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India Diwali 2024: Use of firecrackers renews debate on air pollution in Delhi

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India Diwali 2024: Use of firecrackers renews debate on air pollution in Delhi

NEW DELHI (AP) — As India prepares for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, people are divided over whether to set off fireworks to celebrate, worsening the country's chronic air pollution. Diwali, celebrated on Thursday, is all about socializing and exchanging gifts with family and friends. Many Indians light earthen oil lamps or candles. But […]

Millions of Indians celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights Religious News

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Millions of Indians celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights Religious News

Indians celebrate Diwali as bright petroleum lamps and colorful lights illuminate homes and streets across the country to celebrate the Hindu festival that symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India and especially for Hindus. It is celebrated across denominations in the world's most populous […]

Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of clay lamps

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Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of clay lamps

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival Festival of Lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on Wednesday on the banks of the Saryu River in a northern Indian city they believe is the birthplace of the deity Lord Ram. Diwali is […]

When is Diwali 2024? What you should know about the Hindu festival of lights

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When is Diwali 2024? What you should know about the Hindu festival of lights

Barbie's new limited edition doll hits stores ahead of Diwali Mattel collaborated with fashion designer Anita Dongre for a limited edition Barbie to celebrate Diwali. Light the lamps and bring out the shine, it's time for Diwali. On Thursday, millions of Hindus and South Asians around the world will celebrate the Festival of Lights with […]

When is the holiday and why is it celebrated?

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When is Diwali 2024? What you should know about the Hindu festival of lights

Barbie's new limited edition doll hits stores ahead of Diwali Mattel collaborated with fashion designer Anita Dongre for a limited edition Barbie to celebrate Diwali. Diwali is one of the most important Hindu festivals and is celebrated in many South Asian communities. Starting Thursday, October 31, many people around the world will observe Diwali or […]

What is Diwali? When is it in 2024? Traditions of knowing more

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What is Diwali? When is it in 2024? Traditions of knowing more

Barbie's new limited edition doll hits stores ahead of Diwali Mattel collaborated with fashion designer Anita Dongre for a limited edition Barbie to celebrate Diwali. Diwali is an important holiday celebrated by many South Asian religious communities, which will soon observe it and take part in its celebrations in the coming days. What is Diwali? […]

Why “Heretic” is one of the best films of the year

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Why “Heretic” is one of the best films of the year

Hugh Grant as Mr. Reed in “Heretic” A24 The new A24 film Heretic premiered last Thursday during the 38th annual AFI Fest in Hollywood, California at the historic TCL Chinese Theater. In attendance were writer/directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, as well as longtime Hollywood star Hugh Grant and his young co-stars Sophie Thatcher and […]

Is “Conclave” a true story? We check the fact that the book was made into a film

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Is “Conclave” a true story? We check the fact that the book was made into a film

“Conclave”: Ralph Fiennes leads the election for a new pope in a thriller In Edward Berger's thriller “Conclave,” Ralph Fiennes plays a Catholic cardinal tasked with conducting a controversial election for a new pope. We discuss the voting process depicted in the new papal thriller “Conclave” (now in theaters). Mild spoilers ahead! Twice in the […]

A thriller about the election of a pope draws crowds at the Rome film festival near the Vatican

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A thriller about the election of a pope draws crowds at the Rome film festival near the Vatican

ROME (AP) — With Pope Francis just weeks away from his 88th birthday, the conspiracy for his successor at the Vatican is in full swing. So how current is that right at the other end of the city of Rome: “ conclave “A thriller full of conniving, manipulative cardinals who quickly throw morals to the […]

Self-exiled Turkish spiritual leader Fethullah Gülen has died in Pennsylvania

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Self-exiled Turkish spiritual leader Fethullah Gülen has died in Pennsylvania

Mike Rubinkam | Associated Press Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. — Fethullah Gülen, a reclusive U.S.-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement amid accusations he masterminded a failed 2016 coup attempt in his native Turkey, has died. Abdullah Bozkurt, the former editor of the Gülen-linked newspaper Today's Zaman who is now in exile in Sweden, said […]