India report: India celebrates the festival of lights with joy and enthusiasm

Listen to the latest SBS Hindi news from India. 20/10/2025

About 2.61 million oil lamps are lit along the Saryu river during Deepotsav celebrations on the eve of Diwali, creating a new Guinness World Record, in Ayodhya, India, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Source: AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

• India celebrates the festival of lights amid rising pollution levels
• The Australian visiting minister, Anne Aly, describes the Indian diaspora as an inseparable part of Australia's multicultural identity 
• India prepares to launch affordable air taxis to ferry passengers in the traffic-jam-prone metro cities
• India lost the first one-day international by seven wickets against Australia

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