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In September, during Navratri, a condom ad featuring actress Sunny Leone caused outrage in Gujarat. [3][4] In September, an Australian ad depicting Indian god Ganesha with lamb caused major controversy in nation. [5][6] In November, food delivery service Zomato pulled off several banners from various cities featuring two dominant Hindi profanities.
Fake news in India. Fake news in India refers to fostering and spread of false information (misinformation or disinformation [1]) in the country which is spread through word of mouth, traditional media and more recently through digital forms of communication such as edited videos, websites, blogs, memes, unverified advertisements and social ...
Amazon.com offers the option to add an item to a user's cart or purchase it immediately with 1-Click. The company has been criticized for its alleged use of patents as a competitive hindrance; its " 1-Click patent" [ 2 ] may be the best-known example. Amazon's use of the 1-click patent against competitor Barnes & Noble 's website led the Free ...
The victim of marketing in this case is the intended buyer whose right to self-determination is infringed. Causing harm to competitors. Excessively fierce competition and unethical marketing tactics are especially associated with saturated markets. Manipulating social values. The victim in this case is society as a whole, or the environment as ...
The coal allocation scam, dubbed in the media as Coalgate, is a major political scandal concerning the Indian government's allocation of the nation's coal deposits to public sector enterprise (PSEs) and private companies. In a draft report issued in March 2012, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) office accused the Government of ...
Last week, on Feb. 23, shareholders of Byju’s, the edtech firm that was once India’s most valuable startup, did what once would have been unthinkable: They voted to oust founder and one-time ...
Nike, Inc. has been accused of using sweatshops and worker abuse to produce footwear and apparel in East Asia. After rising prices and the increasing cost of labor in Korean and Taiwanese factories, Nike began contracting in countries elsewhere in Asia, which includes parts of India, Pakistan, and Indonesia. [1][2] It sub-contracted factories ...
The constitution of India protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press. However, critics state that press freedom is restrained, and the government only encourages speech that supports it and the prevailing ruling party. [32] The government is accused by critics of falsely labelling independent press with "fake news" to try to evade ...