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Tuesday, February 3, 2026
TopicFireworks ban

Topic: Fireworks ban

How green are green crackers & why they’re still trumped by traditional fireworks despite SC ban

Unlike regular crackers, green crackers don't contain barium and have suppressors like dust & zeolite that reduce particulate emissions. They can be identified by CSIR NEERI logo.

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.

Mujhe Kuchh Karna Hai

Delhi air is at gas-chamber levels despite the well-intended activist-judicial complex’s “we must do something” ban on the sale of crackers, old vehicles, etc.

Happy Diwali, Singapore style!

Singapore’s former premier Lee Kuan Yew had a tough time balancing firecrackers and his First World aspirations in the 1960s, but here’s what he did.

‘Be a real Hindu, back the fireworks ban, because the world is our family’

Instead of calling the Supreme Court ban on the sale of fireworks in NCR ‘anti-Hindu’, let’s revisit the tradition of ‘vasudhaiva kutumbakam’.

On Camera

Floundering PM Internship Scheme has seen 44% drop out since 2024 launch. Budget deals drastic blow

Only 21 percent of interns complete programme as Centre slashes budget by over 50% after poor joining and high attrition.

CDS Gen Chauhan in Armenia, focus on deeper defence ties including new deals

Armenia has procured significant defence equipment from India, including artillery guns, multi-barrel rocket launchers, air defence system, sniper rifles, weapons locating radars, anti-drone weapons.

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.