Tag: Diwali

India’s top retail trade body said on Sunday that sales during the country’s Diwali festive period rose by more than 10% year-on-year, indicating “good business prospects” for small businesses.

Hundreds of millions of Indians in north India woke up on Sunday to toxic air following Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, after many revellers defied bans on using firecrackers to celebrate.

Delhi’s air quality turned “severe” on Diwali with stubble burning accounting for 32 per cent of the city’s PM2.5 pollution and calm winds worsening the situation as they allowed accumulation of pollutants, weather officials said

Bengaluru/ Mumbai, November 7 (Reuters) - Gold buying in India lost steam this week as prices scaled a 2-1/2 month peak ahead of major festivals, while discounts in top-consumer China dropped on a surging yuan. Indians celebrate the Diwali and Dhanteras festivals next week. “Retail demand has started falling due to the price rise. Even jewellers have cut down purchases,” ...