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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
TopicSanitary Napkins

Topic: Sanitary Napkins

How reusable sanitary pads are changing lives in rural India

Unlike disposable pads, which contribute to environmental waste and financial strain, reusable alternatives are affordable, durable, and eco-friendly.

A menstrual campaign amid Pakistan floods is making right noises. But some men can’t take it

Sanitary napkins are increasingly featuring on the essential supplies lists sent out by districts flooded.

Modi govt plans Rs 12,000 cr boost for access to sanitary pads, eyes corporates as partners

The scheme, pegged on govt’s popular Re 1 Suvidha pad, follows this year’s 15 August address, where PM Modi became the first Indian leader to talk menstrual health on I-Day.

The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a ‘sanitary pad crisis’

Women in India, Fiji, the US, UK and other parts of the world have reported severe supply shortages of pads and hiked-up prices for disposable menstrual products.

Delhi BJP to distribute 6 lakh sanitary napkins for better health of girls and women

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari will launch the ‘Mission Anivarya’ campaign in association with the Delhi Police Monday.

When a Modi minister refused to hold a pad, Akshay Kumar learned a life lesson

Participating in a panel discussion at a book launch, Akshay Kumar didn’t name the minister but said menstrual hygiene fell under his ambit.

Women voters in Madhya Pradesh want jobs, not sanitary napkins and cooking gas

Madhya Pradesh revealed a fundamental disconnect between party perceptions and women voters’ expectations.

Smriti Irani feels victimised, hits back with Instagram post of her mouth tied

The Instagram post has got more than 11,000 likes and nearly 400 comments. Close friend Ekta Kapoor called Smriti Irani a ‘rockkkkstaaaa’.

Price of sanitary pads won’t change much despite zero GST. Here’s why

Earlier, the government would pay input credit. But now, since the final product is not taxed, manufacturers will have to add it to the cost of the pads.

Putin lifts the Trump trophy, and New Zealand’s urgency to find a Russian spy

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint. The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or...

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.