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2 weeks, 5 days ago

'We Are Not The Police': Gujarat High Court In PIL On Violation Of Ammonium Nitrate Rules, Asks Litigant To Approach Authorities First

Live Law

Permitting withdrawal of a PIL highlighting the alleged non-compliance of Ammonium Nitrate Rules 2012 by certain entities in handling the chemical, the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday asked the petitioner to first approach the concerned authorities empowered to look into the issue, and approach the court only if there is any inaction. 11 to 19 are operating ammonium nitrate conversion …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Guwahati Diary | State zoo welcomes baby rhino

New Indian Express

IIT study on removing ammonium from waste A research team from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, led by Prof Kannan Pakshirajan, has developed a method to remove ammonium from wastewater by using a combination of microalgae and bacteria. The institute said this approach drastically cuts down on energy consumption compared to traditional wastewater treatment methods.“ Traditional ammonium removal methods …

Guwahati Treatment Methods

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Toxic Ammonium Nitrate Found to Affect Children's Learning and Memory

Hindustan Times

A new study has found that exposure to ammonium nitrate, a key component of PM2.5 pollution, can affect learning ability and memory in children. The chemical is formed when ammonia gas reacts with nitric acid produced after burning fossil fuels. The study used spatio-temporal models to analyse yearly levels of exposure to PM2.5 components and found that ammonium nitrate particles …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bruce Highway truck explosion leaves Bororen residents reeling week after blast

ABC

Brandon Humphries has lived in the close-knit central Queensland community of Bororen for almost 40 years. Mr Humphries lives just over a kilometre from a section of the Bruce Highway where a truck carrying 42 tonnes of ammonium nitrate collided with a utility vehicle eight days ago, on Friday last week. "I just don't think ammonium nitrate should be running …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bruce Highway reopens after fatal crash and ammonium nitrate explosion

ABC

The Bruce Highway in central Queensland has reopened after a chemical truck explosion last week left a five-metre crater on the critical corridor. "It's about a five-metre crater next to the Bruce Highway, so it's very significant damage, not the sort of damage you normally see on our highway network," he said. 'A prolonged incident' Gladstone Regional Council Mayor Matt …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Scientists have discovered a sixth basic taste detected by the tongue

The Independent

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1 year, 6 months ago

Government bans 14 combination drugs used to treat common ailments

The Hindu

Fourteen fixed-dose combination medicines found to lack therapeutic relevance have been banned by the Central Government through a gazette notification issued over the weekend. The notification states that an expert committee recommended that “there is no therapeutic justification for these FDCs and the FDCs may involve risk to human beings”. The banned FDCs are part of 344 fixed-dose combinations prohibited …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Thirty tonnes of explosive chemicals go missing in the Mojave Desert

The Independent

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2 years, 3 months ago

Indian government decides not to extend anti-dumping duty on ammonium nitrate from 3 nations

The Hindu

The Indian government has decided not to extend the anti-dumping duty imposed on ammonium nitrate imported from Russia, Iran and Georgia. The commerce ministry’s investigation arm DGTR had conducted a probe to review the need for the continuing imposition of anti-dumping duty on the product imported from these countries, following a complaint from the domestic industry. Smartchem Technologies Ltd. had …

India Duty

2 years, 10 months ago

Delhi: Timer device with Ammonium Nitrate, RDX used in IED recovered from Seemapuri

Firstpost

Delhi police sources said the Special Cell gathered the information of the suspected youths and verified their identity. They added, it is suspected that they might be working as sleeper cells New Delhi: A timer device with Ammonium Nitrate and RDX was used in an Improvised Explosive Device recovered from a house in northeast Delhi’s Old Seemapuri on Thursday, said …

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2 years, 11 months ago

IED Recovered from Ghazipur had RDX, Ammonium Nitrate, Timer, Says NSG

News 18

The NSG has informed the Delhi Police that the IED recovered recently from the Ghazipur flower market had a timer device attached to it and had ammonium nitrate and RDX as its components, official sources said on Monday. The federal counter-terrorist commando force had sent experts from its National Bomb Data Centre based in Haryana’s Manesar to defuse the improvised …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Timer with Ammonium Nitrate used in IED recovered from Delhi's Ghazipur: NSG report

India Today

A timer device with Ammonium Nitrate and RDX was used in the Improvised Explosive Devise recovered from Delhi's Ghazipur Flower Market on January 14, the National Security Guard has said in its report submitted to the Delhi Police. In its report, the NSG has said that a timer run by battery, ammonium nitrate and RDX were used in the IED …

Delhi Nsg Ghazipur Flower Ied Ghazipur Flower Market

3 years, 4 months ago

What we still don’t know about Beirut’s port explosion

CNN

Beirut, Lebanon CNN — It’s been a year since one of the world’s largest ever non-nuclear explosions ripped through Lebanon’s capital, killing more than 200 people. At just after 6 p.m. on August 4, 2020, hundreds of metric tons of ammonium nitrate ignited, sparking the massive blast in the city’s port. “Speculation that Hezbollah may have wanted to destroy the …

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3 years, 4 months ago

‘Nothing was done’: HRW blasts officials in Beirut blast report

Al Jazeera

Rights group calls for international fact-finding mission and sanctions, slams officials’ failure for years to remove explosives from Lebanese capital’s port. Beirut, Lebanon – Human Rights Watch has blasted Lebanese political and security officials for not removing explosive ammonium nitrate that caused a devastating explosion at Beirut’s port last year and said an international investigation and targeted sanctions were the …

Security Investigation Rights Explosion Port Officials Beirut

3 years, 4 months ago

A year on, politicians accused of hindering Beirut blast justice

Al Jazeera

Rights groups and families of victims accuse officials of stalling the probe into the devastating port explosion. The officials include General Security chief Major-General Abbas Ibrahim, State Security head Major-General Tony Saliba, ex-Finance Minister Ali Hasan Khalil, former Public Works Ministers Ghazi Zeiter and Yousef Finianos, and ex-Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk. “Parliament is very interested in lifting immunity, but in …

Security Port Families Officials Minister Told Beirut

3 years, 10 months ago

Complex operation to secure ammonium nitrate emulsion after Central Queensland truck crash

ABC

The complex operation to remove 40 tonnes of ammonium nitrate emulsion from an overturned truck in Central Queensland is in its second day, though emergency services are hopeful it will be concluded late Thursday. Key points: The truck crashed on the Fitzroy Developmental Road, south-west of Mackay, around 5:30am Wednesday It was carrying ammonium nitrate emulsion, the chemical, which in …

Emergency Services Incident Crash Queensland Truck Ammonium Nitrate

3 years, 11 months ago

Syrian businessmen linked to firm that bought Beirut explosives

Al Jazeera

One of the businessmen had previously been accused of trying to procure ammonium nitrate for the Syrian government. Open-source information on the UK website – first aired by Lebanese documentary filmmaker Firas Hatoum on local news channel Al Jadeed on Tuesday – shows that companies formerly directed by Haswani and Imad Khuri have the same stated addresses as Savaro Limited, …

London Companies Company Registered Syrian Beirut Directed

4 years, 2 months ago

Lebanon asks Interpol to detain two Russians over Beirut blast

Al Jazeera

Interpol asked to detain captain and owner of ship that carried thousands of tonnes of ammonium nitrate to Beirut seven years ago. The lead investigator into the August blast at Beirut’s port that killed almost 200 and wounded thousands has issued arrest warrants for the captain and owner of a ship that carried thousands of tonnes of ammonium nitrate to …

Lebanon Russian Interpol Cargo Ship Beirut Port Rhosus

4 years, 3 months ago

Lebanon: Over 4 tonnes of ammonium nitrate found near Beirut port

Al Jazeera

Lebanon’s army said it found the chemical near the entrance to Beirut port, the site of a powerful explosion last month. Lebanon’s army has found 4.35 tonnes of ammonium nitrate near the entrance to Beirut port, the site of a powerful explosion last month, caused by a large stockpile of the same highly explosive chemical, that killed 191 people. The …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Quintals of Explosive Ammonium Nitrate Lying in Rajasthan Police Stations: HC Seeks Plans for Disposal

News 18

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to chalk out a plan for the disposal of quintals of seized Ammonium Nitrate lying in various police stations and posing the danger of a Beirut-like explosion. A Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court gave the direction observing that “Ammonium Nitrate is a valuable resource and this explosive material …

Bench Various Police Stations Explosive Ammonium Nitrate

4 years, 4 months ago

‘There’s something strange’: Baffling questions, conspiracy theories grow after Beirut blast

LA Times

An aerial view shows the port of Beirut on Aug. 7, three days after a massive explosion that killed about 180 people. Since a stockpile of more than 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate blew up on the edge of Beirut this month, infuriated residents have been struggling to understand how the blast happened, and just what — or who — …

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4 years, 4 months ago

‘End of the world': Countdown to Beirut’s devastating blast

Associated Press

BEIRUT — The 10 firefighters who received the call a bit before 6 p.m. about a big fire at the nearby port of Beirut could not know what awaited them. The brigade of nine men and one woman could not know about the stockpile of ammonium nitrate warehoused since 2013 along a busy motorway in the heart of a densely …

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4 years, 4 months ago

‘End of the world': Countdown to Beirut’s devastating blast

Associated Press

BEIRUT — The 10 firefighters who received the call shortly before 6 p.m. — a big fire at the nearby port of Beirut — could not know what awaited them. ___ Seven years ago, a ship named the Rhosus set out from the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi carrying 2,755.5 tons of ammonium nitrate destined for an explosives company …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Ammonium nitrate, that devastated Beirut, is key component in IEDs used by Maoists in Chhattisgarh

New Indian Express

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'We Are Not The Police': Gujarat High Court In PIL On Violation Of Ammonium Nitrate Rules, Asks Litigant To Approach Authorities First

Guwahati Diary | State zoo welcomes baby rhino

Toxic Ammonium Nitrate Found to Affect Children's Learning and Memory

Bruce Highway truck explosion leaves Bororen residents reeling week after blast

Bruce Highway reopens after fatal crash and ammonium nitrate explosion

Scientists have discovered a sixth basic taste detected by the tongue

Government bans 14 combination drugs used to treat common ailments

Thirty tonnes of explosive chemicals go missing in the Mojave Desert

Indian government decides not to extend anti-dumping duty on ammonium nitrate from 3 nations

Delhi: Timer device with Ammonium Nitrate, RDX used in IED recovered from Seemapuri

IED Recovered from Ghazipur had RDX, Ammonium Nitrate, Timer, Says NSG

Timer with Ammonium Nitrate used in IED recovered from Delhi's Ghazipur: NSG report

What we still don’t know about Beirut’s port explosion

‘Nothing was done’: HRW blasts officials in Beirut blast report

A year on, politicians accused of hindering Beirut blast justice

Complex operation to secure ammonium nitrate emulsion after Central Queensland truck crash

Syrian businessmen linked to firm that bought Beirut explosives

Lebanon asks Interpol to detain two Russians over Beirut blast

Lebanon: Over 4 tonnes of ammonium nitrate found near Beirut port

Quintals of Explosive Ammonium Nitrate Lying in Rajasthan Police Stations: HC Seeks Plans for Disposal

‘There’s something strange’: Baffling questions, conspiracy theories grow after Beirut blast

‘End of the world': Countdown to Beirut’s devastating blast

‘End of the world': Countdown to Beirut’s devastating blast

Ammonium nitrate, that devastated Beirut, is key component in IEDs used by Maoists in Chhattisgarh