In South Korea, Pallavi Singh won the Mrs. Universe Divine Title.
At the Mrs. Universe Divine finals in Yeosu City, South Korea, Pallavi Singh of India took home the title.
Highlights:
- India`s Pallavi Singh won the Mrs. Universe Divine crown at the finals that took place at Yeosu City, South Korea.
- Pallavi hails from Kanpur, India, and she has made her country proud in this competition that saw participation from 110 countries.
- Pallavi Singh was Asia`s contestant in the Mrs. Universe contest and has shown the strong will and commitment of Indian women to excel in all walks of life.
- In 2020, Pallavi Singh also won the title of Mrs. India held in Jaipur. In October 2021, she won the title of Mrs. Indo-Asia Universe in the Asia-level competition held in Delhi.
Google Enlists Nasscom For Digivaani Call Center
A call centre is being established by Google and the Nasscom Foundation in partnership with the Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals, a non-profit organisation.
Highlights:
- Google and Nasscom Foundation has announced setting up a call center in collaboration with a not-for-profit body Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP), helping women farmers scale up their business.
- The "DigiVaani Call Center" project is run on a pilot basis. Initially, around 20,000 rural women entrepreneurs will be covered across 6 states, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar, and Rajasthan.
- DigiVaani will be a place where rural women entrepreneurs can call and get information about different schemes available for them, which could help them scale up their business, be it government schemes or any other details that can help them.
The 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held at Tokyo`s Olympic Stadium.
Tokyo was selected by the World Athletics Council to host the 2025 World Championships.
Highlights:
- The World Athletics Council chose Tokyo to host the World Athletics Championships 2025.
- At the World Athletics Council Meeting in Oregon, USA, the Council declared that the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships would be held in Medulin and Pula in Croatia, and the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships would be held in Tallahassee, Florida.
- The World Athletics Championships 18th edition starts in Oregon, USA, and Budapest in Hungary will host the 2023 event.
- The 2022 edition is now being organized in Oregon, USA, which was initially scheduled to be held in 2021 but postponed by 1 year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.