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3 days, 15 hours ago

Export of special technical textile products on rise, says NTTM official

“Export of special technical textile products grew 6.2% between April and November compared with the same period last year,” said Ashok Kumar Malhotra, Mission Director of the National Technical Textiles Mission. Mr. Malhotra told The Hindu on Friday that the exports were worth ₹2,915 crore from April to November this year compared to ₹2,345 crore during April - November last …

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4 days, 23 hours ago

Army sets up biodegradable sanitary napkin facility in Ladakh

India Today

The Indian Army has set up a biodegradable sanitary napkin production facility, under 'Operation Sadbhavana', at Martselang village in Ladakh. The project aims to improve menstrual hygiene and promote environmental sustainability in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh regions. Run by local women, the facility produces good quality, affordable, biodegradable, and UV-treated sanitary napkins. The project not only creates economic opportunities …

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1 week ago

events with 100+ at unlicensed venues must segregate waste

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: The central government’s gazetted notification on Solid Waste Management Rules for 2024 was made public by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Monday. events with 100+ at unlicensed venues must segregate waste A key rule requires event organisers at unlicensed venues with over a 100 people to segregate waste at source. The notification mandates institutions occupying more than 5000sqmts such …

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1 week ago

Xiamen leads global high-end plumbing, sanitary ware sector

China Daily

Xiamen R&T Plumbing Technology Co Ltd. The project aims to build a production line capable of producing 100,000 sets of prefabricated smart sanitary ware products annually. Prefabricated integrated sanitary ware is a new bathroom renovation method, where sanitary facilities are prefabricated in factories and then assembled on-site. R&T is part of the wider development of the plumbing and sanitary ware …

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1 week, 3 days ago

No end to Chandigarh’s trash trouble as third mountain rises at Dadumajra dump

Hindustan Times

The city’s garbage crisis shows no sign of abating, as a third mountain of waste, holding a massive 1.25 lakh metric tonnes of waste, has emerged at the Dadumajra landfill. Already struggling to clear the existing legacy waste at the Dadumajra landfill, Chandigarh MC will take at least 43 more months to clear the fresh heap of 1.25 lakh MT. …

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1 week, 4 days ago

LIC, ITC से लेकर Axis Bank तक: म्यूचुअल फंड इन लार्ज-कैप स्टॉक्स पर तेजी से आगे बढ़ रहे हैं

Live Mint

हालाँकि नवंबर में इक्विटी म्यूचुअल फंड्स में मासिक आधार पर 14 प्रतिशत की गिरावट आई और यह ₹35,943.49 करोड़ रहा, जो अक्टूबर में ₹41,886.69 करोड़ था, फिर भी फंड हाउसेस ने लगातार तीसरे महीने के लिए बड़े-कैप स्टॉक्स जैसे Life Insurance Corporation of India, ITC, Hindustan Unilever, Larsen & Toubro, और Axis Bank को जोड़ना जारी रखा, जो इन स्टॉक्स …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Plea Seeking Policy For Free Sanitary Pad Distribution To School-Going Girls

Live Law

The Supreme Court today reserved its judgment on the pan-India implementation of the Union's national policy 'Menstrual Hygiene Policy for School-going Girls' in Government and Government-aided schools for adolescent girl children from Classes 6-12.A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan on November 12 had directed the Union Government through Additional Solicitor. The Supreme Court today reserved its judgment …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Construction of ward offices to be expedited in Tiruchi

The Hindu

Tiruchi Corporation has initiated steps to expedite the construction of multi-purpose office spaces comprising an exclusive office for the councillors to receive grievances and meet residents. Meanwhile, construction of office space is underway at a few wards, including Ward 16 at Viswas Nagar, Ward 35 on Senthaneerpuram Gandhi Street, Ward 36 at Kongu Nagar, Ward 37 at Ganapathy Nagar, Ward …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Tamil Nadu: Relief measures in Cyclone Fengal-hit areas continue

Deccan Chronicle

A plethora relief measures have been taken up in Villupuram, Cuddalore and Kallakurichi districts that were hit by Cyclone Fengal with the deployment of senior IAS officers to oversee the wide range of operations that include setting up camps to accommodate those evacuated from low-lying and flooded areas, distribution of food and water and organizing medical camps.On the instructions of …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

How one girl is empowering over 10,000 to break the silence over menstruation

India Today

For Priyanshi Bagga, a Class 12 from Shiv Nadar School, Gurgaon, the journey to empower young girls in rural India began with a simple yet powerful mission: to break the silence surrounding menstrual health. The 17-year-old's initiative, Chuppi Todoh, is transforming lives by having provided over 300,000 sanitary pads to 10,000 girls and installing vending machines in schools. EMPOWERING GIRLS, …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Narges Mohammadi: Iran’s jailed Nobel laureate allowed to leave prison for 21 days after surgery

CNN

CNN — Iranian authorities have allowed Narges Mohammadi, the country’s most prominent human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, to leave prison for 21 days to recover from surgery for suspected cancer, a decision her family has criticized as “too little, too late.” An Iranian prosecutor on Tuesday suspended Mohammadi’s prison term for three weeks – instead of …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi gets 3-week reprieve from prison in Iran after surgery

LA Times

Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, shown in 2007, won the Nobel Peace Prize last year for her human rights work. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was released temporarily from prison Wednesday after undergoing a complex surgery in Iran that removed part of a bone in her right leg over cancer fears, her supporters said. As doctors have emphasized, a minimum …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

How a scandal over sanitary pads is shaping feminist activism in China

New Indian Express

Chi Zhang, University of St Andrews A string of prominent sanitary pad brands in China have become embroiled in a scandal about the quality of their products. In 2022, Chinese women took to social media to advocate for sanitary pads to be sold on trains. Their demands were swiftly dismissed, with China Railway saying sanitary pads were “private items” that …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Explained: The ‘shrinking sanitary pad’ scandal that has Chinese women seeing red

Firstpost

China is seeing a ‘shrinkflation’ — the sizes of sanitary pads are smaller than advertised. Representational image/AFP There’s an interesting row that’s broken out on China’s social media networks, Weibo and Xiaohongshu, with many women alleging that several major companies were reducing the size and quality of their sanitary pads. One wrote on Weibo, “The inflated sanitary pad length is …

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Civic staff found burning garbage in Pune’s Baner area

Hindustan Times

Despite the ban rampant burning of garbage in Baner remains a perennial issue. The illegal burning of waste and dry leaves is rampant in areas like NH-48 highway, Bitwise Terratower, Mohan Nagar, Kia Showroom and Spice Court almost all parts of Baner, they said. Another resident, Ameya Jagtap, said, “We have been following up on the issue with PMC and …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Netizens cry foul over reduced size, quality of sanitary pads

China Daily

By WANG XIAOYU | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-26 09:02 Sanitary pads, an essential hygiene product for menstruating women, became a hot topic online recently after several major companies were accused of reducing the sizes and quality of their products. Online controversies have also extended to discussions about whether the national standard surrounding sanitary pads' pH scale — a measurement …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Netizens cry foul over reduced size, quality of sanitary pads

China Daily

Sanitary pads, an essential hygiene product for menstruating women, became a hot topic online recently after several major companies were accused of reducing the sizes and quality of their products. Online controversies have also extended to discussions about whether the national standard surrounding sanitary pads' pH scale — a measurement of how acidic or alkaline a substance is — is …

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4 weeks ago

Carrefour’s cold shoulder for South American beef sparks a backlash from Brazil

Associated Press

BRASILIA, Brazil — Supermarket giant Carrefour’s support for French farmers’ protests against a trade agreement between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur has sparked a strong reaction in Brazil, including a refusal to supply beef to Carrefour stores in Brazil. Though France makes up just a tiny sliver of Brazil’s beef exports, meatpackers worried that Carrefour’s decision …

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1 month ago

2 CTOs, 2 GHMC Staff in ACB Net

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Two commercial tax officers and two GHMC sanitary field assistants were apprehended by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for demanding bribes in exchange for official favours. According to ACB officials, Mahabub Basha, assistant commissioner of Malakpet Circle, demanded a bribe of Rs.1 lakh to issue a letter to defreeze the complainant’s bank account. The accused accepted a bribe of Rs.50,000 through …

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1 month ago

Collector Anudeep Durishetty Inaugurates Sanitary Incinerator in Azampura

Deccan Chronicle

In a significant step toward addressing menstrual health and hygiene in schools in Telangana and breaking the stigma around periods, Shri Anudeep Durishetty, IAS, Collector of Hyderabad, inaugurated an eco-friendly sanitary napkin incinerator at Government School, Azampura No.1, as part of an initiative by Youngistaan Foundation. This project, supported by Altimetrik India Private Limited under its CSR program in collaboration …

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1 month, 1 week ago

The environmental cost of convenience

New Indian Express

On my morning walks in the university campus where I am a scholar-in-residence, I initially saw piles of waste everywhere. However, within next few days, I saw sanitary workers filling their trucks with the garbage piled up on the roadside. The biggest culprits were disposable cutlery, especially the plastic trays used to deliver food along with the delivery packaging. In …

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1 month, 1 week ago

New edible vegetable oil transport guideline launched

China Daily

Edible oil products on sale at a supermarket in Beijing. SONG JIARU/FOR CHINA DAILY China's top market regulator recently launched the mandatory standards for transporting edible vegetable oil after some companies were found transporting cooking oil in the same tankers they previously used to move liquid fuels. According to the website of the State Administration for Market Regulation, the standards, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Penny-wise & pound-foolish: Skilled staff paid less than unskilled by GCC

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: Despite the Labour and Welfare Skill Development Department issuing a government order in June 2023 mandating wage revision for employees across local authorities, only unskilled workers under Greater Chennai Corporation received a pay hike while the revision is still pending for skilled workers. Temporary skilled workers in GCC, including NCD staff nurses, ANM nurses, lab technicians, pharmacists, and data …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Chandigarh MC to start mixed waste segregation with new plant at Dadumajra dump by Nov-end

Hindustan Times

Chandigarh municipal corporation is set to segregate mixed waste into dry and wet wastes, with an automated municipal solid waste segregation plant, at the Dadumajra dumping ground by the end of this month. As per MC officials, approximately 70 TPD of mixed/unsegregated waste is being collected daily and manual segregation of this garbage is not possible. As per MC officials, …

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Export of special technical textile products on rise, says NTTM official

Army sets up biodegradable sanitary napkin facility in Ladakh

events with 100+ at unlicensed venues must segregate waste

Xiamen leads global high-end plumbing, sanitary ware sector

No end to Chandigarh’s trash trouble as third mountain rises at Dadumajra dump

LIC, ITC से लेकर Axis Bank तक: म्यूचुअल फंड इन लार्ज-कैप स्टॉक्स पर तेजी से आगे बढ़ रहे हैं

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Plea Seeking Policy For Free Sanitary Pad Distribution To School-Going Girls

Construction of ward offices to be expedited in Tiruchi

Tamil Nadu: Relief measures in Cyclone Fengal-hit areas continue

How one girl is empowering over 10,000 to break the silence over menstruation

Narges Mohammadi: Iran’s jailed Nobel laureate allowed to leave prison for 21 days after surgery

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi gets 3-week reprieve from prison in Iran after surgery

How a scandal over sanitary pads is shaping feminist activism in China

Explained: The ‘shrinking sanitary pad’ scandal that has Chinese women seeing red

Civic staff found burning garbage in Pune’s Baner area

Netizens cry foul over reduced size, quality of sanitary pads

Netizens cry foul over reduced size, quality of sanitary pads

Carrefour’s cold shoulder for South American beef sparks a backlash from Brazil

2 CTOs, 2 GHMC Staff in ACB Net

Collector Anudeep Durishetty Inaugurates Sanitary Incinerator in Azampura

The environmental cost of convenience

New edible vegetable oil transport guideline launched

Penny-wise & pound-foolish: Skilled staff paid less than unskilled by GCC

Chandigarh MC to start mixed waste segregation with new plant at Dadumajra dump by Nov-end