What's Buzzing This Week? - Nov 4, 2021

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

1. The National Commission for Women along with NALSA launches pan-India legal awareness programme

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/national-commission-for-women-launches-pan-india-legal-awareness-programme/amp-11635594581897.html

2. E-commerce giant Flipkart partners with Ministry of Rural Development to get women businesses into the e-commerce fold

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/sme/msme-eodb-flipkart-partners-with-ministry-of-rural-development-to-get-women-businesses-into-e-commerce-fold/2362017/lite/

3. Over a lakh women apply for NDA as forces lift gender barrier

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/178k-women-apply-for-nda-as-forces-lift-gender-barrier-101635531114904-amp.html

4. Blind women given a chance to earn a livelihood at this lovely cafe

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/seeing-things-differently-how-a-cafe-gives-blind-women-a-chance-to-earn-a-livelihood/articleshow/87496651.cms

5. Pennezhuthu programme: Ernakulam district panchayat proposes to publish poems written by rural women under this programme

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ernakulam-district-panchayat-proposes-to-publish-poems-of-rural-women-under-pennezhuthu-programme/article37299445.ece

6. Indian women show the world how to cultivate ‘eco-miracle’ seaweed

https://www.forbesindia.com/article/forbes-lifes/indian-women-show-the-way-for-cultivating-ecomiracle-seaweed/71307/1

7. An all-female rainforest force battling to protect India’s UNESCO heritage-listed Western Ghats’ last enclaves of biodiversity

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/the-women-guarding-indias-rainforest-refugees/articleshow/87502577.cms

8. NEET 2021: Top rank shared by three, women more successful in the exam

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/neet-three-share-top-rank-women-more-successful-7603307/

9. Powerful speech ‘New Vision for a new future’ by 14-year-old, Vinisha Umashankar from Tamil Nadu to world leaders at at COP26 gets standing ovation

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/new-vision-for-a-new-future-the-14-year-old-girl-vinisha-umashankar-from-tamil-nadus-powerful-speech-at-cop26-gets-standing-ovation/articleshow/87502850.cms

10. First tribal girl to pass Class XII in Tamil Nadu village aces NEET 2021

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/first-tribal-girl-to-pass-class-xii-clears-neet/articleshow/87494389.cms

11. Diwali 2021: Recyclable products by women groups a hit 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/recyclable-products-by-women-groups-a-hit-this-diwali/articleshow/87472682.cms

12. Deepa Malik to promote women motorsport in India

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/racing/top-stories/deepa-malik-to-promote-women-motorsport/articleshow/87375867.cms

13. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award: Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain & PR Sreejesh among 12 awardees

https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/major-dhyan-chand-khel-ratna-award-neeraj-chopra-lovlina-borgohain-and-pr-sreejesh-among-12-awardees-101635869061308.html