What's Buzzing This Week? - Jun 17, 2021

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

1. For the first time ever, 3 women have been deployed to patrol the forests of Nanda Devi at 14,500 feet

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/in-a-first-women-patrol-nanda-devi-forests-at-14500-feet/articleshow/83495902.cms

2. 2022 CWG: Schedule for women’s T20 cricket announced

https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/cwg-2022-in-birmingham-schedule-for-women-s-t20-cricket-announced-121061600022_1.html

3. 19-year-old, Kaylee McKeown broke the women’s 100m backstroke world record

https://sports.ndtv.com/swimming/australias-kaylee-mckeown-smashes-womens-100m-backstroke-world-record-2462877

4. 24-year-old Kerala girl, Delisha Davis drives a tanker truck making trips extending up to 300km

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/its-easy-to-drive-a-tanker-than-a-car/articleshow/83492108.cms

5. Enrolment of girls in higher education up by 18.2%: AISHE Report 2019-20

https://www.ndtv.com/education/aishe-report-2019-20-released-female-enrolment-increased-182-over-2015-20

6. French Open 2021: Barbora Krejcikova wins her first Grand Slam title

https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/french-open-2021-womens-final-barbora-krejcikova-vs-anastasia-pavlyuchenkova-live-score-7355804/

7. The powerful new song ‘Main Sherni’ featuring Vidya Balan celebrates real women

https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/main-sherni-song-vidya-balan-features-in-this-powerful-ode-to-womens-resilience-7360649/

8. The Indian Military Police opens posts for Nepali Women

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-opens-vacancies-for-nepali-women-in-military-police/articleshow/83534371.cms

9. The state of Tamil Nadu is all set to appoint women temple priests

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tn-ready-to-appoint-women-temple-priests/articleshow/83469708.cms

10. A group of marginalised girls in Rajasthan start a movement against child marriage

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/9/girls-india-marginalised-groups-child-marriage

11. Germany’s 1000-year-old boy’s choir to open its ranks to girls for the first time in history

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/1-000-year-old-german-boys-choir-to-open-door-to-girls-2464676

12. Entrepreneur Rupjyoti Saikia Gogoi’s initiative turns trash into treasure in Assam

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/5/woman-entrepreneur-turning-trash-into-treasure-in-indias-assam