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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Managing menstruation in public can be challenging at the best of times, but imagine being eight years old and having to deal with your period at school. You might need to change your pad during class and explain to your friends why you are not going to the swimming carnival. You might be scared you will bleed through your uniform because there aren't any sanitary bins in the junior years' bathroom.…

The doctor who taught me about human reproduction at medical school was in fact a veterinarian. More is known about a sheep’s rhythms than a woman’s, he said, setting the tone in our first tutorial, presumably because ewes drive a healthy profit. I was disappointed. I felt that menstruation and pregnancy shouldn’t be narrated to us like they would be for any other animal. These aren’t just biological events, but experiences coloured by memory and anticipation. What about days of frantic maxi pad changes in school cubicles…

Maruti Suzuki has had a terrific run this year. The biggest car manufacturer in India was already leading the market share, though competitors catching up with new models in compact and midsize SUV segments reduced the percentage of the share. However, Maruti Suzuki bounced back by launching all-new two key models in the compact SUV space, Fronx and Jimny. At the same time, it increased the production of two of its best-sellers, the Brezza compact SUV and Grand Vitara midsize SUV. The arrival of two new models in the…

Good news for all Mahindra Scorpio-N enthusiasts! The company recently announced that the waiting periods for its highly popular model have now been reduced by around 4 months on some of its most popular variants. After facing numerous supply chain challenges, the company has finally begun ramping up the production of the Scorpio-N, along with the XUV700 and Thar models. Previously, buyers had to endure extended waiting periods due to high demand and limited supply. However, Mahindra’s efforts have now started to pay…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeIt’s not such a horrible thing, a life of faith,” says Kelsey Grammer, with the soft, faintly amused cadence of a parent reading a picture book to a child. The 68-year-old actor, best known for his multi-Emmy-winning two-decade stint as psychiatrist Frasier Crane in Cheers (1984-1993) and its spin-off Frasier (1993-2004), can certainly testify to that. He’s bringing the good doctor…

A study conducted by various universities found that Covid-19 vaccination does not lead to concerning changes in menstrual cycles, providing reassurance for women apprehensive about vaccination effects on their periods. However, women who had been infected with Covid-19 were found to be at increased risk for menstrual disturbances such as heavier bleeding, missed periods, or mid-cycle bleeding.A recent study has concluded that there is no cause for alarm regarding changes to menstrual cycles due to the Covid-19…

Image Source : AMAZON ALEXA Amazon Alexa In a bid to encourage more families to have open conversations around menstruation, Amazon UK has trained its virtual assistant technology Alexa on how to give the advice to manage periods, the e-commerce company said. UK teenagers can now ask questions such as "Alexa, what is regular period pain?", "Alexa, can periods affect my…

In wearable tech, menstrual health often feels like an afterthought. Case in point: Fitbit, the first major wearable maker to add period tracking to its platform, did so in 2018 — over a decade after launching its first device. So is it any surprise that, in the era of smartphones and smartwatches, people are still using menstrual products that have remained largely unchanged over the last 90 years? Not really, but that might soon change. Emm, a smart menstrual cup, is currently going through beta testing. If all goes…

The country’s largest automaker Maruti Suzuki India Limited has been enjoying the massive success of two of its newest SUV launches in the country – the subcompact SUV Brezza and the compact SUV Grand Vitara. The company has been overwhelmed with the response from the buyers in India so much so that currently MSIL is sitting on an open order book of 73,000 units of the Brezza and over 56,000 pending orders of the Grand Vitara. The result of this massive booking list is that the wait times on both these SUVs have gone up…

Tampax, one of the world’s foremost tampon brands, apparently wanted to join in on the seemingly endless conversation on Twitter about how the platform is going to die at the hands of its new overlord owner, Elon Musk. However, what was probably intended as a snarky joke has ended up being the newest addition to the creepy and gross tweets hall of fame.On Monday morning, Tampax declared that it “refused to let Twitter die” without sharing a certain tweet. The tweet in question referenced a person “sliding into their…