Pune pub sends condoms in party invite, faces backlash

A controversy has erupted in Pune after a local pub allegedly sent condoms and Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) packets along with invitations to invitees for its New Year's Eve party. Kindly note......

In An AI-Obsessed World, India's Craft May Redefine 'Made In India'

What is currently perceived as a massive, low-tech liability could become a high-value, export-oriented economic engine, points out Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff   When I......

Condoms, contraceptives seized from Maoist hideout

Police seized condoms, contraceptive pills and pregnancy test kits from a Maoist hideout following an exchange of fire with red rebels on Odisha-Chhattisgarh border, a senior officer said in......

Pakistan bans 'immoral' condom advertisement

A Pakistan's media regulator on Tuesday barred television channels from airing a racy condom commercial featuring actress Mathira, saying such "immoral" content should not be beamed during the holy......

Ballooning condom prices bring in regulator, 2 tiers likely

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has decided to have one price for basic utility condoms and the other for pleasure condoms. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has initiated......

HLL unit emerges world's largest condom plant

With a capacity to produce one billion condoms a year, the Peroorkada plant of the public sector Hindustan Latex Limitedhas emerged as one of the largest single manufacturing plant in the world for......

Pepsi fined; condom in bottle

Soft drink giant Pepsi has been ordered to pay over Rs 1 lakh (Rs 100,000) compensation by a Delhi consumer court after a man found a condom inside a sealed bottle of the company."This case is an......

Free Nirodh condoms sold as foreign brands

Nirodh condoms marked for free distribution are being illegally diverted from government supply lines and sold as foreign brands in the down-markets across India. The supplies leaving the......

First Look: Sunny Leone's shoot for a condom ad

Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting. Trust a porn star to promote a contraceptive. Sunny Leone, who shot for a condom commercial last month in Phuket, Thailand shared......

Chhatriwali Review: Rakul Rocks

The jury is out on Chhatriwali's flimsy public service, but Rakul sure passes the quality check, applauds Sukanya Verma. It's 2023, but Bollywood's steadfastly holding on to that awkward feeling......

Get Your Sex Education On OTT

Thank You For Coming recently discussed female desire and a 32-year-old woman's lack of an orgasm despite a vigorous sex life. Quite a few Hindi films have taken up issues related with sex, and......

Wild Wild Punjab Review: Sober Version Of The Hangover

This is the kind of film to watch with friends and maybe a six-pack.It has some risqué bits but nothing so vulgar that the pause button would need to be hit if Mummyji walks into the room,......

Asia Cup Viewers Fume Over Condom Ads

  The Asia Cup 2025 is in full swing, but it's not just the on-field action that's drawing attention. SonyLIV, the official streaming partner, has found itself at the centre of controversy --......

At Beijing Games, hugs discouraged but condoms available

IMAGE: Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics mascots Bing Dwen Dwen, left, and Shuey Rhon Rhon in front of the Main Media Center in Beijing on January 24, 2022. Photograph: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images......

Condoms clog CWG athletes' village toilets

Thousands of used condoms have reportedly clogged the drains of the Delhi Commonwealth Games accommodation towers at the athletes' village after being flushed down toilets by competitors. According......

Take your condoms home: Social distancing in Olympic village

IMAGE: A condoms' distribution machine at the Olympic and Paralympic Village. Photograph: Buda Mendes/Getty Images Tokyo Olympic organisers plan to give away about 150,000 condoms at next month's......

Free condoms for Athens athletes

Athletes at next month's Athens Olympics are expected to go for gold in the bedroom as well as on the field, with 130,000 free condoms being made available throughout the Games.Condom manufacturer......