Religious leaders and environmentalists have welcomed the Indian Supreme Court’s ban on firecrackers in the national capital New Delhi and the adjoining region, saying the move will tackle alarming ...

The SC bench said the prohibition is “absolutely essential” considering the “horrible” air quality in Delhi-NCR.

India are all set to play a Test match in Delhi after more than 2.5 years later this year against South Africa in November. However, the period after Diwali is not the best in Delhi in terms of air ...

Noting that air pollution levels had remained alarming for a considerable time, a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal ...

The Supreme Court has upheld its complete ban on the sale and manufacture of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR, including green variants. The court stressed that clean air is a basic right under Article 21 ...

Singh said that “people literally choke during Diwali” and that it’s the weaker ... “None of the reports say green crackers are free of pollution… The capital of India suffers from this pollution for ...

Armed with the Centre's affidavit that green crackers reduce pollution by 30% in comparison to normal crackers, firecracker traders submitted that they should be allowed to deal in green crackers.