Room Heater
We tested eight brands of room heaters with fan as per the specifications set by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
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Food Mixers
We tested 8 national brands of food mixers. In the overall ranking based on convenience related to safety, energy consumption and performance and ease of handling, National, the costliest, was adjudged the best mixer followed by Sumeet. Bajaj ..
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Dog bite story
Mr. Amrutlal P. Patel, who was residing at village Bhadol, Gujarat, died on the 93rd day of hydrophobia on 9 April 1982 after he had been bitten by a dog. He left behind his widow, Mrs. Joyitiben Patel, and 4 children, of whom 3 were minors. M..
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Workshop & Seminars
CERS organises many workshops and seminars on critical issues as part of its education drives. The proceedings of the workshops are also published. Workshops organised include those on TRAI, Children As Consumers, Women As Consumers, Energy Ef..
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Investor Protection
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Financial Services
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Thalidomide disaster of 1961
Thalidomide a tranquilizer and hypnotic synthesised in 1953 patented in 1957 and marketed in Europe in 1958 after toxicity studies in mice and other lab animals as well as man showed it to have very little toxicity. It became very popular, and..
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Lorazepam
Lorazepam (benzodiazepin) was introduced in Sweden 1980. During the period of 1984-1988 820 individuals reported to KILEN, an adverse drug reaction monitoring centre in Sweden, the side-effects of Lorazepam. All of them reported, among other t..
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Medicine Side-effects
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Buying Guidelines
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Buying Guidelines
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Instant Coffee
We tested four brands of Instant Coffee: Tata Cafe and Nascafe (Pure Coffee), and Sunrise and Bru (Coffeechicory mix). In the overall rating based on all parameters, Nescafe was rated higher than Tata Cafe, while Bru performed better than Sunr..
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Bottled Water
Of 13 brands of bottled water tested, only three brands conformed to all the specifications. Saiganga (Ahmednagar) was rated the best, followed by Bisleri (Baroda) and Bailley (Mumbai).
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Forum orders Induben Khakhrawala to pay compensation to buyer
The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Ahmedabad City, partly allowed a complaint filed by Consumer Education and Research Society (CERS), Ahmedabad, and Mr. Dharmesh J. Govani against M/s Induben Khakhrawala, Mithakhali, Ahmedabad, and ordere..
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