6+ hour, 10+ min ago  (284+ words) New Delhi, Mar 7 (PTI) A two-day awareness campaign on menstrual health and hygiene was underway at two newly inaugurated stations of the Namo Bharat corridor to mark the International Women's Day. A series of interactive activities related to menstrual hygiene…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (591+ words) New Delhi: In a ruling that should reach the collective conscience of society, the Supreme Court Friday recognised menstrual hygiene management (MHM) not merely as a health issue but as an essential facet of the right to life under Article…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (469+ words) New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI) Highlighting the need to sensitise male teachers and students, the Supreme Court on Friday said the whole ecosystem has to be sterilized of the stigma associated with menstruation or the infrastructural efforts would remain underutilized. In…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (202+ words) Bengaluru, Dec 9 (PTI) Hours after staying a government notification mandating one day menstrual leave to working women in the state, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday recalled its order. Post lunch, Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty appeared before Justice Jyoti…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (172+ words) Bengaluru, Dec 9 (PTI) The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday stayed the state government's notification mandating one-day menstrual leave a month for working women. The November 9 notification made provision for one day paid menstrual leave per month to women employees aged…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (279+ words) Bengaluru, Dec 4 (PTI) The Karnataka government has extended one day of paid menstrual leave per month to employees in the government sector as well. The government had last month issued an order mandating one day of paid menstrual leave a…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (582+ words) Despite frequent rhetoric about gender equality, women remain largely invisible in China's political landscape. While President Xi Jinping's appearance at the 2025 Global Women's Summit projected an image of empowerment, the reality within the Chinese Communist Party tells a very different…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (192+ words) Gen Z women can be a million things'strong girl, man-eater, goth, or a girl's girl. But the dating market seems to want just one version of them: feminine. According to the trending male fantasy, the ideal woman is a forever-happy,…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (355+ words) Bengaluru: The Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government Thursday approved a policy to provide one-day paid menstrual leave to women every month. The new policy would cover all government and private employers. "The Karnataka government recognises the importance of health as a fundamental…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (714+ words) The idea came from a very personal experience four years ago, a few months after my own marriage, and I had decided to write something on it. It eventually evolved into two separate solo shows," said Sharma, who grew up…...