A doctor cannot play with the patients' lives for personal gain, the apex consumer forum has said while directing an Ayurveda practitioner to pay Rs 7 lakh to the widow of a man, who had died following his treatment with allopathic drugs.
WhatsApp and Facebook had challenged the CCI's March 24 order directing a probe into the new privacy policy.
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission has restrained Mumbai-based power utility and Reliance group company BSES from disconnecting supply to consumers for non-payment of additional security deposit.
This is first of its kind case that has come to light in the US wherein call centres in India have been used to make fake debt collection calls to the US.
I kept insisting that Rs 100 notes were in short supply and there was an urgent need to augment the supply of 100 rupee notes while also rapidly bringing into circulation the proposed new Rs 500 notes. But this was easier said than done because all the note printing machines of the RBI were programmed for printing Rs 2,000 notes and required at least three weeks before the machines could print the new Rs 500 currency notes. The availability of currency paper posed another major bottleneck, and it had to be imported. It was decided to immediately start printing the Rs 500 notes. It was only when the supply of the new Rs 500 notes started improving and the process of change of cassettes at the ATMs gathered momentum that the situation began limping back to normal. A fascinating excerpt from former SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar's The Custodian of Trust: A Banker's Memoir, five years after demonetisation, November 8.
The proposed hike is in accordance with the accepted formula based on the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission
50 per cent of the flashlights market in the country is dominated by Chinese imports, which have been increasing.
Analysts expect earnings to become increasingly relevant given that the stocks have rallied on positive sentiment and the gush of liquidity. Macro factors, they suggest, have already led to a large re-rating in most counters
According to the consumer affairs department, these chit funds are operating at a small level.
A data shows the number of backyard poultry has risen by 46 per cent between 2012 and 2019. The development is extremely positive because it provides an incentive for small and marginal farmers to rear birds.
The number of cases being admitted and investigated by the Competition Commission of India has fallen drastically in recent years.
The Government of India has supported the states and undertook a series of actions including provisioning medical oxygen, and other consumables to ensure clinical care of COVID-19 patients in view of the steep rise of COVID-19 trajectory in the country during April- May 2021.
Committee set up by state govt considering reduction in rates
In yet another blow for Nestle India, live larvae and worms have been found in their milk powder in Coimbatore.
'We have done what we needed to do on behalf of the consumers'.
Since May 1, the dynamic fuel pricing model has been applied on a pilot basis in 5 cities
'Even if Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech were successful in ramping up production overnight, what happens to the capacity after the demand from India is met?' asks Sanjeev Nayyar.
Direct to Home (DTH) operators could be asked to provide inter-operable set-top boxes to their customers with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) seeing prima facie merit in a complaint filed by a consumer organisation that it is in violation of competition laws.
'The Modi government is not listening to us. So now we are coming to Delhi to talk with the central government.'
Higher oil prices, while not having an impact on Centre's revenues due to fixed tax rate, are pushing up states' sales tax revenue.
Uber's draft prospectus for the biggest IPO in the world since Alibaba's in 2014 has projected a major cash burn for Uber in trying to get a significant market share in India, reports Karan Choudhury.
A Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, headed by its president M P Mehndiratta, also ordered South Delhi-based Metro Job Consultants to refund to its customer Inderjeet Tanwar the entire Rs 8,500 commission charged for providing the requisite service.
The banks argue since the scale of credits is unforeseen, they will have to bear an unknown cost of servicing these accounts.
Now BSNL customers will be able to make calls using the company's mobile app 'Wings' to any phone number in the country.
The senior Congress leader was in a coma since October last year, when he was admitted to AIIMS after he suffered a brain haemorrhage.
Chief Information Commissioner R K Mathur rejected the contention of the ministry that details of the amount, reference numbers, dates of bills raised by Indian Air Force and Air India for the foreign visits undertaken by the Prime Minister are scattered across various records and files and collation of information in the manner sought by the appellant would involve searching of voluminous records by a significant number of officials.
With a sub-normal monsoon looming, the government is worried about spiralling food inflation and its debilitating impact on the nascent economic recovery.
The interest it has generated among designers who are helping create new styles and uses for the product is likely to leave a lasting imprint on the future of khadi.
'Crony capitalism will gain due to these Acts.'
Centre and state governments are steadily increasing excise duties and value-added tax
Issuing its recommendations on Net neutrality, Trai has also suggested a multi-stakeholder body comprising telecom and Internet service providers, content providers, civil society organisation and consumer representatives for monitoring and investigation of violations.
The guidelines, which have made service charge "totally voluntary and not mandatory", will be sent to states for necessary action
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said whenever BJP came to power, prices of essential commodities saw a fall.
Sanjeev Nayyar offers a roster of things to do to see the India of our dreams.
There has been a quantum jump in the number of complaints of corruption received by the Central Vigilance Commission last year as against those in 2011.
Low oil prices drove the growth in states' share faster than expected, says Abhishek Waghmare.
LIC contested the insurance claim. Consumer activist Jehangir B Gai tells you how this claim was won.
Samsung has advised consumers in 10 countries to trade their handsets for temporary replacement phones until it releases an updated flagship device.
'We have seen a host of businesses across sectors generate economic value and wealth for investors.'
Research reports say insurance agents are likely to sell you unsuitable products. So, you should know your requirements and premium paying ability.
