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40 Years After Bhopal Tragedy, Disposal Of Toxic Waste Poses Cancer Threat
Forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, its toxic waste cocktail is brewing afresh. About 350 metric tons of hazardous waste from the Union Carbide factory is set to be disposed of at the Treatment Storage Disposal Facility in Pithampur, Indore.
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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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"Planned Cover-Up": Bhopal Gas Tragedy Survivors On Memorial At Plant
The Madhya Pradesh government has planned to dispose of 337 metric tonnes of hazardous waste from the premises of the Union Carbide factory for the construction of a memorial for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims.
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Data On Birth Defects After Bhopal Gas Tragedy Were Concealed: Survivors
The women who inhaled the toxic gas which leaked from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal 34 years ago gave birth to children with birth defects in alarming numbers, but the data was concealed, organisations working for Bhopal Gas Tragedy survivors claimed on Thursday.
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33 Years On, Bhopal Gas Tragedy Survivors Still Await Adequate Compensation
Thirty-three years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, survivors are still fighting for adequate compensation and proper medical treatment for ailments caused by the toxic leak.
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32 Years On, Toxic Waste Still Present In Union Carbide Factory: Activists
Survivors of 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy today staged a protest in front of the now-defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on the 32nd anniversary of the world's worst industrial disaster.
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Will Ensure Safe Disposal Of Union Carbide Waste In Bhopal: Prakash Javadekar
A plan is being charted out for the safe disposal of toxic waste lying at the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, the gas leakage from where killed more than 25,000 people in December 1984, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.
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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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Hundreds March in Bhopal on Eve 1984 Gas Tragedy Anniversary
Hundreds of people marched from the Sindhi Colony to the defunct Union Carbide factory on Wednesday on the eve of the 31st anniversary of 1984 Bhopal gas leak tragedy.
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: 30 Years On, Generations Affected
On a cold December night of 1984, Bhopal was struck by one of the worst industrial disasters when 40 tonnes of poisonous Methyl Isocynate (MIC) gas leaked from the Union Carbide factory, killing over 1700 and affecting more than 5 lakh people. Thirty years later, its effects are still visible in the children and grandchildren of those who survived.
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Water around Union Carbide factory in Bhopal is dangerous: Report in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has been told that the water around the former Union Carbide plant at Bhopal is contaminated and not fit for consumption.
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Bhopal gas leak: Supreme Court orders disposal of toxic waste in 6 months
The Supreme Court today set a six-month deadline for removal and disposal of toxic waste of the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal and asked the Centre and Madhya Pradesh government to do the job within the stipulated time frame.
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This Sachin plays cricket too. On his knees
For many in this country, Sachin and cricket are synonymous. For many years I have tried to hold out. Today, Sachin and cricket got inextricably entwined in my mind. I am unlikely to think cricket again without thinking Sachin.Sachin Kumar, that is. A young lad whose dream is to be a cricketer. Bowling and wicket-keeping is what he likes to do, but...
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40 Years After Bhopal Tragedy, Disposal Of Toxic Waste Poses Cancer Threat
Forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, its toxic waste cocktail is brewing afresh. About 350 metric tons of hazardous waste from the Union Carbide factory is set to be disposed of at the Treatment Storage Disposal Facility in Pithampur, Indore.
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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
-
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.
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"Planned Cover-Up": Bhopal Gas Tragedy Survivors On Memorial At Plant
The Madhya Pradesh government has planned to dispose of 337 metric tonnes of hazardous waste from the premises of the Union Carbide factory for the construction of a memorial for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims.
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Data On Birth Defects After Bhopal Gas Tragedy Were Concealed: Survivors
The women who inhaled the toxic gas which leaked from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal 34 years ago gave birth to children with birth defects in alarming numbers, but the data was concealed, organisations working for Bhopal Gas Tragedy survivors claimed on Thursday.
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33 Years On, Bhopal Gas Tragedy Survivors Still Await Adequate Compensation
Thirty-three years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, survivors are still fighting for adequate compensation and proper medical treatment for ailments caused by the toxic leak.
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32 Years On, Toxic Waste Still Present In Union Carbide Factory: Activists
Survivors of 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy today staged a protest in front of the now-defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on the 32nd anniversary of the world's worst industrial disaster.
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Will Ensure Safe Disposal Of Union Carbide Waste In Bhopal: Prakash Javadekar
A plan is being charted out for the safe disposal of toxic waste lying at the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, the gas leakage from where killed more than 25,000 people in December 1984, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.
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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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Hundreds March in Bhopal on Eve 1984 Gas Tragedy Anniversary
Hundreds of people marched from the Sindhi Colony to the defunct Union Carbide factory on Wednesday on the eve of the 31st anniversary of 1984 Bhopal gas leak tragedy.
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: 30 Years On, Generations Affected
On a cold December night of 1984, Bhopal was struck by one of the worst industrial disasters when 40 tonnes of poisonous Methyl Isocynate (MIC) gas leaked from the Union Carbide factory, killing over 1700 and affecting more than 5 lakh people. Thirty years later, its effects are still visible in the children and grandchildren of those who survived.
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Water around Union Carbide factory in Bhopal is dangerous: Report in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has been told that the water around the former Union Carbide plant at Bhopal is contaminated and not fit for consumption.
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Bhopal gas leak: Supreme Court orders disposal of toxic waste in 6 months
The Supreme Court today set a six-month deadline for removal and disposal of toxic waste of the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal and asked the Centre and Madhya Pradesh government to do the job within the stipulated time frame.
-
This Sachin plays cricket too. On his knees
For many in this country, Sachin and cricket are synonymous. For many years I have tried to hold out. Today, Sachin and cricket got inextricably entwined in my mind. I am unlikely to think cricket again without thinking Sachin.Sachin Kumar, that is. A young lad whose dream is to be a cricketer. Bowling and wicket-keeping is what he likes to do, but...
