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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

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Andy Mukherjee -
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Economy

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

Julian Luk -
The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Defence

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

Debdutta Chakraborty -
By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

National Interest

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

Shekhar Gupta -
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.

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