The vibrant celebration, banned for two decades, brightened the eastern city of Lahore, where residents face alarming levels of air pollution and political restrictions. Lahore dispatch The vibrant ...

In the streets of Lahore, there are hints that the kite flying festival, Basant, has returned. Someone is fishing a kite from electricity cables, the distant sound of a drum beat, a flash of neon when ...

Extravagantly coloured kites duelled above Lahore and cries of victory rang out from rooftops on Friday, as the city celebrated the lifting of an 18-year ban on a spectacular three-day traditional ...

Kite-flying enthusiasts celebrate return after 18-year ban Festival boosts local economy, kite sales surge Festival overshadowed by Islamabad suicide bombing, concert cancelled LAHORE, Feb 6 (Reuters) ...

Lahore, Pakistan – Hasnain Khalid, 17, has never flown a kite. Over the past week, though, Khalid and his 27-year-old cousin, Noman Tariq, have bought 200 kites. They’re preparing for festivities that ...

Pakistanis are taking to rooftops across Lahore as they again celebrate the Basant festival by flying colorful kites above their city. The event had been banned due to the many deaths and injuries.

The annual Hubballi International Kite Festival and sports meet of indigenous games promoted by Member of Parliament and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi will be organised in Hubballi on February 7 and 8.

All roads led to the Mina Park at the Old Doha Port over the weekend as the Qatar Kite Festival 2026 bespeckled the winter skies with colour and creativity. Running from January 15-24, the festival ...

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — The annual Treasure Island Kite Festival will return to the beach on Friday for the first time since a pair of hurricanes devastated the area in 2024. “It feels fantastic,” ...

See 15 images of colorful kites from around the world Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs selected by Allison Scates “Go fly a kite” is often interpreted as ...

Gilead Sciences' Kite Pharma is doubling down on in vivo CAR-T, this time inking a deal worth up to $1.64 billion biobucks with Chinese biotech Pregene Biopharma. Kite has paid out $120 million ...

Minesto, a marine energy technology developer based in Sweden, is a winner of the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair for deploying the first operational, megawatt-scale tidal energy kite in the Faroe Islands.