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Child rights body asks Bournvita to remove misleading ads, submit report

Bournvita recently made headlines after an Instagram influencer claimed that it contains sugar, cocoa solids and a cancer-causing colourant

Govt to support edtech industry in framing rules to curb misleading ads

The government on Monday asked edtech companies to eliminate unfair trade practices while extending support to the industry in formalising guidelines to curb misleading advertisements in the segment. In a statement, IAMAI said that the self-regulatory body Indian Edtech Consortium (IEC) met with the Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh to update him about the progress of the self-regulation. "...the Consumer Affairs Secretary agreed to support IEC to constitute a joint working group for laying down advertising guidelines for further sanitising the Edtech ecosystem," the Internet and Mobile Association of India said. It is pertinent to mention that on July 1, Consumer Affairs Secretary called a meeting of edtech companies, and warned them against indulging in unfair trade practices, including misleading advertisements. At that time, the Centre had also told the players that it will be forced to bring stringent guidelines if there is no self-regulation by the industry players

CCPA issues notices for surrogate ads to Kamla Pasand, Rajnigandha

The ministry has also increased the number of price monitoring centres from 175 to 283

Advertisements discriminating on gender identity to now face ASCI action

The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) maintained that its code already required ads to not deride anyone on the basis of race, caste, creed, gender or nationality

Centre issues advisory against broadcasting offensive, misleading content

In view of the Jahangirpuri violence and the Ukraine war related coverage, the Centre on Saturday issued a strong advisory warning news organisations to refrain from publishing any offensive content

CCPA issues notices to companies for misleading advertisements

CCPA has issued show cause notices to various companies for misleading and misguiding advertisements during the Covid-19 pandemic

'I&B Ministry received over 700 complaints of misleading ads from 2015-17'

Rajyavardhan Rathore said as many as 190 complaints were received in 2017, 371 complaints in 2016 and 147 complaints in 2015

HUL, Dabur, Uber ads among 200 misleading ones pulled up by ASCI

Cab aggregator Uber India's advertisement claim which said 'save Rs 500 on your next 10 Uber rides and ride Uber and the discount will auto apply', was found misleading by ASCI

Centre warns channels over false claims in ayurvedic, siddha, unani ads

The Centre has warned TV channels against carrying advertisements with exaggerated or improper claims of ayurvedic, siddha, unani and homeopathic products and drugs. An advisory, issued by Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry Director (Broadcasting) Amit Katoch said the channels should advertise only those products and drugs that have valid licences, failure of which will attract action. The move comes after the AYUSH Ministry approached the I&B Ministry, saying some channels were carrying advertisements with "exaggerated or improper claims" of such drugs. Such advertisements were misleading the consumers and pose potential health risk with self-medication, it noted, adding that miraculous solution of all health problems are offered by the "self-proclaimed doctors, gurus and vaidhs" in these advertisements or programmes. The advisory said the misleading advertisements of these products and drugs are in violation of the Drug and Magic Remedies (Objectionable ...

Apple, Coke, Airtel among companies pulled up for 143 misleading ads

According to ASCI, Apple India was found using a wrong image in its advertisement for iPhone 7