Bhopal Gas Tragedy
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: The forgotten children of Bhopal
Lifestyle | Dec 03, 2019, 07:17 PM ISTA photo-exhibition titled 'Aftermath: 35 Years after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy' by independent social documentary photographer and short story writer, Rohit Jain, showcases the life of Bhopal's people three generations after that fateful night.
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Bhopal gas tragedy activist Abdul Jabbar dies
India | Nov 15, 2019, 12:41 PM ISTActivist Abdul Jabbar, who fought for victims and survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, died on Thursday night. Jabbar was suffering from lung disease and had lost 50 per cent of his eye vision due to the gas emission.
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No early hearing of plea to hike compensation for Bhopal gas tragedy victims: SC
India | Jan 28, 2019, 07:23 PM ISTDeclining an early hearing of the curative petition, a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said that they would hear in April the Centre's application for an early hearing of the curative petition that was filed way back in February 2011.
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34 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: All you need to know about 'world's worst industrial disaster'
India | Dec 02, 2018, 11:42 PM ISTOver 15,000 people were killed when nearly 42 tonnes of toxic gas, Methyl Iso Cyanate (MIC) leaked from the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) factory.
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In Pics: 34 years of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy
India | Dec 02, 2018, 08:56 PM ISTThe incident took place on the night of 2-3rd December, 1984, when around 42 tonnes of toxic methyl isocyanate was released from the plant accidently.
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Mamata Banerjee urges people to 'save green and stay clean'
India | Dec 02, 2018, 01:30 PM ISTMore than 3,000 people died after they were exposed to toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas due to a leakage at a pesticide plant in Bhopal.
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Madhya Pradesh HC relief for ex-Bhopal SP, collector accused of helping Union Carbide CEO escape
India | Aug 01, 2018, 08:06 PM ISTAnderson, the main accused in the deadly 1984 gas leak case, had obtained bail from a court, and the bail conditions did not state that he was not to leave the country, advocate Singh contended before the judge.
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Bhopal gas accused Anderson was released at behest of Rajiv Gandhi, Narasimha Rao: Report
India | Mar 24, 2015, 02:06 PM ISTBhopal: Prime accused of the Bhopal gas tragedy, Warren Anderson, was allowed to walk out of jail at the behest of the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Home Minister Narasimha Rao.According to a report
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Parliament remembers victims of Bhopal gas tragedy
National | Dec 03, 2014, 01:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Parliament today remembered the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy which struck the Madhya Pradesh capital 30 years ago and extended its support towards them.In Rajya Sabha, Chairman Hamid Ansari said the human tragedy
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Bhopal gas tragedy: Toxic waste disposal still awaited
India | Nov 28, 2014, 11:55 AM ISTBhopal: The toxic waste after the Bhopal Gas tragedy lying at the Union Carbide plant here is still awaiting disposal, even after 29 years of the world's worst industrial disaster, amid concerns of air and
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Govt agrees to hike compensation for Bhopal victims
India | Nov 15, 2014, 07:24 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Central government has agreed to increase the compensation for Bhopal gas tragedy victims, Amnesty International yesteday said and welcomed the move.The government also promised to revise the numbers of deaths and injuries,
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Bhopal gas tragedy survivors begin indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar
India | Nov 10, 2014, 01:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Five women representatives from Bhopal-based organisations along with thousands of survivors of the Union Carbide tragedy today began an indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi demanding enhancement in the compensation.The agitators
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Bhopal Gas tragedy: Victims to go on indefinite hunger fast from today
India | Nov 10, 2014, 07:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: Ahead of the 30th anniversary of Bhopal gas tragedy, the representatives of five organizations of survivors will today go on an indefinite fast at the Jantar Mantar where they will place demands to
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Arjun Singh, the missing MP Chief Minister during Bhopal Gas tragedy
National | Dec 03, 2014, 11:21 AM ISTArjun Singh was a veteran politician of the Indian National Congress party. He was a former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh besides beiing the Union Minister for Human Resource Development in the Manmohan Singh cabinet
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Warren Anderson, wanted in Bhopal gas tragedy, passes away
India | Oct 31, 2014, 07:56 PM ISTNew York: Former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson, wanted in India in connection with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has died aged 92.Anderson died on September 29 at a nursing home in Vero Beach, Florida
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Bhopal gas tragedy: US should extradite Anderson, says NGO
India | Dec 22, 2013, 08:12 AM ISTBhopal: In the wake of arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, an NGO working for the cause of victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy yesterday demanded that the US should extradite Warren Anderson, former chairman
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Bhopal gas tragedy: After 29 years victims still wait for justice
India | Dec 03, 2013, 07:30 AM ISTBhopal: As many as 16,000 people were killed on the intervening night of December 2 and 3 in 1984 when methyl isocyanate (MiC), an intermediary substance used to manufacture Sevin, a pesticide, leaked from tank
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Know facts about Bhopal Gas Leak that killed nearly 25,000 people
India | Aug 19, 2015, 09:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: The notorious Bhopal Gas Leak tragedy is said to be one of the worst industrial disasters of the world.This tragic incident took place in the Union Carbide subsidiary pesticide plant in the city
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Aligarh city saved from Bhopal-type massive gas leak
India | Aug 18, 2013, 09:15 AM ISTAligarh, UP: A major Bhopal-type gas leak was averted in Aligarh city on Saturday, after technical experts managed to remove 23 cylinders filled with chlorine gas from a truck loaded with chemicals that had met
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Bhopal gas victims suffer from new abnormalities
India | Mar 03, 2013, 05:55 PM ISTKolkata, Mar3: The probability of a baby being born with congenital anomalies is seven times higher in areas of Bhopal affected by the 1984 gas tragedy, doctors said here Sunday. The effect is evident even