Karnataka govt didn't allocate funds for Shuchi scheme in March as it wanted to streamline its budget to 'save funds' to fight the Covid-19 outbreak, say officials.
On Menstrual Hygiene Day, we can’t ignore millions of Indian women and girls who still don’t have access to safe sanitation — even in Covid pandemic and lockdown.
Women from a college run by followers of Swaminarayan Temple in Gujarat's Bhuj were ‘paraded’ to washrooms so teachers could check if they were bleeding from their vagina.
The judgment means the 2018 Supreme Court order allowing women of menstruating age into the Lord Ayyappa temple in Kerala's Sabarimala remains in effect.
Most girls remain unaware of menstruation until their first menstrual cycle. The lack of awareness means they do not prioritise it as an essential health need.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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