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Topic: Condom

Global contraceptive makers eye ‘condom-shy’ India’s growing market amid population boom

With population decline & aging societies in major markets, condom manufacturers are taking advantage of modern marketing tools to reach India's huge, young & tech-savvy demographic in both urban & rural settings.

Janhit Mein Jaari is a great ‘could have been’ film about condoms. That is a sheer loss

In Janhit Mein Jaari, Nushrratt Bharuccha plays a woman who has to sell condoms in a small town in MP.

Why is India’s condom usage so low? First ‘condomology’ report notes social factors

Citing data from NFHS 4, the report says nearly 80% of men aged between 20 and 24 did not use a contraceptive with their last sexual partner.

Bihar Health Department distributes condoms among migrant workers

A health department official said that lakhs of migrant labourers returning home are being counselled and equipped them with tools to avoid unwanted pregnancies.

Trains, buses resume but students of JNU, DU, BHU, AMU are wary of going back home

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Lockdown condom sales dip after early surge but that doesn’t mean Indians aren’t having sex

Not only condoms, contraceptive sales have also fallen across the board. Experts say there are many reasons why.

Thai condom firm to raise output to overcome looming global shortage

Thai Nippon Rubber Industry expects to produce as many as 1.9 billion condoms this year, up 27% from its average annual output.

World is running out of condoms due to coronavirus lockdown

Condom demand is growing in 'double digits' as govts issue stay-at-home notices and many people abstain from having children due to the uncertain future.

भारत का पहला ‘सेक्सी’ कंडोम विज्ञापन और उसकी खट्टी-मीठी यादें

भारत में कंडोम के पहले विज्ञापन पर विज्ञापनगुरु अलिक पदमसी की टिप्पणी और दर्शकों की प्रतिक्रिया

How India reacted to its first ‘sexy’ condom ad

Ad guru Alyque Padamsee talks about how the first condom ad in India came to be and the audience reaction to it.

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.