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Consumer complaint online legal advisory firm plans to reach every corner
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI/GPRC): Consumer Complaint Online, an online legal services platform, is aiming to connect 10,000 people per day, making its services accessible to a large demographic. It is an integrated technology-based platform that assists people through its website i
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CCPA imposes fine on Flipkart for selling sub-standard pressure cookers
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) passed an order on violation of consumer rights by e-commerce platform Flipkart for allowing the sale of domestic pressure cookers in violation of mandatory standards and imposed a penalty on the company.
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CCPA issues 129 notices to advertisers for consumer protection
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): After completing two years of its establishment on July 24, the Central Consumer Protection Authority on Tuesday issued as many as 129 notices, of which 71 were for misleading, 49 for unfair trade practices, and nine for the violation of consumer rights.
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Russia confirms first monkeypox case
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 12 (ANI): Russia has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in a young man who recently returned from Europe, the country's consumer rights watchdog told reporters on Tuesday.
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Hotels cannot forcibly collect service charges from customers, says senior
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): After the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) issued guidelines for preventing unfair trade practices and violation of consumer rights with regard to levying of service charges in hotels and restaurants, Additional Secretary in the Government of Indi
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Hotels, restaurants can't force customers to pay service charge; CCPA issu
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued guidelines for "preventing unfair trade practices and violation of consumer rights" with regard to levying of service charge in hotels and restaurants.
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Fake reviews on e-Commerce platforms under Govt's radar
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Thursday said on Thursday it is keeping a close watch on fake reviews on e-Commerce platforms as it infringes on the rights of consumers.
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CCPA issues notices to Ola, Uber for unfair trade practices
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), India's consumer protection regulator, on Friday said it has issued notices to cab aggregators Ola and Uber for violation of consumer rights and unfair trade practices.
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World Consumer Rights Day: PNB launches several initiatives for Improved C
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): World Consumer Day is celebrated every year on March 15 to mark the sovereignty and supremacy of the rights and needs of the consumers and highlights their unqualified claim to a fair and just treatment.
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On National Consumer Rights Day, DoCA Secretary says 'they must know their
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): Marking the National Consumer Rights Day on Friday, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, Leena Nandan said that the proactive participation of the consumers is required as the Centre has transitioned from 'Consumer Protection' to 'Consumer Empowerm
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Saint Petersburg imposes mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for citizens over
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Saint Petersburg [Russia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Saint Petersburg is making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for senior citizens who are over 60 years old and people with chronic diseases, the head of Russian consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor' in Saint Petersburg, Natalia Bashketova
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Centre amends Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 for enhanc
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): Department of Consumer Affairs under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has omitted Rule 5 of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities), Rules 2011 defining the Schedule II prescribing the pack sizes of various types of commod
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