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Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Friday that entry into India would be allowed only after compulsory quality checks of imported toys from September 1. The government is in the process of mandating quality standards for 371 tariff lines, from steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and electrical machinery to furniture, to examine the shipment of levelless and non-essential goods from other countries, including China.

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the principal agency of the government that prepares quality standards in coordination with the concerned ministries. Paswan told reporters, ‘The mandatory quality control standard for toys (QCS-Quality Control Standard) will be implemented from September 1. BIS staff will be deployed at major ports to take samples from import consignments and conduct quality checks. He said that apart from toys, steel, chemicals, electronic goods, and heavy machinery as well as foods such as packaged water and milk products are in the process of becoming QCS.

According to BIS Director-General Pramod Kumar Tiwari, the implementation of QCS for each product is being done by the Ministry concerned. For example, the mandatory standard for gold will come into effect from June 2021. He said that till now 268 standards are mandatory in the country and many are in the pipeline. Tiwari said that BIS staff would be deployed at major ports to take samples and test the product at the port, which would sample and test the goods at the ports itself. The cargo vessel will not be stopped.

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Stephanie Hsu and Zosia Mamet talk about their new series Laid, and some of the horrors of dating as millennials.
Imagine a scenario where anyone and everyone you have ever been intimate with begins to die one by one. Is it a curse? If yes, then who is cursed? These are questions that Stephanie Hsu‘s Ruby battles with in the new zany comedy, Laid. Ahead of the show’s release, Stephanie and co-star Zosia Mamet spoke exclusively with HT about their roles, the show’s unique premise, and the horrors of dating as millennials. (Also read: Dune: Prophecy star Emily Watson on working with Tabu: ‘She is a true treasure’)

Stephanie Hsu on her character’s flawed morality

Laid, created by Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna, is the story of Ruby (Stephanie Hsu), who discovers that all her sexual partners are dying one by one, and she must warn them. Helping her in this unique quest is her best friend AJ (Zosia). The fun thing about Laid is that the protagonists are not the usual likeable characters. “She is totally an anti-hero of our story. I really love that,” says Stephanie, referring to Ruby’s moral greyness. “I am not a perfect person and I love playing flawed characters. But it was difficult. The creators told me that she is a total narcissist. But narcissists don’t think they are one, so I had to figure out a way to love her. For me, playing Ruby was about getting into her psychology and finding the innocent part of her – which is that she just wants love,” the actor adds.

While sitcoms usually add the best friend as the voice of reason trope, Laid diverges from that, with AJ even zanier and more morally ambiguous than Ruby. Talking about playing such a colourful character, Zosia Mamet says, “When you play not-so-likable or zany characters, people don’t believe they are that way. I don’t think AJ wakes up every morning and thinks, ‘I am absolutely crazy’. It’s about trusting the writing and finding an organic way into these characters to make them seem grounded, real, and relatable.”

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Stephanie, Zosia reveal the worst gifts they received from partners

In Laid, Ruby gives the gift of death to the men she is with, even if that is inadvertent. Ask the women about the worst ‘gift’ a partner has ever given them, and the discussions veer into the unusual horrors of modern-day dating. “I got a vintage wooden duck decoy from someone. It was broken, and I thought, ‘What does this say about our relationship?’. They didn’t know me well enough to know if I’d want this but also that they gave me something old and ailing,” Zosia says with a laugh.

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