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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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On Compensation To Bhopal Gas Leak Victims, Successor Firms Say...
Successor firms of the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the depreciation of the rupee since 1989 cannot be a ground to now seek a "top-up" of compensation for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy.
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Indian-Origin MP Secures Debate In UK Parliament On Bhopal Gas Tragedy
An Indian-origin Opposition Labour Party MP secured a debate in Westminster Hall of the UK Parliament to call for justice for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy.
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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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Madhya Pradesh Hasn't Paid Bhopal Gas Widows' Meagre Pension Since December 2019
The Centre and the state were together funding the pension paid since 2010 to around 5,000 widows of Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims. Since December 2019, however, the payments have completely stopped.
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Minor Gas Leak In LPG Container Of Goods Train At Bhopal: Rail Official
Gas leak was detected on a goods train transporting LPG on Saturday at Bhopal railway station in Madhya Pradesh, a Railways official said.
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33 Years On, Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims Seek Rehab Of Kids With Deformities
A march was taken out near the now- defunct Union Carbide plant in Bhopal to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy.
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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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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: NGO Raises Concern Over Congenital Defects in Children
Children with congenital defects born to parents exposed to the gas leakage in Bhopal in 1984 should be identified and treated, demanded an NGO running a clinic for the survivors of the world's worst industrial disaster ahead of its 31st anniversary.
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Bhopal gas leak: Toxic waste to be dumped in Germany
A Group of Ministers (GoM) gave its approval to the Madhya Pradesh government on Friday to dispose 350 metric tonnes of Union Carbide toxic waste in Germany. As per the decision, the Centre will pay Rs 25 crore towards the cost of airlifting the waste which will be removed within a year.
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CBI gives additional evidence against Anderson to MEA
The CBI has recently sent additional evidence against Warren Anderson, former CEO of Union Carbide, to the Ministry of External Affairs in connection with his extradition proceedings in Bhopal case. "The CBI has been consistently pursuing the matter of extradition of Warren Anderson since 1993," Minister of State for Personnel Pri...
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Bhopal plant: Corporate giants pass the buck
It is a classic case of corporates passing the buck. First, it was Dow Chemicals that refused to accept the task of cleaning up the site of the Bhopal gas tragedy and now the second corporate group that indirectly became an owner of the plant, Eveready, has shrugged off responsibility or liability. In a statement, Eveready has said it is not liable...
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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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On Compensation To Bhopal Gas Leak Victims, Successor Firms Say...
Successor firms of the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the depreciation of the rupee since 1989 cannot be a ground to now seek a "top-up" of compensation for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy.
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Indian-Origin MP Secures Debate In UK Parliament On Bhopal Gas Tragedy
An Indian-origin Opposition Labour Party MP secured a debate in Westminster Hall of the UK Parliament to call for justice for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy.
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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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Madhya Pradesh Hasn't Paid Bhopal Gas Widows' Meagre Pension Since December 2019
The Centre and the state were together funding the pension paid since 2010 to around 5,000 widows of Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims. Since December 2019, however, the payments have completely stopped.
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Minor Gas Leak In LPG Container Of Goods Train At Bhopal: Rail Official
Gas leak was detected on a goods train transporting LPG on Saturday at Bhopal railway station in Madhya Pradesh, a Railways official said.
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33 Years On, Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims Seek Rehab Of Kids With Deformities
A march was taken out near the now- defunct Union Carbide plant in Bhopal to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy.
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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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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: NGO Raises Concern Over Congenital Defects in Children
Children with congenital defects born to parents exposed to the gas leakage in Bhopal in 1984 should be identified and treated, demanded an NGO running a clinic for the survivors of the world's worst industrial disaster ahead of its 31st anniversary.
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Bhopal gas leak: Toxic waste to be dumped in Germany
A Group of Ministers (GoM) gave its approval to the Madhya Pradesh government on Friday to dispose 350 metric tonnes of Union Carbide toxic waste in Germany. As per the decision, the Centre will pay Rs 25 crore towards the cost of airlifting the waste which will be removed within a year.
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CBI gives additional evidence against Anderson to MEA
The CBI has recently sent additional evidence against Warren Anderson, former CEO of Union Carbide, to the Ministry of External Affairs in connection with his extradition proceedings in Bhopal case. "The CBI has been consistently pursuing the matter of extradition of Warren Anderson since 1993," Minister of State for Personnel Pri...
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Bhopal plant: Corporate giants pass the buck
It is a classic case of corporates passing the buck. First, it was Dow Chemicals that refused to accept the task of cleaning up the site of the Bhopal gas tragedy and now the second corporate group that indirectly became an owner of the plant, Eveready, has shrugged off responsibility or liability. In a statement, Eveready has said it is not liable...
