The Supreme Court has said that allowing the sale and bursting of green firecrackers in Delhi-NCR was 'on a test case basis'.
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Cracker ban: A loud lie

Diwali is over, but what is not over is Delhi-NCR's air pollution.The city continued to choke under a "very poor" air quality ...
Each Diwali's glow fades into a haze of smog – children stay indoors, expectant mothers, the elderly, and even the animals struggle to breathe. Amidst the conflict with right to ...
The MP government officially banned carbide guns years ago after repeated incidents. But the ban has remained largely symbolic as the item remains widely sold on e-commerce platforms. This year, it ...
Social media videos showing how to use 'carbide guns' began going viral in the weeks before the Diwali festival.
Senior advocate Aparajita Singh highlighted that many air quality monitoring stations in Delhi were non-functional during ...
Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor's wife, Mira Rajput Kapoor, has been trolled by an X user, for her appeal to all on social media to avoid crackers because these cause pollution ...
British content creator Sam Pepper sparked outrage after a video showed him allegedly firing firecrackers at children, injuring one. He later admitted ...
Diwali Ank (issue) is the speciality of the reading culture in Maharashtra. Hence, the free Diwali Ank exhibition has been ...