WION unwraps the magic of the festival of lights. This Diwali, experience eco-friendly home decor for your homes, indulge in the sweetness of luxury Diwali treats and take a peek into what goes behind the scenes of the most extravagant Diwali parties. Join us on WION's Diwali special.

WION unwraps the magic of the festival of lights

For the first time ever, a Diwali-themed animation has been adorned upon the One World Trade Center, a symbol of New York City's eternal goodness. The animation went live on November 2 at 6 pm (local time) and continued until November 4.

Watch | In a first, New York's World Trade Center lit up for Diwali

Diwali is one of the most popular Indian festivals, it is seen as a celebration of the victory of good over evil. But India isn’t the only place that celebrates the festival of lights. Here is how various countries in the world are celebrating the festival.

This is how various countries across the world are celebrating Diwali

As part of the celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, the north Indian city of Ayodhya set a new Guinness World Record by lighting 900,000 oil lamps and keeping them blazing for at least 45 minutes.

Diwali in Ayodhya: Indian holy city lights record number of oil lamps

The National Green Tribunal Monday issued notice to Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and four state governments on whether the use of firecrackers is banned from November 7-30 in the interest of public health and environment.

Air pollution: NGT notice to Centre to blanket ban firecrackers from November 7-30

The Railways on Tuesday announced that it will operate 392 festival special trains between October 20 and November 30 in view of the upcoming festive season. The decision was taken as the national carrier is anticipating a passenger rush during the upcoming festive season, the Railway ministry said in a statement.

392 festival special trains to be pressed into service between October 20-November 30: Railways

Regulation and accountability to environmental norms rather than a straightforward ban seem to be a more effective in India

Regulation and accountability more effective than ban on firecrackers

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