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 ...

The Madhya Pradesh government has banned the sale, purchase, and manufacturing of calcium carbide guns used as firecrackers after nearly 300 people suffered vision-threatening eye injuries during the ...

Each Diwali brings new trends in firecrackers, from sparklers to rockets, but this year’s dangerous novelty is the ‘carbide gun’ or ‘desi firecracker gun’. Marketed as toys, these homemade devices are ...