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Sydney Sweeney’s ‘great jeans’ ad shows the risks of edgy marketing

In 2017, Pepsi faced backlash for a TV ad where model Kendall Jenner leaves a photoshoot to join a protest and offers a can of soda to a police officer.

Flipkart hasn’t learned from past mistakes. New ad uses a poor, paralysed man as punchline

The message was simple: affordable, fresh vegetables. But the way it was delivered speaks volumes about the advertising industry’s ongoing struggle with ethical storytelling.

Time to retire Amul Macho’s ‘toing’. No sex appeal in Sidharth Malhotra’s underwear waistband

The storyline of a heroine falling for a guy just because he wears a Macho underwear is a straight up snoozefest. It trivialises both the characters and the audience's intelligence.

Zomato ‘Kachra’ ad not an exception. Casteist campaigners are serial offenders

Could a diverse team on the Zomato ad campaign have reduced this future embarrassment? Only to an extent.

Will traditional television become obsolete?

While it’s likely that television, as we know and grew up lovingly with, may evolve or decline in popularity, it is unlikely that it will become completely obsolete.

Ads don’t win you elections. Advertising BJP was conscious choice: Piyush Pandey

In the last couple of decades, there have been many debates about the role of advertising and the ethics in advertising. Does advertising manipulate...

On Camera

RSS is warming up to Yogi Adityanath. CM has many more boxes to tick

It’s not just the Opposition parties Yogi Adityanath has to contend with. His detractors within the BJP are no less formidable.

Modi govt’s PM internship scheme saw high attrition in Year 1. Just 30% joined, 41% quit midway

According to government reply in Lok Sabha, the pilot phase of PMIS is being used to test concepts, strategies and systems before a full-scale implementation of the scheme.

After Op Sindoor, India goes in for more Heron Mk IIs; Israel frontrunner for mega MALE drones deal

Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.