Aarish, 15, sits on a hospital bed in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. A pair of dark glasses hides a painful injury in his left eye. His cornea was damaged a week ago when an improvised ...

At least 14 children in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have lost their eyesight after playing with a homemade Diwali toy – homemade carbide guns that experts have compared to a “chemical ...

On Thursday, the Bhopal district administration announced an immediate and complete ban on the sale of carbide guns, as well as the storage of raw materials used to make hazardous firecrackers, across ...