Social media videos showing how to use 'carbide guns' began going viral in the weeks before the Diwali festival.

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

Calcium acetylide was discovered more than 150 years ago. It is a yellowish-white, beige, or grey solid, a compound of calcium and carbon. Calcium acetylide is currently used to produce gaseous ...

Carbide guns should be viewed as “chemical bombs, not conventional firecrackers”, the All India Ophthalmological Society ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The calcium carbide market is expected to grow by USD 3.74 billion during 2020-2024 according to the latest market research report by Technavio. Request a free sample report ...

More than 180 people, several of them children, have been hospitalised for injuries caused by “calcium carbide” guns during ...

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

Indore: When 19-year-old Sonu stood in a long queue at a hardware store in Maksi town of Shajapur district to purchase ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global calcium carbide market report. This market research report also lists 11 other prominent vendors ...

At least 14 children in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have lost their eyesight after playing with a homemade ...

The dangerous devices, which cost as little as ₹150 and are fashioned from a gas lighter, a plastic pipe, and calcium carbide ...