WWF-India launches Green Diwali campaign, urges citizens to avoid firecrackers

October 20, 2026 4:04 PM

WWF-India launches Green Diwali campaign, urges citizens to avoid firecrackers

WWF-India’s EIACP (Environmental Information, Awareness, Capacity Building and Livelihood Programme) Programme Centre - Resource Partner has launched a nationwide Green Diwali campaign, urging citizens to avoid firecrackers and adopt environmentally responsible ways of celebrating the festival. The campaign, supported by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), will run from October 20 to November 8. It will reach schools, colleges, resident welfare associations ...

DRI seizes smuggled firecrackers worth Rs 5 crore at Mundra port, one arrested

November 17, 2025 11:27 AM

DRI seizes smuggled firecrackers worth Rs 5 crore at Mundra port, one arrested

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 30,000 pieces of smuggled Chinese-origin firecrackers worth around ₹5 crore at Mundra port in Gujarat, uncovering yet another major smuggling attempt under its ongoing operation “Fire Trail”. Acting on intelligence inputs, DRI officers intercepted a 40-foot container arriving from China that had been declared as carrying “water glass sets” and “flower receptacles”. A detailed inspection revealed that the front layer of legit...