The Latest Breaking News from Diwali

The best London restaurants for celebrating Diwali 2024, from Benares to Kricket

Diwali is being celebrated by Indian restaurants across town. Ben McCormack and Mike Daw find the best

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2023

Getting your home Diwali-ready

Celebrate Diwali with a home detox, minimal décor, fairy lights, flowers, and a festive get-together. Freshen up your home with a pre-Diwali detox, choose sophisticated paint colours, and add traditional motifs and materials. Create a festive atmosphere with fairy lights and flowers, and host a small, intimate gathering with new…

The Hindu · Nov 3, 2023

Winter air pollution around Diwali and asthma: What you need to know

Diwali, the festival of lights, is a time for celebration in India, but it poses special difficulties for people with respiratory illnesses like asthma, COPD. Usually, the celebration falls around the start of winter, which coincides with a difficult time for people who have specific lung conditions. The increase in…

The Times of India · Nov 3, 2023

Indian Americans celebrate Diwali by providing 'Jaipur Foot' prostheses to differently-abled in North East

Hundreds of differently-abled people from the North East will soon be provided free Indian-made prostheses, 'Jaipur Foot', according to the officials of Jaipur Foot US (JFU) chapter.

Dynamite News · Oct 31, 2023

Punjab to allow only green firecrackers in festivals

Punjab govt allows use of only green firecrackers on Diwali, Gurpurab, Christmas & New Year; violators to face penal action. Sale of firecrackers to be done through licensed traders; no online orders. PPCB to carry out short-term monitoring in selected cities; police to ensure sale & use of allowed green…

The Hindu · Oct 27, 2023

OPINION - Rishi Sunak, drop the change candidate act and you can still beat Sir Keir Starmer

Bollywood could not have dreamt up a better opening, a practising Hindu of Indian heritage stepping into No 10 during Diwali. Rishi Sunak may have always believed he was destined to be Prime Minister, but the timing was extraordinary as he lit clay candles in Downing Street to kick off…

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2023

Diwali becomes NYC public school holiday

NEW YORK — Diwali is the newest day off from the NYC public schools, but education officials will have to make adjustments to accommodate another holiday in an already packed school calendar.

Tribune News Service · Jun 26, 2023

NYC will add Diwali as a public school holiday, but there's a catch this year

New York City will add the festival of Diwali to the list of public school holidays in recognition of the growth of the city’s South Asian and Indo-Caribbean communities

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2023

‘BJP doesn’t give freebies, we empower people’: JP Nadda explains the difference

The BJP released its manifesto at the Shangri-La Hotel in Bengaluru on Monday with a careful focus on welfarism and key Hindutva agendas. Among its top promises, the BJP has announced schemes with a focus on Below Poverty Line families such as three free cooking gas cylinders annually during Ugadi,…

Newslaundry · May 2, 2023

Kennel Club issue Bonfire Night warning over missing dogs and guide to keeping pets safe

Missing dogs have risen by a third during Guy Fawkes and Diwali, according to a sad new report.

Daily Record · Nov 2, 2022