TITBITS:
1. Using tobacco
products like cigarettes, bidis and gutka kills about half of the people who
use them and takes 11 years off a life on average. In India, tobacco kills
nearly 1.3 million people each year and makes millions more sick.
2. THE SUPREME Court
set aside an order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
(NCDRC) which barred banks from charging more than 30 per cent interest on
credit card dues.
3. Gaganyaan-G1, the
first of three uncrewed test missions that will lead up to India's maiden human
spaceflight, is designed to mimic, end-to-end, the actual flight and validate
critical technologies and capabilities including the Human-rated Launch Vehicle
Mark-3 (HLVM3)
4. The Supreme Court overturned a 2008 NCDRC order
that deemed charging over 30% annual interest on credit card dues an unfair
trade practice under the Consumer Protection Act.