"kite-flying"

In Hyderabad’s Kukatpally area, a nine-year-old boy was critically injured after being electrocuted while trying to retrieve a kite entangled in transformer cables.

Despite its misleading name, it is not necessarily imported from China. In India, the term broadly refers to any synthetic or glass-coated manja, including locally manufactured varieties

The South Central Railway has warned the public about electrocution risks from kite flying near railway tracks. Metallic or chemically treated threads can touch 25 kV overhead lines, threatening human life, damaging infrastructure, and causing train disruptions.

Volunteers of the Animal Warriors Conservation Society (AWCS), known for rescuing animals and birds across the State, found 17 different migrant birds trapped in Chinese manja at various places since January 1 when the season of Sankranthi kite-flying started

The victim Shivraj, who works at Langer Houz traffic police station, was going on a bike on the Tilak Nagar- Narayanguda flyover road when the Chinese manja thread got entangled around his neck

TGSPDCL issues guidelines urging people to fly kites in open areas, not to use metallic thread or metal-reinforced strings

Chinese manja, coated with crushed glass and dangerously sharp, is known to cut through the skin of birds, animals, and humans, causing fatal injuries. Every year, thousands of birds suffer from injuries, some fatal, due to entanglement in these hazardous strings

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The police suspect Salman fell from the fifth floor of the building onto the third floor and died due to injuries.

Four youths lost their lives, either from electrocution or falling off rooftops, while a soldier succumbed to the dangerous 'Chinese manja'.