Indore: When 19-year-old Sonu stood in a long queue at a hardware store in Maksi town of Shajapur district to purchase calcium carbide ahead of Diwali, little did he know that it would land him in a ...

Blasts from carbide guns have caused severe facial and ocular injuries, some of which may result in permanent vision loss. The UP State Ophthalmic Society has so far collated 60 cases from across the ...

An estimated 85 people in Uttar Pradesh have injured their eyes after using carbide guns, homemade explosives also up for sale, according to data compiled by doctors. Many learned to make these ...

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Diwali, typically a time of joy and lights, cast a shadow this year as approximately 300 individuals, many of whom were young children, found themselves grappling with eye injuries due to the reckless ...

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These carbide guns or ‘desi firecracker guns’ are made using plastic or tin pipes, and are filled with gunpowder, calcium carbide and matchstick heads. The use of ‘carbide gun’, a common firecracker ...

Every Diwali brings a new trend in firecrackers, from chakris to rockets to sparklers, but this year's craze has turned deadly. The so-called "carbide gun" or "desi firecracker gun," which children ...

After the deadly deaths due to toxic cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, the state has recently witnessed a spike in serious eye injuries among children after Diwali due to locally-made “carbide gun”.

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