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'Laptop delivered to vacant plot, LinkedIn not found, number doesn't exist': Uber recruiter claims new hire vanished with MacbookA recruiter shared a dramatic social media post about a candidate who disappeared on their first day. The individual's phone number and Lin...
On their toes: Brands step up anti-counterfeit drive as fake products flood marketsCompanies are fighting a rising tide of fake goods. Brands from toothpaste to cigarettes are changing packaging and tightening checks. Coun...
‘What is really safe anymore’: After fake Eno and maggie, factory busted for making counterfeit Colgate toothpasteAuthorities in Gujarat have busted a factory producing large quantities of counterfeit Colgate toothpaste, along with fake Sensodyne, Eno, ...
Kino, K-pop singer, faces backlash for watching adult content in a scene of new music video; full controversy over his latest solo track explainedK-pop singer Kino faced backlash for a music video of his latest solo track, which features a scene depicting him watching adult content. N...
Fake ENO, toothpaste & cigarettes flooding Delhi: How criminals are making big money off everyday products, and putting your health at riskDelhi Police have dismantled a counterfeit goods racket, arresting six individuals involved in the production of fake antacids, toothpastes...
Retailers urge FM and GST Council not to go for higher 35 pc tax rateThe Indian Sellers Collective urges the Finance Minister and GST Council to reject proposals for a 35% GST slab on certain products. They a...
Zomato delists ‘fraudulent’ restaurantsThis followed social media users pointing out single-dish restaurants offering dishes named Naughty Strawberry, Blue Adventure, Kiwi Deligh...
DRI seizes contrabands worth Rs 3,500 cr in FY 24; narcotic drugs, gold major contributorsRevenue Intelligence officers seized contrabands worth Rs 3,500 crore in FY 2023-24, with narcotic drugs and gold seizures constituting a m...
Netflix, Sofia Vergara land in legal trouble over Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco miniseries, claim reportsNetflix and Sofia Vergara have landed in the legal trouble after Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco's family members filed a lawsuit over ...
Centre issued directives to block 635 URLs for spreading fake news: I&B Minister Anurag ThakurAnurag Thakur said the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has, since December 2021, issued directions for blocking from public access...
GST officers unearth over Rs 35,000 crore fraud in 2020-21, arrest 426 peopleDuring 2020-21 (April 2020 to March 2021), 426 persons, including 14 professionals such as CAs, lawyers and directors, were arrested.
Switched to vaping because it is safe? Blame Twitter bots for misleading youTwitter accounts, run by robots, are being used to promote vaping, and play down health threats.
Insurgents, militants funded by drug and fake currency trade: Assam DGP Mukul SahaySmugglers pay protection money to various insurgent groups who use these amounts in subversive activities, Assam Additional DGP Mukul Sahay...
RVS Mani told me first Ishrat Jahan affidavit was written by IB men: Satish Verma, IPS officerVerma said that in 2011, newspapers had reported about a leaked NIA report on Headley's interrogation in Chicago.
It's a fake encounter" a former member of SIT that probed Ishrat killing"National security cannot become a defence for the pre-medidated murder of a 19-year-old girl and be branded it as collateral damage," he s...
ITC shares down 2 per cent on concerns hike in prices may hit demandShares of ITC fell by 2 per cent on concerns demand will be hit amid reports that the company will soon increase prices of key cigarette br...
ITC to hike cigarette prices by up to 15%ITC is India's largest cigarette manufacturer. ITC's cigarettes with revised prices are expected to hit market by end of the next week.
Revenue loss from smuggled and counterfeit products is more than Rs 1 lakh crore: FICCIIndia has lost annual tax of more than Rs 26,000 crore in 2012 due to counterfeiting, smuggling and tax evasion.
- Cigarette smuggling to hit tobacco farmers hard: ASSOCHAM
Contraband cigarettes, estimated to be at Rs 1,700 crore, are posing a threat to the livelihood of five million tobacco farmers in the coun...
- Colgate clones spark health scare in US
Colgate-Palmolive, the world’s biggest toothpaste maker, said counterfeit toothpaste that may contain a poisonous chemical used in antifree...