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Rapido faces Rs.10 lakh fine over fare nudges

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- Ride-booking apps that prompt users to pay more -- with messages such as "Captains aren't accepting at Rs.x. Try adding +10, +20, +30" appearing while the app is still searching... Read More


Unused sugar import quota can be given up by Sept 30, says Centre

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- The Union government has extended the deadline for sugar mills and refiners to surrender unused raw sugar import quotas till September 30, giving them more time to decide whethe... Read More


'Confirm shaming': CCPA fines Rapido rRs.r10 lakh for dark patterns, unfair contract

India, Sept. 15 -- The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a Rs.10 lakh penalty on Roppen Transportation Services Pvt Ltd, which operates prominent bike-taxi and auto-rickshaw pla... Read More


Centre extends sugar import quota surrender deadline as domestic prices fall

India, Sept. 15 -- The Centre has extended the deadline for sugar mills and refiners to surrender unused raw sugar import quotas till September 30, giving them more time to decide whether to go ahead ... Read More


Brics nations agree to set up agri info network, grain trading portal

India, Sept. 13 -- BRICS members on Saturday, in their unanimously adopted New Delhi declaration, agreed to establish the Brics Agro-Inputs, Genetic Resources, and Information Network (BRICS AGRIN) as... Read More


Fake '50% off', ghosted complaints, dark patterns: What changes for online shoppers from next year

India, Sept. 12 -- New e-commerce rules will force platforms to answer for the way they treat consumers - from misleading discount labels and opaque search rankings to hidden charges and complaints th... Read More


India's farm yields rise, China producing twice as much grain

New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- India has the largest cultivated area among the Brics nations, but its farms continue to produce far less grain per hectare than China, the bloc's biggest cereal producer, an an... Read More


India's farm yields rise, China producing twice as much grain

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- India has the largest cultivated area among the Brics nations, but its farms continue to produce far less grain per hectare than China, the bloc's biggest cereal producer, an an... Read More


Your daily egg is getting costlier. Ethanol has to do with it, along with Iran war & more

India, Sept. 5 -- The old jingle - Sunday ho ya Monday, roz khao anday - is becoming more difficult to follow. Farm-gate egg prices are hovering around Rs.7 a piece and retail prices are Rs.8.50-9 acr... Read More


Sugar prices see sharp drop at mill gates, decline yet to fully reach consumers

India, Sept. 5 -- Sugar prices have fallen sharply at mill gates over the past two weeks, but the decline is yet to fully reach consumers, with retail prices falling only around 4% even as ex-mill rat... Read More