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‘Check your oranges’ for breast cancer ad? No, check your medieval attitude

Yuvraj Singh cancer NGO YouWeCan's AI-generated breast cancer awareness ad is symptomatic of how modern India approaches women’s health.

Netflix’s Sex Education is the closest we’ll get to ‘that’ conversation in India, for now

Conversations about sex make Indians uncomfortable. Even in school, where we are supposed to be educated, sexual health is a chapter best not taught.

Sabarimala temple, Gujarat college or PMS jokes: How Indians loathe menstruating women

Women from a college run by followers of Swaminarayan Temple in Gujarat's Bhuj were ‘paraded’ to washrooms so teachers could check if they were bleeding from their vagina.

कंडोम एड : बैन नहीं, बढ़ावा देने की है ज़रूरत

‘कामसूत्र’ कंडोम का पहला विवादास्पद विज्ञापन बनाने में प्रमुख भूमिका निभाने वाले शख्स का कहना है कि कंडोम के विज्ञापनों को बच्चों के लिए...

India bans condom ads because 50-year-olds still can’t deal with 15-year-olds having sex

The Advertising Standard Council of India, questioned us about the slogan in the Kama Sutra condom commercial: ‘For the pleasure of making love.’

On Camera

Bangladesh lost on all fronts under Yunus. A herculean task awaits the new PM

Eighteen months after the Dhaka siege, Bangladesh has yet another opportunity to reset its pieces. And the world is watching.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.