New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has ordered discontinuation of certain misleading advertisements of Sensodyne toothpaste within seven days and imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on the manufacturer. An official release on Tuesday stated that advertisements of Sensodyne products which make the claims 'Recommended by dentists worldwide' and [...]
Mumbai, Mar 22 (PTI) In spite of a massive jump in the number of the uber rich and rich becoming richer, their contributions to charity continued to decline during the COVID-19 pandemic when a whopping 200 million-plus were forced into poverty, says a report. While CSR (corporate social responsibility) spends have increased from 12 per [...]
New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) Adani Power on Tuesday said it has collaborated with IHI Corporation and Kowa Company to study ammonia co-firing for environmentally sustainable power generation. "Adani Power Ltd (APL), IHI Corporation, and Kowa Company, Ltd (Kowa), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to study the feasibility on a modification to achieve [...]
Over a day after a passenger aircraft with 132 people on board crashed in south China, a Chinese official announced on Tuesday that no survivors have been found, official media here reported. No survivors have been found in the China plane crash, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted a Chinese official in a brief report. The [...]
Petrol and diesel prices were on Tuesday hiked by 80 paise a litre each while domestic cooking gas LPG rates were increased by Rs 50 per cylinder as state oil firms ended an over four-and-a-half month election-related hiatus in rate revision. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 96.21 per litre as against Rs 95.41 [...]
IT company Infosys will acquire oddity -- a Germany-based digital marketing, experience, and commerce agency -- in an all cash deal for 50 million euros (about Rs 419 crore), the company said on Tuesday. As part of Infosys' digital experience and design offering, oddity will become part of Wongdoody and join its network of studios [...]
New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) A Parliamentary panel has asked DIPAM to publish an annual report on how it has managed public assets, highlighting "whether it is creating value or whether it has eroded value" of public sector enterprises. The Standing Committee on Finance, chaired by BJP member Jayant Sinha, in its report desired that [...]
The CBI has arrested an Assistant Superintendent of Chennai Port Trust (CPT) in connection with an ongoing investigation in Rs 45-crore bank fraud case, according to an official statement issued on Tuesday. The probe agency had registered a case on July 31, 2020 on a complaint from Indian Bank, Chennai against two private persons; Branch [...]
London [UK], March 22: 'Coming Together to Collaborate for Mutual Prosperity' is the theme of the 17th Edition of Asia-Europe Business & Social Forum 2022, to be organised by AsiaOne Media Group, on 12th April '22 at London Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel, London, UK. The one-day mega Summit will be a grand congregation of business [...]
New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday demanded that the civil aviation ministry be scrapped and merged to create a holistic ministry for transport as it was no longer in the business of running a national airline.Participating in the discussion in Lok Sabha on the demand for grants of the civil [...]
