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Topic: Soap

Naulakha Soap survived 1947 Partition and modern-day competition. It still sells

+TFP Nutan Manmohan -
Ladha Mal Jain was barely 14 years old when he started the business of manufacturing a washing soap named Naulakha in pre-Partition Lahore.

‘Lux girl’ — Bollywood’s own soap brand that brought affordable luxury to all

Tenzin Zompa -
Targeting the upper and middle-class population, Lux branded itself as the 'secret behind beautiful faces' in the Hindi film industry.

This sandalwood soap, integral to most Kannadigas’ identity, traces its origins back to WW1

Tenzin Zompa -
Oval-shaped, biscuit-coloured Mysore Sandal Soap owes its signature scent to 'Soap Sastry', one of India's first industrial chemists who travelled to England & US to make the soap.

Soaps have a dirty history. Even Greeks and Roman didn’t use them to clean their bodies

Judith Ridner -
Few people know the long and dirty history of making soap, the product we all rely on to clean our skin, and help us in a pandemic.

Surging soap demand makes Hindustan Unilever India’s best stock

Nupur Acharya -
Hindustan Unilever has surged as bottles of hand-wash, detergents and floor cleaner fly off the shelves amid the coronavirus pandemic.

This is what makes the humble soap our best bet against coronavirus

Mohana Basu -
As shops run low on hand sanitisers, here's why washing hands with soap and water is the most effective way to prevent COVID-19 infection.

Le Sancy, the soap that made Rahul a name to remember way before Shah Rukh Khan

Unnati Sharma -
The boat-shaped soap was a case of great advertising that just didn't work.

Godrej Vatni was India’s foremost Swadeshi soap, and it didn’t remind you of Partition

Himani Chandna -
Godrej Vatni soap continued to carry the map of undivided India for many years, even after Partition.

India’s first ‘big’ bathing soap failed because it was OK

Mahua Venkatesh -
The ads for Tata's OK soap were hugely popular, but its name and branding let it down.

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Opinion

US pilot rescue in Iran must be seen more than war cost. Nation protects its warriors

Ajay Ahlawat -
A live American pilot paraded on Iranian state television would have been an intelligence windfall and a propaganda coup of historic proportions.

Iraq’s long road to FIFA World Cup qualification is a story of survival, defiance

Why nose strips and peel-off masks are an overhyped quick fix for blackheads

Economy

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

WEF Team -
ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

Defence

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

Keshav Padmanabhan -
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

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