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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicIndian spices

Topic: Indian spices

Before MDH-Everest row, food safety regulator had raised permitted level of some pesticides in spices

FSSAI defends its move, says science panel recommended allowing increased pesticide levels. Applicable only to pesticides not already under Indian or international regulations.

MDH, Everest asked to give details of quality checks after Hong Kong, Singapore raise concerns

Authorities in Hong Kong and Singapore said the products contain high levels of ethylene oxide, which is unfit for human consumption, with long exposure to cancer risk.

Kashmir Online Store— a dry fruits company that sells high-quality natural products

The company offers everything from dry fruits, saffron, spices and more. It also has an excellent customer service system with a team of dedicated representatives.

‘Nobody sells their child’ — Story of MDH, an original Indian ‘start-up’ that won’t go to HUL

MDH has rubbished reports of a takeover by Hindustan Unilever Ltd. It's a company that journeyed from a shop in Sialkot to become one of India’s leading spice producers.

Not glittering gems, these Patels of Gujarat make their millions trading in jeera

Unjha’s APMC is Asia’s largest spice market, and Patels dominate the business. Farmers prefer to sell produce here because of facilities and quick payments.

Good news from the farms — fruit, vegetable prices set to ease with big jump in production

Ministry of Agriculture’s estimates, however, show that production of apple, spices & tomato is estimated to decline in 2020-21 as compared to previous year. 

MDH owner Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, the tongawala who turned crorepati, dies at 97

Dharampal Gulati had been receiving treatment at a Delhi hospital for three weeks and died after a cardiac arrest Thursday morning.

World’s oldest clove? What the find in Sri Lanka says about early spice trade

Archaeologists believe they have unearthed the world's oldest clove from an ancient port town on Sri Lanka's north-west coast, dating back to around 200BC.

Traditional health claims about India’s ayurvedic foods help make them big business

The promotional proposition of ayurvedic food businesses relies on traditional beliefs.

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US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.