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 ‘Asmita’ scheme won’t subsidise or distribute napkins for free – it’ll sell them at nominal prices, and plans to provide them to all women in the state.
In a country notoriously tight-lipped about menstruation, the topic of sanitary napkins, menstrual hygiene, waste disposal and even the taxation of sanitary pads has suddenly gone mainstream.
Activists are up in arms over the government's plan to tax sanitary pads at the same level as cheese, cell phones and frozen meat products under the Goods and Services Tax. And there may be at least two legal petitions challenging this decision.
KAVEESHA KOHLI
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
Hi there.
My company is called cupys (on social media you feel use the handle mycupys to find my pages) and we sell Menstrual Cups. For every one purchased, one is donated to a women in need.
I agree woman need more education about periods in a work place. I offer free talks and I am happy to donate Menstrual Cups also.
Hi there.
My company is called cupys (on social media you feel use the handle mycupys to find my pages) and we sell Menstrual Cups. For every one purchased, one is donated to a women in need.
I agree woman need more education about periods in a work place. I offer free talks and I am happy to donate Menstrual Cups also.
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