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TopicFirecracker ban

Topic: firecracker ban

Delhi defies ban on firecrackers, tops charts as world’s most polluted city

Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) stood at 348 Friday, said Swiss firm IQAir, taking pollution into the hazardous category.

Delhi minister says BJP instigated people to burst crackers on Diwali. ‘AQI rose 100 points overnight’

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai claims firecrackers burnt in Delhi were sourced from UP & Haryana, and that certain individuals permitted transportation of those crackers to city.

Delhi engulfed in smog as SC ban on firecrackers violated

People were seen bursting crackers in the National Capital's Hauz Khas, Shahpur Jat, Greater Kailash and Chittaranjan Park, among other areas. 'No action was taken by local administration'.

As Diwali approaches, SC refuses to allow laris & use of barium in green crackers

Apex court is hearing a petition originally filed by three infants in 2015. Comes a week after it refused to interfere with the complete firecracker ban imposed in Delhi.

Delhi’s air quality index crosses ‘hazardous’ level as residents defy Diwali firecracker ban

The worst air quality was seen in the Jahangirpuri area in north Delhi - with AQI touching 768 - more than 15 times the 'good' level.

This is what happens to those arrested in Delhi-NCR for bursting firecrackers around Diwali

Delhi Police data shows 281 people — 138 for selling and supplying firecrackers and 143 for bursting them — were arrested between 28 September and Diwali on 4 November.

Noida shopkeeper arrested for allegedly carrying 21.5 kg firecrackers amid cracker ban

According to the police, Lal was arrested on Friday when a police team deployed on Lala Lajpat Rai Marg intercepted his vehicle after a brief chase and recovered the firecrackers.

‘We aren’t against any community’: SC says manufacturers can’t play with citizens’ lives

An apex court bench said they want to send a strong message that they are here for the 'protection of fundamental rights of citizens' through the ban.

Stalin urges Kejriwal, 3 other chief ministers to lift ‘unreasonable’ ban on firecrackers

In a letter to his counterparts in Delhi, Rajasthan, Odisha & Haryana, the Tamil Nadu CM said firecrackers' sale falling within the norms of Supreme Court & NGT must be permitted.

Delhi govt orders complete ban on storage, sale & use of firecrackers during Diwali

Delhi CM Kejriwal said the ban is in place seeing the severe pollution levels during Diwali for the last three years and appealed traders to not store crackers unlike previous year.

On Camera

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.