What's Buzzing This Week? - Aug 26, 2021

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

1. India’s Shaili Singh wins Silver in the women’s long jump at the World Athletics U20 Championships

https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/world-athletics-u20-championships-india-s-shaili-singh-clinches-silver-in-women-s-long-jump-101629645353795-amp.html

2. 10-year-old Thejaswi Abhilash from Kerala enters India and Asia Book of Records for finishing a digital doodle in less than a minute

https://www.newindianexpress.com/good-news/2021/aug/25/doodling-records-10-year-old-kerala-girl-entersindia-book-of-records-asia-book-of-records-2349273.html

3. Time scale colonel rank granted to five women officers in the Indian Army

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indian-army-grants-time-scale-colonel-rank-to-five-women-officers/articleshow/85558371.cms

4. Rakshabandhan: Women tie rakhis to Army jawans in Kargil

https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/women-tie-rakhis-to-army-jawans-in-kargil/amp_articleshow/85543687.cms

5. India’s Priya Mohan finishes 4th in the Women’s 400m final at the U20 World Athletics Championships in Nairobi

https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/sports/other-sports/story/u20-world-athletics-championships-priya-mohan-finishes-4th-in-women-s-400m-final-after-setting-personal-best-1843808-2021-08-21

6. NEET 2021 Applications: Women applicants outnumber men by 2 lakh

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/women-beat-men-by-2-lakh-in-neet-applications/articleshow/85457776.cms?from=mdr

7. Indian Paddler Sonalben Patel loses against China’s Qian Li in the Group D opener at the Tokyo Paralympics

https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/sports/tokyo-paralympics-paddler-sonalben-loses-against-qian-li-in-group-d-opener-121082500156_1.html