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Centre warns celebrities, media against promoting betting, gambling

CCPA, in an advisory has warned manufacturers, advertisers, publishers, intermediaries, social media platforms, endorsers, and broadcasters.

The Hindu · Mar 6, 2024

India to host global meet on pulses after 18 years

About 800 representatives of governmnents, as well as commercial and non profit organisations involved in the production and processing of pulses will attend the Global Pulse Convention to be held here at the Taj Palace Hotel in February.

The Hindu · Jan 12, 2024

Panel discusses norms to check misleading claims by coaching centres

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) held its first meeting of the committee constituted to prepare guidelines on misleading advertisements in the coaching sector.

The Hindu · Jan 9, 2024

Centre invites ideas from public to curb tomato prices

The Centre has announced a ‘Tomato Grand Challenge Hackathon’ in New Delhi on June 30, requesting the public to suggest innovative ideas to reduce the tomato prices, surging over the past few weeks.

The Hindu · Jun 30, 2023

Centre to issue norms against ‘dark patterns’ in online ads

Concerned over the increasing ‘dark patterns’ of misleading advertisements, creating false urgency, confirm-shaming, forced action, subscription traps and nagging on online platforms, the Union Consumer Affairs Ministry has decided to issue specific guidelines to control it.

The Hindu · Jun 30, 2023

Opposition slams Centre’s policies for tomato price rise

The Opposition on June 27 targeted the Centre’s policies as tomato prices doubled in one month across the country. According to the Consumer Affairs Ministry’s Price Monitoring Division, the average national price for a kilogram of tomato was ₹46.1 on Tuesday. One month ago, the rate was ₹23.61. The Centre…

The Hindu · Jun 27, 2023

Rohit Kumar Singh wins men’s air rifle gold

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The Hindu · Jun 22, 2022

Govt to come out with legal framework to stop restaurants from levying service charge

NEW DELHI: The government will soon come out with a legal framework to stop restaurants levying service charge from customers as the practice is "unfair", consumer affairs secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said on Thursday.

The Times of India · Jun 2, 2022

Govt to meet cab aggregators on Tuesday amid rise in consumer complaints

NEW DELHI: The government has called a meeting of cab aggregators like Ola and Uber on Tuesday to discuss their policies related to fare calculation, surge pricing, ride cancellations and measures taken by them for data protection of customers, consumer affairs secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said on Monday.

The Times of India · May 9, 2022