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40 Years After Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Toxic Waste Disposal Continues To Hang Fire
In the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide factory, killing 5,479 people and maiming more than five lakh others.
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Exclusive: Bhopal Gas Leak's Toxic Waste Disposal May Spark Health Crisis
Nearly 40 years after the gas leak at Bhopal's Union Carbide factory left over 5,000 people dead and severely affected thousands more, the Madhya Pradesh government is set to begin incinerating 345 metric tonnes of the toxic waste from the ruins
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1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy: One Of The World's Major Industrial Accidents
At least 3,787 people were killed after toxic gas leaked from the now-defunct Union Carbide pesticide factory here on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984.
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39 Years On, Horrors Of Bhopal Gas Tragedy Continue To Haunt Survivors
The toxic gas leak from the now-defunct Union Carbide factory on the chilly night of December 2 not only killed thousands of people in Bhopal but continues to give nightmares to the survivors 39 years since the tragedy.
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1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy: 15 Pictures Of A City That Was Brought To Its Knees
The Supreme Court on Sunday dismissed a petition seeking more compensation from Union Carbide for the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The gas leak that killed over 3,000 people is among the world's worst industrial disasters.
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: In Supreme Court, Big Setback For Centre
In a big setback for the centre, the Supreme Court today dismissed its petition seeking more compensation from Union Carbide for the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The gas leak that killed over 3,000 people is among the world's worst industrial disasters.
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Panic In Bhopal After Chlorine Gas Leak, 15 Hospitalised
Several people were left coughing and gasping in panic after a gas leak from a water treatment plant in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal last evening.
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COVID-19 Kills 6 In Bhopal, All Were Exposed To Union Carbide Gas Leak
The six deaths linked to the COVID-19 virus in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal were of people exposed to the toxic methyl isocyanate gas that leaked from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in the city in 1984 and killed over 20,000 people
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Why No Summons To Dow Chemicals: Court Asks Centre On Bhopal Tragedy
A court here has asked a senior official in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to appear and explain why it could not serve summons to Dow Chemical in the United States in the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak case.
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Lest We Forget: Bhopal Gas Tragedy That Choked Thousands To Death In 1984
In one of world's worst industrial disasters, more than 20,000 people were choked to death in Bhopal on this day in 1984 after toxic gas leaked from the now-defunct Union Carbide factory. Thousands others developed severe health complications and continued to suffer from the ill effects later.
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy Among World's "Major Industrial Accidents": UN Report
The 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which killed thousands of people is among the world's "major industrial accidents" of the 20th century, a UN report has said, warning that 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases each year.
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Bhopal Gas Leak: Fresh Warrant Against 2 Who Helped Warren Anderson Escape
Bailable warrants have been issued against the then an administration officials and a police officer who were accused of helping Union Carbide Corporation chairman Warren Anderson escape from India after the 1984 gas tragedy. Then district Collector Moti Singh and retired Superintendent of Police Swaraj Puri had failed to appear in the court despit...
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32 Years After Bhopal Tragedy, Indian Rapper Targets Chemical Giant Dow
A rapper is targeting Dow Chemical with rhymes - demanding the US company pay more in victims' compensation and environmental damages stemming from a horrific chemical gas leak that killed thousands of people and sickened countless others.
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Petition Calls On White House To Hold Dow Accountable For Bhopal Leak
An online petition on the White House website has called on the Obama administration to stop shielding American multinational Dow Chemical from accountability for corporate crimes in the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy case.
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: 31 Years On, Toxins Still Spreading Through Soil, Water
For 31 years, the horrors of that night have remained etched on Mohammad Habib's body and mind. In the early hours of December 3, 1984, poisonous methyl iso-cyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide factory just a few hundred meters from his home at Kazi Camp in Bhopal.
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40 Years After Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Toxic Waste Disposal Continues To Hang Fire
In the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide factory, killing 5,479 people and maiming more than five lakh others.
-
Exclusive: Bhopal Gas Leak's Toxic Waste Disposal May Spark Health Crisis
Nearly 40 years after the gas leak at Bhopal's Union Carbide factory left over 5,000 people dead and severely affected thousands more, the Madhya Pradesh government is set to begin incinerating 345 metric tonnes of the toxic waste from the ruins
-
1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy: One Of The World's Major Industrial Accidents
At least 3,787 people were killed after toxic gas leaked from the now-defunct Union Carbide pesticide factory here on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984.
-
39 Years On, Horrors Of Bhopal Gas Tragedy Continue To Haunt Survivors
The toxic gas leak from the now-defunct Union Carbide factory on the chilly night of December 2 not only killed thousands of people in Bhopal but continues to give nightmares to the survivors 39 years since the tragedy.
-
1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy: 15 Pictures Of A City That Was Brought To Its Knees
The Supreme Court on Sunday dismissed a petition seeking more compensation from Union Carbide for the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The gas leak that killed over 3,000 people is among the world's worst industrial disasters.
-
Bhopal Gas Tragedy: In Supreme Court, Big Setback For Centre
In a big setback for the centre, the Supreme Court today dismissed its petition seeking more compensation from Union Carbide for the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The gas leak that killed over 3,000 people is among the world's worst industrial disasters.
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Panic In Bhopal After Chlorine Gas Leak, 15 Hospitalised
Several people were left coughing and gasping in panic after a gas leak from a water treatment plant in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal last evening.
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COVID-19 Kills 6 In Bhopal, All Were Exposed To Union Carbide Gas Leak
The six deaths linked to the COVID-19 virus in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal were of people exposed to the toxic methyl isocyanate gas that leaked from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in the city in 1984 and killed over 20,000 people
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Why No Summons To Dow Chemicals: Court Asks Centre On Bhopal Tragedy
A court here has asked a senior official in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to appear and explain why it could not serve summons to Dow Chemical in the United States in the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak case.
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Lest We Forget: Bhopal Gas Tragedy That Choked Thousands To Death In 1984
In one of world's worst industrial disasters, more than 20,000 people were choked to death in Bhopal on this day in 1984 after toxic gas leaked from the now-defunct Union Carbide factory. Thousands others developed severe health complications and continued to suffer from the ill effects later.
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy Among World's "Major Industrial Accidents": UN Report
The 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which killed thousands of people is among the world's "major industrial accidents" of the 20th century, a UN report has said, warning that 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases each year.
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Bhopal Gas Leak: Fresh Warrant Against 2 Who Helped Warren Anderson Escape
Bailable warrants have been issued against the then an administration officials and a police officer who were accused of helping Union Carbide Corporation chairman Warren Anderson escape from India after the 1984 gas tragedy. Then district Collector Moti Singh and retired Superintendent of Police Swaraj Puri had failed to appear in the court despit...
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32 Years After Bhopal Tragedy, Indian Rapper Targets Chemical Giant Dow
A rapper is targeting Dow Chemical with rhymes - demanding the US company pay more in victims' compensation and environmental damages stemming from a horrific chemical gas leak that killed thousands of people and sickened countless others.
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Petition Calls On White House To Hold Dow Accountable For Bhopal Leak
An online petition on the White House website has called on the Obama administration to stop shielding American multinational Dow Chemical from accountability for corporate crimes in the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy case.
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: 31 Years On, Toxins Still Spreading Through Soil, Water
For 31 years, the horrors of that night have remained etched on Mohammad Habib's body and mind. In the early hours of December 3, 1984, poisonous methyl iso-cyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide factory just a few hundred meters from his home at Kazi Camp in Bhopal.
