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TopicDiwali

Topic: 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.

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.

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Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.