What's Buzzing This Week? - Mar 17, 2022

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

1. Jhulan Goswami scripted history by becoming the first woman cricketer in history to take 250 wickets in Women’s ODI.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/jhulan-goswami-becomes-first-women-s-cricketer-in-history-to-take-250-odi-wickets-during-women-s-wc-match-against-england-101647406336712.html

2. International Day of Women Judges celebrated by the Supreme Court on 10 March.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-to-celebrate-international-day-of-women-judges/articleshow/90115205.cms

3. Anjali Verma from Madhya Pradesh won the All India Civil Services Tennis Tournament 2022 Open Women’s Final.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/all-india-civil-services-tennis-championship-anjali-verma-lifts-women-s-title-101646940889003.html

4. A study suggests that women are more credit conscious and are proving to be better borrowers than their male counterparts.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/women-are-proving-to-be-better-borrowers-data/articleshow/90088719.cms

5. The Indian women’s team defeated Thailand and won Gold at Asian Junior Handball to qualify for the world event.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/indian-women-win-asian-junior-handball-gold-qualify-for-world-event-101647282369055.html

6. Indian women’s team defeat Nepal in their first match of SAFF U-18 Championship.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/india-women-start-with-a-bang-beat-nepal-7-0-in-saff-u-18-championship/articleshow/90234338.cms

7. Nityanand Rai, Minister of State for Home Affairs informed that there are 10.3% women police personnel in all police forces across India.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-has-10-3-women-in-police-force-govt-in-lok-sabha-101647339406984.html

8. Jhulan Goswami and Mithali Raj slipped a few places in the ICC Women’s ODI Rankings.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/mithali-raj-jhulan-goswami-slip-in-icc-women-s-odi-rankings-big-gains-for-world-cup-stars-101647347646080.html

9. Mahasweta Chakrobarty, a woman pilot from India flew back 800 students stranded amongst the Ukraine war.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ukraine-war-kolkata-pilot-mahasweta-chakraborty-flew-800-indian-studentsbjp-101647143235379.html

10. Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) will admit girls in the institution, for the first time in its history of 100 years.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/in-a-1st-100-year-old-rimc-to-open-its-doors-for-girls/articleshow/90190834.cms

11. Mithali Raj scripts history by breaking the record for most matches captained in ICC women’s world cup and also becoming the first woman to appear in 6 world cups.

https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/story/team-india-captain-mithali-raj-makes-history-breaks-world-cup-captaincy-record-325734-2022-03-12

12. French painter Rosa Bonheur honoured by Google on her 200 birth anniversary with an artsy doodle.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/google-doodle-celebrates-200th-birth-anniversary-of-french-artist-rosa-bonheur/articleshow/90249555.cms

13. A report suggests that female users spend more time online over finance and education apps.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/women-spend-more-time-on-education-and-finance-apps-over-other-categories-report/articleshow/90113868.cms

14. India’s team lost to England in Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 by 6 wickets.

https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/women-s-world-cup-india-vs-england-live-score-mithali-s-girls-seek-revenge-122031600109_1.html

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