The last thing one wants on holidays is burnt patchy skin that spoils the insta-feed and causes discomfort. Instead of coming back home to elaborate packs and ubtans rituals, best to carry a broad spectrum sunscreen with at least SPF 50 to keep the skin protected.
Andhra Pradesh government has launched a program under which branded sanitary napkins will be provided free of cost to girl students.
Addressing the virtual launch ceremony, which was live telecasted at 1,500 locations, Chaudhary said the main objective of the scheme is to protect women and girls from menstrual hygiene related diseases and spread awareness about menstrual hygiene.
Treasury chief Rishi Sunak had committed to ending the widely unpopular tax on tampons and sanitary pads in his budget in March but the change could only take effect Friday after Britain had finally left the economic orbit of the European Union.
Menstruation is a natural biological process but the shame, heavy stigma and misconception attached to it is prevalent even today. Nobody really expected the subject to figure in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech. But it did. Read on!
The vending machine, set up by the National Legal Services Authority, the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority and Sabarmati Jail officials, will benefit 124 women inmates.
In a huge push for women hygiene, the government on Tuesday slashed price of sanitary napkins sold from its Jan Aushadhi Kendras to just Re 1 per piece from Rs 2.50 earlier.
A pack of six sanitary napkins is being provided to adolescent girls at a cost of Rs 6 every month under a centrally-sponsored scheme, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Lok Sabha on Friday.
Miss World 2017 Manushi Chillar was in Mvezo to launch low-cost sanitary napkin manufacturing machine on Nelson Mandela's birth anniversary.
The women inmates of the Nagpur Central Jail have started making eco-friendly sanitary napkins under a rehabilitation plan aimed at their skill development and empowerment
When sanitary napkins are dumped, they take around 500-800 years to degrade. If these napkins are burnt, they release toxic gases unless it is done at a temperature of 800 degrees which requires a lot of energy.
When we buy the sanitary napkins from a shop, the shopkeepers pull out a black polybag especially meant to conceal this enigmatic thing. It has become a part of our habit.
Making sanitary napkins tax free: Is that all we want?
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Jaihind on Saturday asked Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to make sanitary napkins tax free under GST.
Expressing her support to a recent campaign on Twitter with a hashtag #LahuKaLagaan, Arjun Kapoor’s sister Anshula urges govt to make sanitary napkins tax free.
Lucknow: In a laudable move, the Uttar Pradesh government will soon provide free sanitary napkins to reduce the absenteeism of girls in schools during their periods, an official said, adding the move follows growing concerns
Among other taboos in India, periods is also one such thing that never gets discussed inside home let along in public.As men believe, 'Periods' – is a taboo topic as well as an entirely ‘girly'
Do you feel embarrassed when you buy sanitary napkins? Why you prefer to carry it in black poly-bags?If the answers to the above questions asked get 'Yes' as an answer, then you must read ahead...In
New Delhi: Menstruation is still a taboo in rural India. A menstruating woman in villages, even towns is treated indifferently by the people. Till now, they are told not to sleep on bed; their belongings
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