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Modi and Shah to attend global investors summit at Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav announced on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has confirmed his participation in the inaugural session of the Global Investors Summit at Bhopal on 24 February, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the summit’s closing session on 25 February.

Woman attempts suicide after ED raids

Following raids by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the ‘Jaishree Foods’ company of Bhopal, which unearthed alleged disproportionate assets said to be around Rs 66 crore, the wife of the company’s owner consumed some poisonous substance in a bid to commit suicide and has been admitted to a private hospital here in a serious condition.

Toxic Legacy

Four decades after the catastrophic gas leak that devastated Bhopal, the recent removal of toxic waste from the Union Carbide plant marks a small yet significant step in addressing the lingering fallout of one of the world’s worst industrial disasters.

40 years after Bhopal gas disaster, Union Carbide waste disposal begins

Forty years after one of the world’s worst industrial disasters that occurred at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in 1984 around 340 metric tons of hazardous waste still lying in the factory premises began to be transported to incineration on Sunday morning following directives of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

Bhopal revisited~II

Was the law taken in one’s hand? The answer is ‘yes’. Otherwise, why did the Central government exercise the power of parens patriae (parent of the nation) and prevent the victims from filing suits through lawyers of their choice?

Bhopal revisited~I

The Bhopal gas tragedy is no doubt the biggest industrial catastrophe of the 20th century. It happened due to the highest level of callousness and irresponsibility shown by a multinational, Union Carbide Corporation (UCC).