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5-Year Jail, Rs 50 Lakh Fine For Fair Skin Ads, Says Draft Bill
The Health and Family Welfare Ministry has proposed the draft amendment to the Drugs and magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements Act, 1954), with a stringent punishment of a jail term of up to five years and a fine of up to Rs 50 lakh for advertisements for magic remedies and drugs promoting fair skin, enhancing sexual performance, stammering,...
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Actress Sai Pallavi Confirms She Rejected Fairness Ad, Says 'This Is Indian Colour'
Sai Pallavi said: "This is Indian colour. Africans have their own colour too and they are beautiful."
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Nandita Das Says 'Women Suffer Low Self-Esteem' Because Of Fairness Product Ads
Nandita Das also said that parents should be careful not to reinforce the stereotypes when speaking to their children
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In 2003, She Endorsed A Fairness Product. Now, She Is Apologising For It
In 2003, Sonal Sehgal moved to Mumbai to become an actor. One of the first jobs she got was a starring role in an advertisement for fairness soap. Cut to 2017. The actor is now apologising for "letting this kind of racism perpetrate in our society. For not speaking up." She says she wants to "try and make a difference. And correct a wrong."
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5-Year Jail, Rs 50 Lakh Fine For Fair Skin Ads, Says Draft Bill
The Health and Family Welfare Ministry has proposed the draft amendment to the Drugs and magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements Act, 1954), with a stringent punishment of a jail term of up to five years and a fine of up to Rs 50 lakh for advertisements for magic remedies and drugs promoting fair skin, enhancing sexual performance, stammering,...
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Actress Sai Pallavi Confirms She Rejected Fairness Ad, Says 'This Is Indian Colour'
Sai Pallavi said: "This is Indian colour. Africans have their own colour too and they are beautiful."
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Nandita Das Says 'Women Suffer Low Self-Esteem' Because Of Fairness Product Ads
Nandita Das also said that parents should be careful not to reinforce the stereotypes when speaking to their children
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In 2003, She Endorsed A Fairness Product. Now, She Is Apologising For It
In 2003, Sonal Sehgal moved to Mumbai to become an actor. One of the first jobs she got was a starring role in an advertisement for fairness soap. Cut to 2017. The actor is now apologising for "letting this kind of racism perpetrate in our society. For not speaking up." She says she wants to "try and make a difference. And correct a wrong."
