East African country, Rwanda, has officially banned skin lightening and bleaching products. The Rwandan government is now sending officials across the country to enforce the ban. The country is leading a campaign against skin bleaching and substandard cosmetics, particularly products that include hydroquinone. “It is being implemented by the Ministry[Read More…]
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What is ‘Girinka’ and why PM Modi gifted cow to Rwanda?
The dust of sensitive mass lynching incident is yet to settle and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi made news of gifting cows to the villagers in Rwanda. India wondered what made him gift this unusual present to the beef-eating nation Rwanda. PM Modi too expected Indians to be pleasantly surprised[Read More…]
Now Kenya has toughest law in the world for people using or selling plastics
Kenya has passed world’s toughest law aimed at reducing plastic pollution came into effect so far. It has introduced a punishment of up to four years and fines of $40,000 from Monday for selling or even using plastic bags. This is The East African nation has joined over 40 other[Read More…]
India ranks 148 in number of women parliamentarians
India ranked 148 in the list of total number of women parliamentarians, according to the data released by Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women. The data showed that women made up 11.8% of the Lok Sabha where 64 were elected to the 543-member house and 11 per cent of the[Read More…]