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Pieter Levels, frustrated by his girlfriend's lost luggage incident with Vueling Airlines, launched luggagelosers.com. This innovative website ranks airlines based on their rates of lost baggage using real-time data sourced from social media. The in...

China's economic indicators for June painted a challenging picture, with manufacturing activity stagnating and services slipping to a five-month low, according to an official survey released on Sunday. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) remained u...

Jaya Kumari, from New Delhi, faced a prolonged struggle after her bag, containing valuables, was stolen on the Malwa Express in 2016. After eight years, a Delhi court ruled in her favor, ordering the Railways to pay her Rs 1.08 lakh for negligence. ...

This year, 797 women candidates contested the general elections, constituting 9.6% of the total 8,337 candidates. Only 74 of them won a seat in the 18th Lok Sabha - four fewer than the number of women in the 17th Lok Sabha. This comes less than a ye...

CIBIL score: A doctor had AMEX credit card issued by a bank with credit limit of Rs 3.25 lakh. However his bank reported him as a defaulter and thus his CIBIL score dropped by a big margin This happened despite the doctor paying the bank by personal...

A consumer commission in Mumbai has directed the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to pay a claim of Rs 2 lakh to the widow of a policyholder who was illiterate and unaware of the policy terms and conditions. The commission noted that guidel...

The ET Road Safety & Safer Mobility Forum 2024 gears up for its third roundtable, focusing on ‘Enhancing Safety Standards in Modern Logistics and Supply Chain.’ This session will put intelligent AI solutions in the spotlight, showcasing how they can...

Advocacy and Public Affairs have evolved significantly over the past decade, transforming into a strategic function for corporates. The landscape now includes policy analysis, stakeholder engagement, and risk management. The introduction of policies...

Indian Medical Association (IMA) praised GoI for criminal reforms absolving medical fraternity from liability under Section 304(a) of IPC, now Section 26 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Supreme Court's 'Jacob Mathew vs State of Punjab' judgment balanced...

Happy Thursday! The government will soon release a tool to help consumers fight manipulative ‘dark patterns’ used by websites. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.

Within the upcoming two months, the government is set to unveil a mobile application aimed at notifying consumers about deceptive techniques, commonly referred to as dark patterns, employed by online platforms. This initiative, disclosed by a senior...

According to the break-up provided by Prashant Singhal, fibre deployment will need investments in the range of Rs 2.7-3 lakh crore, passive infrastructure Rs 90,000-96,000 crore, WiFi and in-building solutions Rs 6,600-Rs 9,000 crore, data centres R...

Supreme Court holds District Cooperative Bank liable for employee actions, orders compensation of Rs 25,000 to a man after three decades. Bank failed to release fixed deposit receipts worth Rs 1,60,000 in Varanasi. Petitioner awarded refund with int...

Filing of case in consumer court: The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 empowers individuals to file a case in various consumer commissions at district, state and national level at NCDRC. Compared to traditional civil courts, an consumer forum is equipp...

A Bengaluru consumer court orders MakeMyTrip to compensate a Bengalurean with Rs 5.5 lakh for failing to provide a room in a London hotel despite booking. Mayur Bharath faced denial of accommodation, leading to financial loss and professional embarr...

"This additional growth would amount to a 20% expansion of the real economy over the next 15 years, in today's terms, that is like adding $3.5 trillion to the Chinese economy," Georgieva said in a speech to the China Development Forum.

Toyota Innova car: Airbags are an important safety feature and protect the car's occupants in the event of an accident. However an Toyota Innova car's airbags did not open in an accident and this resulted in the occupants of the car suffering injuri...

​​The complaint was filed by the people who went to watch the Tamil movie 'Ponniyin Selvan: 2' on April 30, 2023. According to the complainants, they reached the theatre at 6.45 PM but were entry citing cleaning work being done before the show. They...

A consumer forum ordered Go Digit General Insurance Company to compensate Dinesh Baria's family for his death in a road accident. The forum dismissed the firm's claim denial and instructed the payment of Rs 15 lakh along with Rs 3,000 for mental har...