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TopicDiwali

Topic: Diwali

What are green crackers & how do we make them, ask Sivakasi’s troubled firework-makers

Sivakasi fireworks manufacturers want Supreme Court to define green cracker, say they have been following emission norms for 15 years.

Supreme Court changes cracker bursting time but only for Tamil Nadu & Puducherry

The Tamil Nadu government had earlier urged the apex court to allow firecrackers to be burst on Diwali morning in accordance with religious practices in the state.

Firecracker order shows in post-PIL India, Supreme Court has no time for fact-checks

Delhi pollution ruling shows it is time for courts to retreat in order to truly uphold a citizen’s right to clean air.

68% of Delhi-NCR residents won’t burn crackers this Diwali to help keep pollution in check

Online survey among 75,000 residents of Delhi-NCR shows a growing citizen movement against firecrackers as Delhi's air is in the red again.

2-hour window to burst crackers a welcome step, will help change people’s mindset, say doctors

Top court has allowed bursting of crackers between 8 pm and 10 pm on Diwali in view of rising air pollution in Delhi-NCR.

Is partial firecracker ban enforceable to fix Delhi air or will it fail like last Diwali?

The Supreme Court Tuesday allowed the sale of firecrackers but with stringent conditions to control pollution in Delhi-NCR. Analysts have argued that the court's...

Supreme Court goes headline-hunting again with firecracker restrictions

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SC refuses blanket ban on crackers, fixes 2-hour time period for bursting them on Diwali

The Supreme court order came on a plea seeking a ban on manufacture and sale of firecrackers across India to curb pollution.

Big test coming for Modi govt’s policies to fight pollution in north India

Modi govt’s policies to curb air pollution will be tested as winter descends, crops are burned & Diwali fireworks go off.

It won’t be a Happy Diwali for gold as prices surge on back of weak rupee

Gold prices have surged to their highest in more than two years and that’s not good news in the Diwali festival season.

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.