In its advertisement, Patanjali had cautioned consumers against buying chyawanprash which possess 41 Ayurvedic herbs—a fact highlighted by Dabur while promoting its product.
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.
In a letter to Election Commission of India, BJP says Congress published ads, just 2 days before polls, with the heading 'Chambu' to portray that Centre has cheated state of Karnataka.
Top court asserts consumers had a right to know whether they were being misled by FMCG companies too and what agencies were doing to prevent such misuse.
Yoga guru offers to publish a public apology for misleading ads by Divya Pharmacy, saying it 'happened on impulse' and that he would be careful in future.
In two separate affidavits filed, Ramdev and Balkrishna have tendered an unqualified apology for the 'breach of the statement' recorded in 21 November, 2023 order of the apex court.
In an affidavit before the SC, the Union Ayush ministry said it had issued repeated warnings to Patanjali. But it also slams petitioner IMA for ‘denigrating a system of medicine’.
Acharya Balkrishna says company regrets putting out the publicity campaign that questioned efficacy of modern medicine, but also termed the Drugs & Magic Remedies Act as 'archaic'.
Indian Medical Association has accused Patanjali of carrying out a smear campaign on evidence-based medicine. Court noted that no response filed by Patanjali on its contempt notice.
The reason that India hasn’t grown at the speed of South Korea, China or Vietnam is because the machinery of the government still holds on to the ‘commanding heights’.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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