Lucknow, March 6 -- Megastar and the Pad Man of India , Akshay Kumar will flag-off "Run4Niine" , India's largest nationwide run taking place in over 500 cities in over 20 states in India to end taboos around menstruation, in Lucknow on March 8 morning to mark International Women's Day.

An initiative by "Niine Sanitary Napkins", the made-in-India affordable yet premium sanitary napkins brand, Run4Niine is supported by the Niine Movement which launched the nationwide #18to82 campaign movement to bridge the gap between the 18 per cent of menstruating females in India who use sanitary napkins, and the 82 per cent predominantly engaging in unhygienic and unsafe alternatives such as old clothes, rags, hay and even ash.

Thousands of particip...