NEW DELHI — The Department of Consumer Affairs on Monday released detailed guidelines for social media and virtual influencers as well as celebrities which are aimed at ensuring that such individuals do not mislead their audience while endorsing products or services. The guidelines titled “Endorsements Know-hows” have also been prepared to ensure that endorsements undertaken […]
NEW DELHI — Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Sunday said that India is “dangerously close” to the Hindu rate of growth in view of subdued private sector investment, high interest rates and slowing global growth, PTI reported. The “Hindu rate of growth” is a term describing low Indian economic growth […]
NEW DELHI — Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has highlighted the problem of trolling “in an age where people are short on their patience and tolerance”. What leads to this problem is people’s unwillingness to accept opinion and perspective that are different from their own, Chief Justice Chandrachud said at an event on law […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Thursday formed a committee headed by its retired judge A.M. Sapre to probe into the Adani-Hindenburg controversy. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and J.B. Pardiwala delivered the order on a batch of petitions filed by advocates Vishal Tiwari, […]
NEW DELHI — Petroleum and oil marketing companies raised the price of commercial liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders by Rs 350.50 per unit and domestic LPG cylinders by Rs 50 per unit with immediate effect from Wednesday. Non-subsidised LPG price was hiked to Rs 1,103 per 14.2-kg cylinder – the first increase since July 2022, […]
NEW DELHI — The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has asked News18 India, TimesNow and Zee News to remove from their online platforms videos of certain programmes aired by them after it found them to be in violation of the Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards and Specific Guidelines. In an order on […]
NEW DELHI — India imposed by far the highest number of internet shutdowns in the world in 2022, internet advocacy watchdog Access Now said on Tuesday, as the country topped the list for the fifth successive year. Out of 187 internet shutdowns globally recorded by Access Now, 84 took place in India, including 49 in […]
NEW DELHI — Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyender Jain – both in custody for alleged corruption – resigned from the Delhi cabinet on Tuesday. Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal accepted their resignations. The CBI arrested Sisodia on Sunday evening — after nine hours of interrogation – for the […]
NEW DELHI — According to information provided to Parliament on Wednesday, the bilateral trade between India and Pakistan increased to USD 1.35 billion from April to December 2022 from USD 516.36 million in the entire 2021–2022 year. After New Delhi revoked Jammu & Kashmir’s special status, Pakistan suspended bilateral trade with India in 2019. According […]
BENGALURU — In a shocking incident from Bengaluru, two men tried to rape two women hailing from Kashmir. Giving details of the incident, the Karnataka Police stated that the accused had invited the two young women for a party to their residence on February 5. After partying till 2:30 am, the men tried to rape […]