A 13-year-old Dubai-based girl, who originally belongs to Maharashtra, is doing her bit to ease the lives of tribal girls by providing them with sanitary napkins. Inspired by Akshay Kumar’s film ‘Padman‘, Riva Tulpule has adopted 250 tribal girls from rural Maharashtra and donated sanitary napkins to them. Her aim is to raise awareness about menstrual hygiene. Riva has managed […]

On Tuesday, World Environment Day, a fully biodegradable low-cost sanitary napkin was released for the first time in the country. This was released in Bengaluru by Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI), in association with department of pharmaceuticals, according to reports. Jan Aushadhi Suvidha sanitary napkins The napkins are called the ‘Jan Aushadhi Suvidha sanitary […]

Menstrual hygiene is still a taboo topic in India. To make life a tad easier for underprivileged girls, the government will soon launch low-cost sanitary pads. These will be available at all Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana stores from May-end. These pads are manufactured under the ‘Suvidha’ brand. These will be sold out at one-third […]