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The Department of Consumer Affairs in collaboration with the Advertising Standards Council of India conducted a stakeholder consultation meeting on "Brand Extension vs. Surrogate Advertisements – Where's the Line?" in Mumbai on Thursday.

Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh on Thursday stressed on the need to curb the proliferation of surrogate advertisements across industries as it undermines consumer rights. Need To Curb Surrogate Advertisements Across Industries To Protect Consumer Rights, Says Government.

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), taking notice of the increasing trend of surrogate...

India has asked Google to stop displaying surrogate ads of overseas betting firms such as Fairplay, PariMatch, Betway in search results

The Department said that it has been noticed that the guidelines are not being strictly complied with by the concerned entities and the prohibited goods are being advertised through surrogate goods and services

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Wednesday directed advertising agencies to ensure strict compliance of guidelines on surrogate advertisements.

Consumer Affairs Ministry has issued new guidelines to prevent misleading ads and imposed a ban on surrogate advertisements

The Akshay Kumar-Vimal episode has rekindled the debate over companies utilising surrogate advertising as a workaround to market cigarettes and alcoholic beverages, which are prohibited from being advertised in the country by law. 

New Emerging World of Journalism Limited (NEWJ) - a subsidiary of Reliance Jio Platforms Ltd, had shared a post on Facebook proclaiming that Pragya Singh Thakur has been acquitted of all charges in 2008 Malegaon terrorist attack case, a media report said.