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How to check a HUID number: verifying a BIS gold hallmark yourself, at the counter

Six characters laser-marked on the piece, one official app, and about a minute. It is the only part of a gold purchase you can verify before you pay.

Where to find the HUID on a piece of gold jewellery, how to check it in the BIS CARE app, what each field that comes back actually tells you, and what to do when the code returns nothing or the wrong item.

Filtizy6 min read

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Laundry

Every laundry symbol, explained: the complete wash care label chart

A full reference for the symbols on a clothing care label - washtub, triangle, square, iron and circle - including the hand wash symbol, what the dots and bars mean, which symbols are not actually symbols, and which ones matter most in Indian weather.

Filtizy9 min read

Food Labels

How to read an Indian food label in 90 seconds

Per 100 g versus per serve, added sugar versus total sugar, sodium versus salt, and the ingredients line that tells you more than the whole panel. A practical reading order for Indian packaged food.

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