'Govt sitting with eyes closed': Supreme Court raps Centre, slaps temporary ban on Patanjali's 'false' ads

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The Supreme Court of India came down heavily on the Patanjali Ayurved and the Central government on Tuesday over misleading advertisements..

It also issued contempt of court notices against Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna..

The government will have to take some immediate action," NDTV quoted the Supreme Court as saying..

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