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TruthInAdvertising.org 08 October 2020
“It’s unwise to incentivize positive skewed consumer reviews,” the FTC wrote in a business blog in April 2019.   Companies are understandably hesitant to admit when they’ve compensated customers to write positive reviews. However, under FTC law, companies have no choice. If they want...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 October 2020
Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has asked two disputing developers to settle their internal differences, obtain the occupancy certificate (OC) from the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) and hand over possession to home-buyers of the stuck 17-storey luxury project at...

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IANS 05 October 2020
The Karnataka Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR) has given a ruling that the 18 per cent Good and Services Tax (GST) applicable on whole wheat parantha or parota (fried flat bread) and Malabar Parota is void ab initio.   The authority was approached by ID Fresh Food (India)...

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IANS 02 October 2020
New guidelines to further secure credit and debit card payments left several cardholders in a fix on Thursday as many of them were not able to make online or contactless transactions.   The reason for such instances, industry insiders pointed out, was due to non-compliance of the...

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IANS 01 October 2020
In a big relief to thousands of air passengers, the Supreme Court on Thursday approved the Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) proposal on air tickets refund and credit shell on flights booked prior and during lockdown.   A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan and...

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IANS 01 October 2020
After a face-off with leading digital payments platform Paytm, Google sent notices to Zomato and Swiggy for running cashback-based IPL games and both the food aggregator platforms have decided to pause their virtual gaming leagues.   While Zomato was running Zomato Premier League on...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 October 2020
The Bombay High Court in an order issued on 25th September, directed real estate developer Renaissance Infrastructure to pay Rs5.04 crore as compensation to Parth Suchak, the purchaser, for a delay of over 80 months in handing over his property. The Court upheld the earlier judgements of the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 September 2020
In a move that will gladden home-buyers, the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has directed Su Sharda Edifice LLP to pay a compensation of Rs1 lakh for causing mental agony and Rs20,000 as cost of complaint to two home-buyers for delayed possession. MahaRERA also allowed...

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PRAMOD KUMAR JHA (IANS) 29 September 2020
Consumers will now get only pure mustard oil as the Central government has banned the mixing of any other edible oil with mustard oil. The ban imposed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will come into force from October 1, 2020.   Experts say the decision by...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 September 2020
In a major relief, Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) in an order passed on 18 September 2020 has allowed a homebuyer to withdraw from a project and get a full refund with 10.4% interest.   The aggrieved homebuyer had invested in the project in 2013 and has not...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 September 2020
Home-buyers from the Virar-based Bhoomi Acropolis project have been complaining that, despite taking possession on MahaRERA’s directions in March 2019, almost one and half years later, developer Bhoomi Arcade Associates has not provided them basic amenities like proper electricity meters,...

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IANS 28 September 2020
CNG and piped natural gas prices could face an increase this festive season if the government implements a new floor price mechanism for gas produced from domestic fields by companies such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).   Sources said the petroleum ministry is considering...

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On 24 March 2020, the prime minister (PM) announced a hard, 21-day lock-down to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact on people and businesses was immediate and devastating. India is among the worst-hit economies with a 23.9% decline in GDP (gross domestic product) announced by the CSO...

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IANS 22 September 2020
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has informed the Supreme Court that people who had booked air tickets during the lockdown are entitled to immediate refunds.   The DGCA also clarified that in case of tickets booked prior to the lockdown up to May 24, the refund would...

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Maya M 22 September 2020
Almost everybody faces issues with online shopping, primarily because you need to make a purchase decision without actually looking at the product or trying it out, whether it is clothes, cosmetics, personal care products, accessories or electronic goods. You may need to return products for...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 September 2020
When Bengaluru-based Sandhya Vaidyanathan, saw an advertisement on Instagram from @masalabox offering home delivery of Onam sadhya meal, she was instantly sold.  Masalabox had been appearing at the top of  Google pages if you searched for  ‘Onam sadhya in Bengaluru’. Her husband Vinod paid...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 September 2020
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to expose the naked greed displayed by certain opportunistic businesses which, tragically, include some private hospitals. Healthcare workers around the world are putting their own lives at risk to save their patients, but a few private hospitals...

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IANS 21 September 2020
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Saturday said that it has forced e-commerce portals Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal and others to remove over 160 web links selling products under the brand name of 'Khadi'.   KVIC is a statutory corporation under the Ministry of Micro,...

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IANS 18 September 2020
Google has removed digital payments major Paytm's app from its Play Store for allegedly violating its gambling policies.   "Paytm Android app is temporarily unavailable on Google's Play Store for new downloads or updates. It will be back very soon," the company said in a tweet on...

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IANS 16 September 2020
To reinforce ATM security system, lending major State Bank of India (SBI) has extended its OTP-based cash withdrawal for Rs 10,000 and above throughout the day.   OTP-based cash withdrawal for Rs 10,000 can now be carried out throughout the day across all SBI ATMs in the country...

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