What's Buzzing This Week? - Jul 21, 2022

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

1. PV Sindhu won Singapore Open Super 500 after defeating China’s Wang Zhi Yi.

https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/badminton/pv-sindhu-clinches-singapore-open-title/amp_articleshow/92932561.cms

2. Savitri Jindal, India’s richest woman’s net worth increased in 2 years by $12 Billion.

https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/personalities/news/indias-richest-women-savitri-jindals-net-worth-ballooned-by-12-billion-in-just-two-years/slidelist/92951665.cms

3. India finishes their campaign by winning 3-1, over Japan at Women’s Hockey World Cup.

https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/sports/women-s-hockey-world-cup-india-finish-campaign-with-3-1-win-over-japan-122071301556_1.html

4. According to data by JobsForHer, women made a big comeback post pandemic career break.

https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/after-pandemic-induced-career-break-women-making-big-comeback/amp_articleshow/92949866.cms

5. Global Gender Gap Report by WEF, suggests that more women are venturing into entrepreneurship as leadership roles have probably reduced for them post pandemic.

https://www.thehindu.com/education/careers/indian-women-outdo-men-in-taking-the-entrepreneurial-plunge-during-pandemic/article65660799.ece/amp/

6. A study suggests, on matrimonial websites working women are less likely to get a match.

https://m.timesofindia.com/india/working-women-penalised-at-marriage-market-study/amp_articleshow/92942909.cms

7. NSO data shows that as compared to men, there are three times more women in part time jobs.

https://indianexpress.com/article/business/over-3-times-more-women-in-part-time-jobs-than-men-national-statistical-office-8040013/lite/

8. For empowering women entrepreneurs with digital skills, Nasscom and Google have joined hands.

https://m.economictimes.com/small-biz/entrepreneurship/easier-access-to-information-can-create-a-level-playing-field-for-women-entrepreneurs-google-indias-sapna-chadha/amp_articleshow/92868507.cms

9. Balami Amma, a popular Malayali’s poet’s 113th Birthday celebrated by Google Doodle.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/google-doodle-celebrates-grandmother-of-malayalam-literature-balamani-ammas-113th-birth-anniversary/article65657083.ece/amp/

10. For commercial training for women, fifty percent subsidy to be provided by the Delhi government.

https://www.financialexpress.com/express-mobility/delhi-to-provide-50-subsidy-for-commercial-driving-training-for-women/2599028/lite/

11. India ranked low at 135th position globally in gender parity in the Gender Gap Report 2022.

https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/at-135th-india-ranks-low-globally-in-gender-parity/2593255/lite/

12. As compared to Men, women are more likely to donate organs for family members as per data of city hospitals in Bengaluru.

https://m.timesofindia.com/city/bengaluru/bengaluru-women-outnumber-men-in-living-donor-transplants/amp_articleshow/92927528.cms

13. Counselling provided to 27 women in distress at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/raj-bhavan-provides-counselling-to-27-women-in-distress/article65655337.ece/amp/

14. World Women’s Marathon won by Ethiopia’s Gotytom Gabrealase at World Athletics Championships.

https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/ethiopias-gotytom-gebreslase-wins-world-womens-marathon/amp_articleshow/92962999.cms

15. Anne Winston, an 8 year old gets acknowledged by OMG Book of World Records by breaking the world record of being the youngest person to recite the capitals of 195 countries and their corresponding currencies.

https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kochi/malayali-girl-in-uk-breaks-world-record/amp_articleshow/92886233.cms