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TopicFirecracker ban

Topic: Firecracker ban

It doesn’t matter who rules Delhi — AAP or BJP. Diwali madness is now an annual ritual

There’s a definition of madness that seems well suited to today’s Delhi: doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result.

SC allows green crackers in NCR: How it straddled line between ‘festive spirit’ & health concerns

Hearing pleas by manufacturers of firecrackers, court has allowed controlled use of green crackers from 18 to 20 October, keeping in view ‘conflicting interests and environmental concerns’.

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.

Our take on Modi’s Diwali Milan, India-New Zealand semi final & Biden-Xi meet – in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

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.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

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.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.