The CCPA issued 20 notices earlier and has been fining the coaching centres for the last 4 years. By November 2024, cumulative fines exceeded Rs 54 lakh on 18 institutes.
Central Consumer Protection Authority's new guidelines aim to protect students, parents from 'exploitative practices'. Institutes also asked to refrain from promising guaranteed placements.
Consumer protection watchdog says issued fine after Sriram’s IAS failed to provide sufficient evidence to back claims made by it in advertisements despite repeated requests.
CCPA warns that anyone found to be in violation of norms will be subject to stringent measures, including manufacturers, advertisers, publishers, social media platforms, and endorsers.
Last week, CCPA released draft guidelines on misleading ads from coaching institutes. The past year has seen the authority crack down on misleading ads.
DoPT has directed candidates to terminate their existing contracts with coaching centres upon receiving an offer of appointment. It’s a move toward integrity and professionalism.
Lucknow-based lawyer had moved Allahabad HC last year demanding action against actors, including Padma awardees, for appearing in ‘surrogate’ ads for pan masala brands.
The guidelines issued by the Central Consumer Protection Authority define 13 types of dark patterns and prohibit their use by any person or platform offering goods or services in India.
Attempts by the consumer affairs ministry to prohibit a prescribed list of ‘specified dark patterns’ can be counterproductive. Product designers can exploit regulatory grey areas.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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