What's Buzzing This Week? - Sep 30, 2021

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

1. 600 career wickets: India’s Jhulan Goswami creates history in women’s cricket

https://www.india.com/sports/jhulan-goswami-scripts-history-by-claiming-600-career-wickets-indw-vs-ausw-women-cricket-4981869/amp/

2. Labour survey rejig to measure women participation in the workforce better

https://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/indicators/labour-survey-rejig-to-measure-women-participation-better/amp_articleshow/86545094.cms

3. Mobile internet awareness in women has increased from 19% in 2017 to 53% in 2020

https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/53-per-cent-women-aware-of-mobile-internet-compared-to-19-per-cent-in-2017/amp_articleshow/86586160.cms

4. Women find it hard to return to office after COVID 19

https://m.economictimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/in-the-aftermath-of-covid-19-women-find-it-hard-to-return-to-the-office/amp_articleshow/86602118.cms

5. World Archery Championships: Wait for gold continues as India ends campaign with three silver medals

https://www.firstpost.com/sports/world-archery-championships-wait-for-gold-continues-as-india-end-campaign-with-three-silver-medals-9999341.html

6. At 17.3%, India Inc badly lags presence of women board members: Report

https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/companies/at-17-3-india-inc-badly-lags-presence-of-women-board-members-report-121092801142_1.html

7. The first batch of women CRPF personnel start training for VVIP security

https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/first-batch-women-crpf-personnel-training-vvip-security-1857895-2021-09-27

8. Iceland misses out of Europe’s first female-majority parliament

https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/international/iceland-misses-out-on-europe-s-first-female-majority-parliament-121092800065_1.html

9. Promoting female empowerment & education: Japan issues the country’s first gender bonds

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/japan-issues-1st-gender-bonds-to-promote-female-empowerment-education/articleshow/86555155.cms

10. Jagriti Awasthi, an electrical engineer from Bhopal secured the top rank as a woman & overall second rank in UPSC Civil Services Exam 2020 in her second attempt

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/sep/24/electrical-engineer-from-bhopalemerges-upsc-civil-services-2020-woman-topper-in-her-second-attempt-2363310.html

11. Indian women enter Championship Division at Asian TT Championships

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/table-tennis/indian-women-enter-championship-division-at-asian-table-tennis-championships-doha-archana-kamath-sutirtha-mukherjee/article36730648.ece/amp/

12. Most women in managerial positions in North Eastern states, Andhra Pradesh & Punjab

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/most-women-in-managerial-posts-in-northeast-ap-punjab/articleshow/86593448.cms