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Topic: Diwali

This Diwali, bursting firecrackers could get you jailed for a month 

In light of the Supreme Court order restricting the sale and use of firecrackers, there's little you can do to indulge your love for fireworks this Diwali.

Yogi & Korean first lady’s Ayodhya Diwali: Religious tourism or fanning Ram Mandir demand?

South Korean first lady Kim Jung-sook is set to be the chief guest of Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath’s grand Diwali festivities in Ayodhya....

7 teams of state pollution board to monitor violations of firecracker norms in Kolkata

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board will check adherence to the 90-decibel limit & the recent top court’s order on bursting firecrackers.

Festival of no lights and the killing of Avni

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

This Diwali, declutter your home the scientific & professional way

Professional declutterers are trained specialists who help organise, sort and cleanse personal spaces.

This Dhanteras, a look at the 5 crazy ways Indians show their love for gold

Be it cars covered in gold, or shirts made of the golden metal, Indians seem to have done it all.

Delhi schools adopt precautionary measures as pollution worsens

The measures include installing filters in classrooms and cancelling outdoor activities.  

‘Choosing a slow death’: Life in Delhi on the most polluted day of the season

Tuesday, 30 October, was Delhi's most polluted day of the season, and the metro looked straight out of a horror movie. What you met were not faces, but masks.

How can you punish children for bursting firecrackers: Union minister’s remark sparks row

Pon Radhakrishnan reacted to restrictions imposed by the Supreme Court on bursting crackers during Diwali.

These ‘green’ crackers will reduce pollution & risk on Diwali without dimming the fun

Scientists at CSIR have developed range of water vapour and air-based crackers, as well as electronic ones, which will soon be made in hubs like Sivakasi.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.