Cindy Whitehead’s stepfather died last March at the age of 93. The cause of death, she was told, was heart failure. But he was never tested for COVID-19, so Whitehead still wonders if he was an early victim of the pandemic.
Whitehead, 58, moved her stepfather’s belongings into a self-storage facility in Hawthorne costing $165 a month. To cut costs, she switched to a smaller unit in late September costing $95 monthly.
She received a notice this week that the price of the storage unit will rise March 1 by more than 8% to $103 a month.
“This seems really unethical,” the Hermosa Beach resident told me. “I own rental properties and I’m not raising rents because of COVID. But they’re raising rents.”
More than 12,000 complaints were received with regard to misleading advertisements on television between 2017 and 2020, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting informed Lok Sabha on Friday. In written response to a question, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that a total of 12,187 complaints were received in the Grievance Against Misleading Advertisements (GAMA) portal during the period. The portal where consumers can lodge complaints relating to misleading advertisements was launched by the Department of Consumer Affairs in 2015. The minister said that out of these complaints, 8,963 were resolved either by withdrawal or modification of advertisements. All advertisements telecast on TV channels are regulated in accordance with the Advertising Code prescribed under the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994. The Advertising Code also provides that no advertisement which violates the Code of self-regulation in advertising as adopted by the Advertising Standards Counci
Over 12,000 complaints about misleading TV ads received in four years, Centre tells Lok Sabha In written response, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that of these complaints, 8,963 were resolved either by withdrawal or modification of advertisements File image of Prakash Javadekar. PTI
New Delhi: More than 12,000 complaints were received with regard to misleading advertisements on television between 2017 and 2020, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting informed Lok Sabha on Friday.
In written response to a question, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that a total of 12,187 complaints were received in the Grievance Against Misleading Advertisements (GAMA) portal during the period.
The portal where consumers can lodge complaints relating to misleading advertisements was launched by the Department of Consumer Affairs in 2015.
India’s advertising monitor is stepping up its campaign to scrub digital platforms clean with a fresh initiative starting on Friday that encourages audiences to report objectionable ads. #ChupNaBaitho, a digital campaign by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), is part of several initiatives planned by the self-regulatory body for 2021. The three-month pilot will focus on New Delhi and Mumbai and mainly target finance portals and technology sites. It will include social media posts and a call to action explaining to consumers when and how to report advertisements that are offensive, misleading, make fake promises and push harmful products, et al.
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