January 30- SC flags Menstrual Hygiene Access in schools; Calcutta HC Sets WB Land Deadline & NCP Claims Ajit Pawar Portfolios

On News@7 this January 30, Taniya Dutta brings to you the evening’s most crucial headlines. The Supreme Court has delivered a landmark ruling, saying the absence of separate toilets and menstrual hygiene facilities in schools violates girls’ fundamental rights, and ordering all schools to provide free sanitary napkins and awareness programmes. It also termed unapproved stem cell therapy for autism as medical malpractice. Meanwhile, the Calcutta High Court directed West Bengal to hand over land to the Border Security Force for India-Bangladesh border fencing by March 31. In Maharashtra, NCP leaders met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, staking claim to Ajit Pawar’s cabinet portfolios after his death. Produced by Taniya Dutta Sound mixed by Rohan Bharti