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100 firms likely to start producing green fireworks soon in West Bengal

An organisation of fireworks manufacturers in West Bengal on Wednesday said around 100 member-units will soon commence producing 'green fireworks' conforming to safety guidelines prescribed by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) at special clusters coming up in South 24 Parganas district. Prabesh Atasbaji Byabasayee Samity (PABS) Secretary Sukhdeb Naskar told PTI, the association had discussions with officials of the environment department, fire services department, West Bengal Pollution Control Board and police in this regard. The guidelines prescribe ensuring a below-90 decibel sound and lower emission of harmful chemicals and have been formulating after several court judgements. While 20 fireworks makers have already received approval from NEERI as well as license from the environment ministry for manufacturing green fireworks conforming to the norms, at least 80 others have been given training in technology needed to produce green fireworks. "These 80

No fireworks for Israeli Independence Day celebrations over PTSD concerns

Israel marks 74 years since its creation on Thursday, and festivities begin the night before

Doubts on Sivakasi cracker unit safety rise as 3 more die in latest mishap

Seven casualties in five days, several more injured; experts cry foul over flouting of rules

Sivakasi, fireworks hub keeps fingers crossed as Delhi bans bangers

Days ago, the Delhi government banned sale, use, storage of firecrackers for the festival of lights over pollution concerns

Five killed and 6 injured in blast at fireworks factory in Tamil Nadu

More than ten sheds where chemicals had been stored were razed to the ground in the mishap, the second such incident this month in a cracker manufacturing unit near Sivakasi

11 killed in Tamil Nadu fireworks unit explosion; PM, CM express grief

At least 11 workers were killed and 36 injured when an explosion ripped through a fireworks factory near Sattur in this southern district in Tamil Nadu

Green firecrackers to have QR coding system: Karnataka government

The green firecrackers were introduced to check pollution during Deepavali

Video-sharing app Firework ramps up India operations to take on TikTok

A large chunk of this investment would go towards building premium contents targeting the Indian users, Nair said

Green woes: Sivakasi fireworks units may take a Rs 800-crore hit

Some opine that green crackers are yet not practical, question govt's move to promote them

Kerala HC bans use of high-decibel crackers in worship places

The court also asked the state govt to examine whether a CBI probe is necessary into temple tragedy in Kollam