The call by AIOS, the world's largest professional society of eye specialists comprising over 28,000 ophthalmologists, came ...

Over 122 children were hospitalised in Madhya Pradesh after Diwali due to “carbide guns” — homemade explosive devices made ...

Despite a two-year-old warning from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) about the risks of calcium carbide guns, ...

If eyeballs or retinas suffer damage while using the 'Desi Firecracker Gun' seen in the viral Shorts or Instagram Reels, people may go permanently blind.

An 11-year-old lost vision in one eye after a carbide gun blast in MP. AIOS urged a nationwide ban as similar injuries rise ...

Fourteen children in Madhya Pradesh lost their sight after playing with a dangerous firecracker, known as the carbide gun, ...

Crude ‘toy’ guns made with plastic pipes and calcium carbide spark injuries in Bhopal and Vidisha; officials seize hundreds ...

Doctors at Hamidia and other hospitals say that nearly 40 victims have suffered corneal damage, and for many, it may take up ...

Carbide-based toy explosions cause permanent eye damage; 20 cases at AIIMS this Diwali, as MP bans the devices amid national ...

Parents are urged to keep their children away from such dangerous social media challenges and prevent them from buying these ...

To make a pipe gun, two PVC pipes are joined and filled with potash or calcium carbide. Some water drops are dropped on this ...