Most children at some point in their life munched on animal crackers. But where did these crackers (which are more cookie ...

As Delhi prepares to celebrate Diwali with green crackers this year, animal activists and veterinarians fear a possible rise in animal injury and cruelty cases, warning that the return of ...

In previous years, when firecrackers were completely banned, residents were seen openly defying the order, activists said. They now believe the government’s decision to allow the sale of green ...

NEW DELHI: As city prepares to celebrate Diwali with green crackers this year, animal activists and veterinarians fear a possible rise in animal injury and cruelty cases, warning that the return of ...

Step into a world where music meets imagination! Delight in Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the ...

THE OLD MEN AT THE ZOO (352 pp.)—Angus Wilson—Viking ($4.50). When a writer not known to have been guilty of science fiction sets his novel in the 1970s, the reader knows that a message is coming, ...

Green crackers cause 30 per cent less air pollution than traditional crackers. The Supreme Court has given a nod to green firecrackers in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) between October 18 ...

The indiscriminate bursting of firecrackers during Diwali left countless pets and street animals across Calcutta distressed and traumatised, animal lovers said. This year’s celebrations were markedly ...

Thane: Environment activists have approached the chief minister and senior state authorities regarding the bursting of noisy crackers in the city, including in the eco-sensitive zones abutting the ...

Burning of green crackers can definitely increase pollution in Delhi and NCR, particularly impacting those with respiratory issues, says Apollo Hospital doctor.(Ajay Aggarwal/ Hindustan Times) After ...

The Supreme Court has said that allowing the sale and bursting of green firecrackers in Delhi-NCR was 'on a test case basis'. Only National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) ...

Sivakasi, which manufactures about 90% of the fire crackers sold in the country, shifted to green crackers, a fairly new concept, to reduce noise and air pollution after the Supreme Court in 2018 ...