sanitary pads
- Hyderabad
BIS Hyderabad raids sanitary pad centre; seizes 30,000 uncertified items
Hyderabad: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Hyderabad, raided a centre in Kushaiguda on Monday, April 21, and seized around 30,000 sanitary pads and 7,000 label covers for allegedly selling them without…
- India
Assam: Former militants to make sanitary pads, run rice mills
The hands that once trained to fire guns are now learning to make sanitary pads in Assam’s Udalguri district. Former women militants are being trained in making sanitary napkins by the Bodoland…
- India
SC notice to states, UTs that failed to respond to plea on free pads for school girls
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday put on notice the states and UTs which did not file their response on formation of a uniform national policy on menstrual hygiene for girls…
- India
Pune’s CSIR-NCL sets up sanitary pad disposal mechanism on campus
Pune: In a bid to provide an improved work environment to its women researchers, the Pune-based CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), a premier research and development institute in the field of chemical sciences,…
- India
SC seeks replies of Centre, states on free sanitary pads for girls in govt schools
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, states and Union territories (UTs) on a PIL seeking issuance of directions for providing free sanitary pads to girls studying in…
- Middle East
Iran: Protestors use sanitary pads to cover security cameras
Tehran: As protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini continue in Iran, several photos have emerged on social media of Iranians covering CCTV cameras with sanitary pads in public transportation to…
- India
Sanitary pad company offers year-long supply to Bihar girl who got ‘condom’ reply from IAS officer
Patna: After a college student in Bihar was humiliated by an IAS officer over her query to subsidise the rates of sanitary pads, a Delhi-based firm has decided to provide her free…
- India
Bihar IAS officer apologises for her ‘condom’, ‘sanitary pad’ remarks
Patna: Senior IAS officer and Bihar Women and Children Development Corporation Managing Director Harjot Kaur Bamhrah, who had stirred up a controversy with her snide and abrasive responses to school girls in…
- India
We are looking into the matter: Nitish on IAS officer’s snarky remarks
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said his government has taken cognisance of a senior woman IAS officer’s apparent humiliation of a school girl over a sanitary pad. He said he…
- India
Jamia students break taboos around period; create reusable sanitary pads
New Delhi: Reshma, a resident of a slum in South Delhi, often wondered how sanitary napkins are made. Her inquisitiveness further increased when she learnt that menstrual pads can be made using natural…
- Photos
Photos: Sanitary Pads vending machine at a college
Ranchi: Students of Santosh College of Teachers Training & Education use a vending machine to collect sanitary pads at Balsiring village, in Ranchi, Saturday, May 28, 2022. (PTI Photo) Ranchi: Students of…
- Featured News
Hyderabadi woman-led startup makes biodegradable sanitary pads
Hyderabad: After working in the telecom industry for five years before taking a 15-year break, the 48-year-old Aruna Dara did not shy away from setting up her own business, Apna Green Products,…
