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Where The Deadly Cough Syrup Was Made

Sandwiched between a Hero MotoCorp showroom and a shop that hires out cooking utensils is a small, dingy building that's been locked up.The non-descript two-room building is a manufacturing unit of......

LS passes Bill to ban online money games, proposes 3-yr jail, Rs 1 cr fine

The government on Wednesday moved a legislation in the Lok Sabha to ban online games played with money as it looks to check rising instances of addiction, money laundering, and financial frauds......

'Online Real Money Games Are A Menace'

'There are cases of suicides, and middle-class families losing their entire family savings.' IMAGE: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks in the Lok Sabha, August 20, 2025. Photograph: Sansad......

Govt To Target Coaching Centres

Kindly note that this illustration generated using Microsoft Copilot has only been posted for representational purposes. The Union ministry of education has set up an eleven-member panel to......

'Judges Don't Descend From Mars Or The Moon'

'The quality of justice is directly linked to the quality of judges -- if that suffers, justice delivery suffers.' Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff In the leafy lanes of Golf Links, one of......

Probe ordered over deficiencies in services & e-2W of Ola Electric

Consumer rights regulator CCPA has ordered a detailed probe into complaints related to alleged "deficiencies" in services and electric two-wheelers manufactured by Ola Electric. Photograph:......

Why Sebi warned Ola Electric

Market regulator Sebi has warned Ola Electric Mobility for violating listing norms by sharing store expansion plans on social media before informing stock exchanges, according to a regulatory......

Amazon fined for selling sub-standard pressure cookers

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 lakh on e-commerce major Amazon for selling pressure cookers that did not meet quality standards. Photograph: Brenda......

Don't sell Ulips as investment products: Irdai to insurance companies

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has asked life insurance companies not to advertise unit-linked plans as investment products in a recent circular. Illustration:......

Money laundering a big threat to online gaming and digital economy: Report

The fast-growing Indian online gaming sector is facing a significant threat from money laundering, necessitating urgent steps to ensure its sustained success and protect the country's robust......

Meet The New Influencers

Across the board, brands use influencers like a Bhuvan Bam or Kusha Kapila as the second or third rung of their strategy. The first rung is always a celebrity that has been created outside the......

Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls out TV ads for Games

IMAGE: A banner advertising Coca-Cola beverages, Toyota, Nissay and NTT, Olympic Games partner for Tokyo 2020, in Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters/Files Tokyo......

Test cricket overhaul: Countdown clock, free hit among MCC proposals

IMAGE: >The MCC's world cricket committee said that the World Test Championship, scheduled to kick off after the 50-over World Cup, was the right platform to introduce a standard ball across......

Formula One under pressure end alcohol sponsorship

Fernando Alonso of Spain and McLaren Honda sports an alcohol company sponsorship. Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty Images Formula One was accused of sending out a mixed message on alcohol at the......