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No condom ads from 6 AM to 10 PM; they're indecent for kids, says Modi govt

It said such advertisements may be telecast between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. to avoid exposure of such material to children

Small businessmen and traders in Surat are ready to embrace GST, but Congress leaders are trying to incite them against the BJP government in Gujarat, which  goes to polls next month”, SMRITI IRANI, Union textiles minister
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Small businessmen and traders in Surat are ready to embrace GST, but Congress leaders are trying to incite them against the BJP government in Gujarat, which goes to polls next month”, SMRITI IRANI, Union textiles minister

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The government on Monday strictly asked TV channels not to air advertisements selling and promoting condoms because these are "indecent especially for children" and can create "unhealthy practices" among them.

"It has been brought to the notice of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting that some channels carry advertisements of condoms repeatedly which are alleged to be indecent especially for children," an advisory from the ministry said.

The advisory invoked Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994, banning an "advertisement which endangers the safety of children or create in them any interest in unhealthy practices or shows them begging or in an undignified or