Days after a nationwide body of ophthalmologists called for an immediate ban on carbide guns and other improvised explosive firecrackers, AIIMS Delhi specialists have raised the alarm over a surge in ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a middle school student claimed to have a gun and threw a firecracker down a hallway. The OCSO stated that school ...

The use of ‘carbide gun’, a common firecracker device sold as toys on Diwali, has reportedly led to 14 children losing their eyesight, and 122 children getting hospitalised with severe eye injuries in ...

Carbide guns should be viewed as “chemical bombs, not conventional firecrackers”, the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) said. The statement urged authorities to disrupt the supply chain for ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. -- An Okaloosa County middle school student claimed to have a gun Thursday and then threw a firecracker in the hallway as a "joke," according to the sheriff's office. It happened ...

Local police are pushing for stricter penalties against individuals who use firecrackers, despite the city’s continued strict ...