health and hygiene

Close to 12% of young girls think menstruation is a curse from God or caused by disease: study

For World Menstrual Hygiene Day, Child Rights and You’s releases findings from a study on awareness of menstrual hygiene and health amongst adolescent girls in India

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World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023: What are India’s challenges?

Rucha Wankhede,M. Sivakami

Pourakarmikas seek regularization of sanitation workers simultaneously

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Bio-toilet with a difference at Mumbai beach

Explained | What has India done to curb unnecessary hysterectomies?

Hysterectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the uterus and it was found, through a public interest litigation, that in the States of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan “unnecessary hysterectomies” were carried out.

Centre writes to States to curb trend of unnecessary hysterectomies

Dettol Banega Swasth India launches music album to promote hygiene

Aiming to be India’s first meat snack brand, Doki launches chicken chips and buffalo jerky

Girls from Anjuman Islam school in Bandra in Mumbai are being taught on Menstrual hygiene. The Supreme Court said a “uniform national policy” may be framed by the Centre in consultation with States and Union Territories to ensure menstrual hygiene by providing sanitary pads, vending and disposal mechanisms and exclusive washrooms for girl students in schools.

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SC asks Centre to frame ‘uniform national policy’ to provide sanitary pads for girls in schools in India

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced inter-district cleanliness contest entailing a first prize of ₹100 crore.

Assam CM Himanta announces inter-district cleanliness contest

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Maharastra Rural Development Minister Girish Mahajan | file photo

Maharashtra to provide subsidised sanitary napkins to girl students, women from SHGs: Minister

H3N2 situation is not alarming in Karnataka, says Bommai

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Health and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar, chairing a meeting with the technical advisory committee and senior officials, on the sudden spike in H3N2 virus infection in the State, in Bengaluru on March 6, 2023.

H3N2 virus: No cause for panic, do not pop antibiotics without advice, says Health Minister

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When companies could no longer sshhh it and send women away to the medical room each time they needed a pad, they began to look at menstrual leave.

The period leave debate: deserving or not?

Sunalini Mathew

Reducing pain: On menstrual leave

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MoHFW rolls out new strategy to tackle drug resistant leprosy

Citizen volunteers collect relief material to send to earthquake-affected Turkey from Bengaluru

Illness count from contaminated water in Hamirpur villages touches 535, Himachal CM seeks report

The march past under way during the Republic Day celebrations in Mysuru on Thursday.

Karnataka emerged as a ‘model’ for other states: Minister

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Health officials close down another eatery in North Paravur after Salmonella bacteria found in food

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One of the restored lakes in Mysuru district where Republic Day will be celebrated on Thursday. Photo: Special Arrangement

Unique R-Day in Mysuru: Flag hoisting in 44 lake environs

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Ernakulam food poisoning: Salmonella bacteria found in samples

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Eking out a living: Women rolling beedis outside their houses at Dhuliyan municipality in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, which is home to lakhs of beedi workers and is the hub of beedi making in the country.

Dusk descends on the beedi rollers of Murshidabad

Shiv Sahay Singh

Deputy Commissioner M.R. Ravi Kumar speaking to an owner of an eatery at Panambur Beach, in Mangaluru on Sunday.

10 eateries at Panambur beach shut over lack of trade license, poor hygiene

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