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CCPA fines Storia Foods, English Oven Rs 1 lakh each for misleading '100%' claims on food labelsTwo prominent food companies, Storia Foods and Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities, have been fined Rs 1 lakh each by the Central Consumer Prote...- Warren Buffett on how CEOs manipulate earnings – and how to spot itWarren Buffett compared modern corporate accounting to a golfer who turns in a score of 140 in his first round (thanks to fake bogeys), and...
- UPSC optional marks row: RTI applicant, DoPT both warn of coaching institutes' misuse before CICA dispute over UPSC Mains marks disclosure has reached the Central Information Commission. An RTI applicant and the Department of Personnel...
- Apple agrees to $250 million settlement over AI Siri claimsApple is stepping up to the plate with a $250 million settlement after facing accusations of misleading customers about Siri's artificial i...
- Indian immigration agent banned in Australia for misleading visa filingsAn Indian migration agent in Australia, Vaneet Kaur Chadha, has been banned from practicing for five years. Authorities found she submitted...
- US judge rejects Bayer bid to block Johnson & Johnson prostate cancer drug claimsA US judge has dismissed Bayer's plea to halt Johnson & Johnson's advertising for its prostate cancer drug Erleada. Bayer alleged false cla...
- CCPA imposes penalty of Rs 8 lakh each on two IAS coaching institutes for using UPSC toppers' photos without consentThe decision was made to protect and promote the rights of consumers as a class and ensure that no false or misleading advertisements are m...
- CCPA issues 325 notices for consumer rights violations, imposes Rs 1.19 crore in penaltiesThe Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued 325 notices and imposed penalties totaling Rs. 1.19 crore for consumer rights v...
- Misleading ads: Public figures must act responsibly while endorsing products, says SCThe Supreme Court has directed that advertisers and endorsers must act responsibly when endorsing consumer products, as they are equally re...
- Patanjali Misleading Ads: Baba Ramdev arrives at Supreme Court for hearingPatabjali ads: Baba Ramdev and Patanjali Ayurved's MD Acharya Balkrishna have arrived at the Supreme Court regarding "misleading" ads after...
- Government puts guidelines for coaching institutes in public domain, seeks commentsThe Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) conducted a stakeholder’s consultation on Misleading Advertisement in Coaching Sector in J...
- SC warns Patanjali of hefty penalties for publishing false claims in adsThe Supreme Court has warned Patanjali Ayurved, a company co-founded by yoga guru Ramdev, against making false and misleading claims in adv...
- Rs 10 lakh penalty imposed on GlaxoSmithKline for misleading ad, parliamentary panel toldThese are among the five cases where the CCPA has imposed penalties on entities for issuing misleading advertisements with false claims and...
- Govt panel to develop framework on checking fake, deceptive reviews in e-commerceUnder the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, a Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has been established, w.e.f July ...
- China fines online education firms for misleading consumersAlibaba-backed online tutor Zuoyebang was found to be using false advertising while Tencent's education technology firm Yuanfudao was found...
- Those '99.9% germ killer' ads can put creators in jailAdvertising campaigns claiming efficacy of products in protecting consumers from Covid-19 without scientific proof will be liable for penal...
- Patanjali rapped for misleading hair oil, other advertisementsASCI has rapped Patanjali Ayurved for "false and misleading" claims in its various advertisements, including for its hair oil and washing p...
- Large number of misleading ads appear in media: Rajyavardhan Singh RathoreA large number of misleading advertisements appear in various media and a total of 1,046 such complaints have been received by the Grievanc...
- No clinical evidence to Patanjali's Kesh Kanti ad claims: ASCIPatanjali Ayurved's advertisement for its hair oil product Kesh Kanti has been found to be misleading by advertising industry watchdog ASCI
- Narendra Modi, Shivraj Singh Chouhan misleading people by false advertisements: Kamal Nath"Chouhan in the last five years issued advertisements of around Rs 1,000 crore only in Indore and Bhopal," the Union minister Kamal Nath sa...
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