Every Diwali brings a new trend in firecrackers, from chakris to rockets to sparklers, but this year's craze has turned ...

AIIMS Delhi reports a 19% rise in Diwali eye injuries, many from crude carbide guns. Experts urge a total ban on firecrackers ...

Fourteen children in Madhya Pradesh lost their sight after playing with a dangerous firecracker, known as the carbide gun, ...

Parents are urged to keep their children away from such dangerous social media challenges and prevent them from buying these ...

Carbide guns should be viewed as “chemical bombs, not conventional firecrackers”, the All India Ophthalmological Society ...

In Madhya Prdaesh, illegal selling of carbide guns led to the loss of eyesight of 14 children with several admitted to the ...

In just three days, over 122 children across the state have been admitted to hospitals with serious eye injuries, 14 of whom ...

These carbide guns or ‘desi firecracker guns’ are made using plastic or tin pipes, and are filled with gunpowder, calcium carbide and matchstick heads. | Latest News India ...

The Madhya Pradesh government has banned carbide guns after over 300 people, mostly children, suffered eye injuries and 10 ...

Social media videos showing how to use 'carbide guns' began going viral in the weeks before the Diwali festival.

Though there is no threat to their lives, some of the injured persons have lost their eyesight, while a few have suffered ...

If eyeballs or retinas suffer damage while using the 'Desi Firecracker Gun' seen in the viral Shorts or Instagram Reels, people may go permanently blind.