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Moneylife Digital Team 11 August 2026
The Delhi High Court has quashed two criminal complaints arising from the 2015 Maggi Noodles controversy, holding that subsequent scientific testing and a series of judicial decisions had substantially weakened the evidentiary foundation on which the prosecutions were based.   In an order...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 August 2026
The telecom regulatory authority of India (TRAI) has launched the phase-wise implementation of the 1601-series numbering system for service and transactional voice calls from entities in the utilities, courier and logistics sectors, expanding a trusted calling framework already used by the...

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What is inside your food packet and, more importantly, what is not clearly indicated on its front, is now before the Supreme Court. A public interest petition (W.P.(C) No. 437/2024), filed by ‘3S and Our Health Society’ in 2024 had sought mandatory front-of-pack warning labels on packaged foods...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 August 2026
The Parliament on Monday cleared the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, with Union minister of finance Nirmala Sitharaman assuring the Rajya Sabha that the legislation does not impose any tax or transaction charge on consumers using the unified payments interface (UPI).   The...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 August 2026
Tamil Nadu had the highest outstanding gold loans among public sector banks (PSBs) at ₹4.12 lakh crore as of 31 March 2026, followed by Andhra Pradesh at ₹2.23 lakh crore, according to data submitted by the government in the Lok Sabha on Monday.   The data shows a heavy concentration of PSB...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 August 2026
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has barred banks from using technology to disable or restrict the functionality of borrowers' mobile phones, tablets and laptops as a tool to recover unpaid loans, bringing a significant regulatory check on technology-driven recovery practices. The exception is...

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Across Maharashtra, restaurant and club kitchens are being steam-cleaned and scrubbed, pest-control contractors summoned and food storage practices reviewed with great urgency. After elite clubs and storied shops were raided and shut, several other clubs quietly shut their kitchens for several...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 August 2026
The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has extended the completion timelines of eligible registered real estate projects in the state by four months, invoking the force majeure provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, in view of the prevailing...

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Last year, while watching the sci-fi series Alien: Earth, created by Noah Hawley, one thought stuck with me long after the credits rolled. The show's alien characters, such as Xenomorphs, Facehuggers, and Trypanohyncha ocellus, are dangerous not because they are intelligent and strong. They are...

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Shirish Shanbhag 06 August 2026
Clear records and a proper understanding of the law are the foundation of good housing society governance. Whether it is the recovery of maintenance charges, determining members’ entitlements during redevelopment or resolving disputes over parking spaces, many conflicts in a cooperative housing...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 August 2026
Updated on 7 August 2026 at 2.40pm   Editor’s Note: What This Revision Changes and Why   For the original article, we relied on the evaluation by bank union leader Devidas Tuljapurkar, who is also the chairman of the Banking Education Training Research Academy (BETRA), particularly...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 04 August 2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a series of nationwide directions to strengthen the fight against digital arrest scams in India.   A Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana passed the order in a suo motu case initiated last year on...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 August 2026
The Union government's efforts to curb the growing menace of spam calls and unsolicited commercial communications (UCC) blocked about 1.48bn (billion) promotional calls and 7.3bn promotional SMS during the April-June quarter of FY26-27 through registered do-not-disturb (DND) preferences.   At...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 August 2026
Rising prices of new passenger vehicles and affordability concerns are expected to keep India's used-car market on a strong growth trajectory this fiscal, with sales volumes projected to grow 7%-9% and cross 7mn (million) units, according to a CRISIL Ratings report.   The report said...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 August 2026
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a prohibition order against Dabur India Ltd, directing the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturer to immediately stop selling a range of food products carrying allegedly misleading '100%' claims, including honey, apple...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 August 2026
The food safety and standards authority of India (FSSAI) has clarified that its recent enforcement action against several alcoholic beverage manufacturers is aimed at preventing the use of flavouring substances that mimic the inherent characteristics of standardised alcoholic beverages such as...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 August 2026
In a significant ruling reinforcing procedural safeguards under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Supreme Court has held that the directorate of enforcement (ED) cannot freeze bank accounts merely on suspicion and must first record legally sustainable 'reasons to believe'...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 August 2026
A growing number of life insurance policyholders are surrendering or withdrawing from their policies before maturity, with such payouts now exceeding maturity benefits for the first time in recent years, according to information shared by the Centre in the Lok Sabha.   Replying to an...

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Moneylife Digital Team 31 July 2026
In a significant move aimed at reducing delays in the disposal of insurance complaints, the insurance regulatory and development authority of India (IRDAI) has directed insurers to strictly adhere to timelines for submitting documents to insurance ombudsman offices, warning that failure to...

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For years, staying safe online came down to a few simple rules: don't click on suspicious links, ignore calls from unknown numbers and be wary of emails riddled with spelling mistakes. Those rules still matter. But cybercriminals have quietly changed their tactics. Instead of trying to fool...

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