What's Buzzing This Week? - Sep 23, 2021

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

1. India is all set to host the Women's International Football tournament in December ahead of 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup

https://www.firstpost.com/sports/india-to-host-womens-international-football-tournament-in-december-ahead-of-2022-afc-womens-asian-cup-9984361.html/amp

2. Twins from Germany break the Guinness World Record for shortest female twins

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/amp/news/2021/9/german-sisters-break-record-for-worlds-shortest-twins-675546

3. Exciting news: Women may lead the Border Roads Organization (BRO) projects along the border

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/women-may-lead-bro-projects-along-border-101632076881307-amp.html

4. WHO: Indian women's healthy life expentancy lowest among 11 countries in SE Asia

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/who-indian-womens-healthy-life-expectancy-se-asias-lowest/articleshow/86279599.cms

5. Harmilan Bains from Punjab shatters 19-year-old national record in women's 1500m at the 60th National Open Athletics Championships

https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/national-open-athletics-day-2-harmilan-shatters-19-year-old-national-record-in-womens-1500m-7513747/lite/

6. 107-year-old Japanese sisters certified as the World's oldest identical twins

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/21/asia/japan-oldest-identical-twins-record-scli-intl/index.html

7. India's Mithali Raj goes past 20,000 career runs

https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/sports/india-women-s-odi-skipper-mithali-raj-goes-past-20-000-career-runs-121092100263_1.html

8. A new ICMR study suggests that many pregnant are likely to get infected from Covid

https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/many-pregnant-women-likely-to-get-sick-from-covid/amp_articleshow/86273521.cms

9. Nestle India increasing number of female employees, 42% of news hires in 2020 were women

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/nestle-india-increasing-number-of-female-employees-42-of-new-hires-in-2020-were-women/2334207/lite/

10. The National Commission for Women (NCW) launches a new programme for girl students in colleges to face the job market

https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/national/ncw-launches-programme-for-college-girls-to-face-job-market-1032390.html

11. 50% person days under the Tamil Nadu Urban Employment Scheme to be set aside for women

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/50-person-days-under-job-scheme-to-be-set-aside-for-women/article36507299.ece/amp/