The move comes after Hong Kong halted sales of some products of Indian spice makers MDH and Everest for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer-causing pesticide
Coronavirus infections also rose by a record, increasing by 295,041 over the last 24 hours, the data showed. Total deaths reached 182,553.
India's overall case tally is now at 15.6 million, second only to the United States, which has over 31 million infections.