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In 1892, A North Carolina furnace test for cheap aluminum produced an unexpected solid; that accident helped build the industrial Acetylene AgeA chance discovery in 1892 by Willson in North Carolina led to calcium carbide. This substance could produce acetylene gas. Acetylene provi...
Bhopal Gas tragedy case: 18 years on, Dow Chemical to see their day in Bhopal courtDow Chemical's lawyers appeared in a Bhopal court in response to a summons related to their involvement in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. The...
Bhopal gas tragedy: Depreciation of rupee can't be ground for "top-up" of settlement amount, UCC successor firms to SCSenior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the respondents, told the bench, also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Abhay S Oka, Vikram Na...
Bhopal gas tragedy: SC to hear Centre's plea for additional Rs 7,844 crore fund to compensate victimsThe bench, comprising Justices Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M R Shah and S Ravindra Bhat, will hear the curative petition fi...
Why no summons served to Dow Chemical, Court asks MHA in Bhopal Gas Leak caseThe Bhopal Group for Information & Action (BGIA), an NGO working for survivors of the gas leak tragedy, had filed an application in this re...
US lobbied hard for Union Carbide to extend footprints in India: WikiLeaksThe US followed the Union Carbide's case with the Indian govt seeking exceptional terms to help the company set up a factory in Bhopal.
Bhopal gas tragedy: HC dismisses Dow Chemical's petitionMadhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Dow Chemical challenging the trial court order of 2005 issuing show cause notic...
- Union Carbide files petition in Supreme Court for disposal of Bhopal gas disaster case
Union Carbide Corporation has filed a petition in the SC demanding early hearing on the government's curative petition in the Bhopal gas di...
- Bhopal Gas victims' outfits oppose Carbide plant demolition
"Tank no. 610 and the existing structure at the factory site is an evidence against the company. How can they demolish it ?" Karnik asked.
- Bhopal gas tragedy: Dow's double standards exposed
While Dow denies any responsibility for damages in Bhopal, it has taken over liability of Carbide for fighting over 75,000 asbestos-related...
- India PM to ask US to extradite ex-CEO in Bhopal case
PM said India would try to convince the US to extradite the ex-chairman of Union Carbide.
- GoM recommends govt to examine Dow Chemical’s liability in Bhopal tragedy
UNDER intense pressure to counter charges of mishandling the legal battle in the aftermath of the Bhopal gas tragedy, the reconstituted GoM...
- Bhopal gas tragedy case: NGO hits at ex-CJI
An NGO working for the victims of the world's worst industrial disaster today said the judge was as big a "villain" as former Union Carbide...
Bhopal gas tragedy: 'Case against Anderson not closed'Law minister Veerappa Moily said the case against former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson in connection with the Bhopal gas tragedy was ...
Bhopal gas tragedy: Keshub Mahindra, 6 other convicts granted bailEarlier on Monday, eight accused, one of whom is deceased, were sentenced to two years in prison for causing death due to negligence.
Keshub Mahindra, 7 others convicted in Bhopal gas caseAmongst the 8 is Warren Anderson, ex-chairman of Union Carbide who is absconding. Activists say 25,000 died in the immediate aftermath.
- Family tree of Bhopal gas disaster
The Bhopal gas disaster made headlines 25 years ago as the world’s largest chemical disaster killing 22,000, disabling another 1,50,000.
- US lawmakers want Dow to clean Bhopal gas leak plant site
US lawmakers have asked Dow Chemical to clean up soil and underground water contaminated by deadly gas leak at Union Carbide plant at Bhopa...
- Govt continues to gas Bhopal victims
The government has finally lent an ear to the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy. But coming after 25 years it’s certainly a case of too little ...
- Government to set up panel for Bhopal survivors: minister
Government is to set up a panel to help victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak, which killed more than 15,000 people, a minister said Thursday...