The FSSAI has clarified that a beverage can be misclassified as a "health drink" or "energy drink" only if it is licensed under the "proprietary food" category.
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.
Research and standardisation efforts must cover cybersecurity threats, and the physical and emotional damage to people that may result from metaverse technology.
According to CyberMedia Research, consumers in Tier-II cities spent average of 2.5 hours/a week shopping online. GenZ are marginally more likely to shop online than Millennials.
The proposed rules should remove the duplication of unnecessary compliances and reflect the reality that e-commerce is a complex mix of digital and physical worlds.
Food delivery and e-commerce are two sectors where the government has created an indirect mechanism to stop the duopoly system, without clipping the wings of the giants.
Bhupen Wakankar, director of global trade at Amazon India, says e-commerce export is the simplest way for any business to get access to international buyers.
Live commerce in India is expected to be '$4-5 billion segment by 2025'. Currently, China has largest livestream shopping industry valued at $339.3 billion in 2021.
Quick-delivery apps may need to alter business models to compete with conventional ones, it says. 61 per cent of online customers are willing to wait 3-24 hours for their groceries.
Fake reviews should be weeded out from digital platforms and BIS guidelines can help with it. But in order to be implementable it needs wider consultation with tech companies.
Is the world drifting toward another world war? China’s rise, hyper-nationalism, and border conflicts highlight similarities with the conditions that led to the previous world wars.
Bibek Debroy, chairman of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, also suggested that analysing inequality at the state level might provide a clearer picture of inequality, as a national estimate could be misleading.
With Vice Chief Lt. Gen. Upendra Dwivedi taking over as Army chief at end of this month, several changes are likely to take place within Army leadership.
Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.
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