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Saturday, November 2, 2024
TopicDigital ads

Topic: digital ads

Digital space hosts lion’s share of misleading healthcare ads, majority on sexual wellness

Healthcare sector accounted for a maximum 19% or 1,569 of 8,229 advertisements scrutinised by ASCI during 2023-24. Nearly 86% of drugs found illegal were on digital platforms.

Attention influencers. You may soon be fined lakhs for false ads, or not disclosing paid content

A set of guidelines, likely to be released by Consumer Affairs Ministry this month, will cover paid content, social media promotions & levy Rs 10 lakh-50 lakh in fines for negligence.

Ed-tech ads draw most complaints, are ‘misleading’, says watchdog report

Findings part of advertising watchdog Advertising Standards Council of India's annual report for April 2021-March 2022 that looks into complaints about 'misleading ads'.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.