/sports/sania-mirza-wins-in-women-s-double-final-of-ostrava-open-121092600628_1.html

2. India wins silver medal after losing to Russia in the final of the FIDE World Women’s Team Chess Championship

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/world-womens-team-chess-championship-india-lose-to-russia-in-final-win-first-ever-medal-at-event/articleshow/86713893.cms

3. India at 76th UNGA: 200 million Indian women now part of mainstream financial system

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/brought-over-200-million-women-into-mainstream-financial-system-india-at-unga/articleshow/86808994.cms

4. 80% of houses given under PM Awas Yojana are owned by women: PM Modi

https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/current-affairs/80-houses-given-under-prime-minister-awas-yojana-are-owned-by-women-modi-121100500575_1.html

5. ISSF Junior World Championship: Indian women’s skeet team win gold, men’s team win bronze

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/indian-women-win-team-gold-in-skeet-bronze-for-men-at-issf-junior-world-championship/articleshow/86700495.cms

6. PM Modi’s New India based on women development, holistic education

https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/pm-modis-new-india-based-on-women-development-holistic-education20211005213004/

7. Indian women dominate Australia in drawn day-night test

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/indian-women-dominate-australia-in-drawn-day-night-test/articleshow/86727990.cms

8. Astronaut Barbie jets off on zero-gravity flight to inspire young girls to take up science

https://www.wionews.com/world/astronaut-barbie-jets-to-zero-gravity-to-inspire-young-girls-418349

9. Armed forces college trains girls for NDA

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/armed-forces-college-trains-girls-for-nda/articleshow/86722933.cms

10. 7-year-old Aadhyaa Aravind Shankar became the first Indian to win the Children’s Peace Image of the Year-Global Peace Photo Award

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/7-year-old-bengaluru-girl-wins-global-peace-photo-award/articleshow/86698298.cms

11. 8-year-old Brazilian girl Nicole Oliveira dubbed as the world’s youngest astronomer

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/8-year-old-brazilian-girl-nicole-oliveira-world-youngest-astronomer-1859935-2021-10-02

12. Inspiring Story: This Afghan refugee girl has beaten all odds to become a prize winning doctor

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/10/05/1043088255/an-afghan-refugee-girl-grew-up-to-be-a-prize-winning-doc-with-a-little-help-from

13. India’s ‘Everest Twins’ Tashi & Nungshi Malik summit Swiss Alps in Women-Only Peak Challenge

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indias-everest-twins-tashi-malik-nungshi-malik-summit-the-swiss-alps-in-women-only-peak-challenge-2563742

 14. Indian shop workers win the right to sit 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/5/india-tamil-nadu-shop-workers-women-win-right-to-chair