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Seven killed in chemical factory fire in Rajasthan's Bhiwadi, two trapped insideA devastating fire erupted at a chemical factory in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan. Seven workers tragically lost their lives in the blaze. Rescue oper...
Bhopal gas tragedy victims to get Hiroshima–Nagasaki-style memorial worth over Rs 1,200 crore after over 40 yearsA memorial will be built for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims on the site of the Union Carbide factory that was cleaned of hazardous waste re...
16 killed in fire at garment factory and chemical warehouse in BangladeshA devastating fire at a garment factory and adjacent chemical warehouse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, claimed at least 16 lives and injured several...
Bhopal gas tragedy: Pleas seeking Dow Chemical to be made accused posted to Jan 6The Bhopal court schedules a January 6 hearing on petitions, including the CBI's, urging Dow Chemical to stand trial for the 1984 Bhopal ga...
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...
32 yrs on, toxic waste still lying in Union Carbide factory: ActivistsGas leakage from Union Carbide, which made pesticides, on the night of December 2-3, 1984, left more than 3,000 people dead and many more i...
Bhopal gas tragedy: Plea urges US government to make Dow Chemical appear before court"As per the terms of the White House website, which has been petitioned, US government is obliged to respond to our petition within 30 days...
346 tonnes of hazardous waste still lying at Union Carbide premises: GovernmentCentre said nearly 350 tonnes of hazardous waste is "safely secured" inside the factory premises of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL).
Protests mark Bhopal Gas tragedy's 31st anniversaryHeads of various NGOs working for survivors of the world's worst industrial disaster charged the state and central governments with protect...
Bhopal gas tragedy: No accurate data on deaths 30 years on, alleges NGOThough unofficial estimates claimed that the death toll had exceeded the 25,000 mark, official figure stands at 5,295 for whom the govt had...
It's time to fix the future: No more BhopalsIt's time to set this right.If government doesn't know the real victim, it must provide health care to all.
Bhopal tragedy: NGOs seek extradition of Union Carbide secretary John McDonaldSeeking extradition of John McDonald, NGOs urged Centre to ensure that Dow does not make any investment in India until it accepts its's lia...
Court asks CBI to re-issue summons to Dow Chemical in gas leak caseDow, took over Union Carbide Corporation in 2000. Leakage of toxic gas from the UCC factory in Bhopal had killed more than 3,500 people in ...
Bhopal tragedy: Decision to summon Dow Chemicals a big step, says AmnestyAmnesty International Dow Chemicals demanded that the company must acknowledge its responsibility towards the survivors of the 1984 industr...
- 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...
- Protest against Dow: Gas victims to hold 'Bhopal Olympics'
The protesters took out a march to the defunct Union Carbide factory where they set afire the effigies of Coe and Malhotra.
- GoM nod for shifting Bhopal waste disposal site
The ministerial panel on the Bhopal gas tragedy decided to change the site for disposal of toxic waste from Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh fol...
Bhopal gas tragedy victims appeal to Obama for actionSeeking justice for victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, its survivors have initiated a signature campaign for a memorandum to be sent to US ...
- Bhopal tragedy needs closure
Saga of official callousness and administrative ineptitude.
- US lawmakers ask Dow to clean up Bhopal
As many as 27 US lawmakers have asked Dow Chemical Company, which now owns Union Carbide, to immediately take steps towards providing medic...