Medical negligence arises when a medical professional deviates from reasonable standards of care, causing injury to the patient.
Sale of antibiotics is under the scanner. Government to go tough on misuse of these drugs.
In its consultation paper Trai addressed three key points including the bundling of channels under bouquets, rampant discounting within bouquets, and the lack of consumer choice.
Greenwashing is making misleading or false environment-friendly claims about a product. Consumers in India currently do not have any way of telling whether a claim is authentic or greenwashing. And one never hears of action against any company for making false claims of being environment-friendly.
The most difficult case for the consumer is when your card is cloned and used online.
Pending consumer dispute cases are at an all-time high.
The two shooters, whose names were not made public, were slapped the bans for "mental harassment involving incidences of abusive and indecent language". They have been banned from all international and national tournaments till their suspension period ends.
Thousands of homeowners across housing projects owned by Jaypee Infratech and the Amrapali Group are running out of options. Jaypee Infratech and Amrapali are among the 12 big corporate loan defaulters against which the RBI has ordered initiation of insolvency proceedings.
No more a paper tiger, the Advertising Standards Council of India will partner the Department of Consumer Affairs to enforce better compliance.
The plea, filed by Delhi-based Bejon Kumar Misra, said the Centre and RBI should be directed to ensure complete insulation and insurance of the hard-earned deposited money of people in various co-operative banks, including nationalised banks, by enacting an appropriate measure of 100 per cent insurance coverage towards the deposited amount.
The central government has said it will look into the matter.
More lucrative routinely prescribed drugs are at higher risk of failing quality standards
Compliance costs and legal scrutiny could rise.
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