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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicFire crackers

Topic: Fire crackers

‘With lamps, not crackers’: Delhi govt bans firecrackers ahead of Diwali to combat winter pollution

ThePrint Team -
A similar ban has been in place for the last few years, but was also defied by many residents who burst crackers on Diwali.

Delhi’s air quality today is as bad as it was a day after Diwali in 2017

Iain Marlow -
The air quality index, or AQI, hit 980 at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, according to website AirVisual.

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

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

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Opinion

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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