NORMAL — For students in the Junior Health Sciences Academy, putting on nursing scrubs is empowering. "It's super exciting, ...

"The word refers to rows of diyas — or clay lamps — which are put all around homes and places of worship." Diwali is celebrated during the Hindu month of Kartik, which typically falls between ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on Wednesday on the ...

Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India, particularly for the Hindu majority. It is celebrated by socializing and exchanging gifts with loved ones. Many light candles and oil lamps ...

For decades, they have been making diyas, toys, and other items from clay. However, they are now struggling to compete with machine-produced modern designer diyas. This Diwali, only 10% of the diyas ...

Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world’s most populous nation and ...

Diwali is derived from the word “Deepavali,” which means “a row of lights.” Celebrants light rows of traditional clay oil lamps outside their homes to symbolize the victory of light over ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on Wednesday on the banks ...