Published : Dec 02, 2024 13:09 IST - 14 MINS READ December 2-3, 1984. The Bhopal gas tragedy, the world’s deadliest industrial disaster, exemplifies what Rob Nixon, professor of Environment and Humanities at Princeton University, calls “slow violence”—harm that unfolds gradually and invisibly, but with devastating, long-lasting effects. We committed the funds to three key objectives: first, to provide free …
A court in Bhopal has posted for January 6 the hearing on various petitions, including of the CBI, seeking that Dow Chemical be tried for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy that killed more than 3,000 people and caused environmental damage. Dow Chemical, headquartered in Michigan in the U.S., had bought the Union Carbide Corporation, a gas leak from whose facility …
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, dismissed the curative petition filed by Central Government seeking to reopen the settlement with the Union Carbide Corporation to claim additional compensation for victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984. The Court noted that the Union Government had itself failed to take out insurance policies as directed by the Apex …
World Cup final agony for England, ecstasy for New Zealand, and a huge shot in the arm for women's rugby which now looks set to go to a whole new level after this astonishing Eden Park clash. It was World Cup agony for England as they were edged out 34-31 by New Zealand on Saturday The superb hosts won a …
The government on Friday informed Parliament that no representative from the U.S.-based Dow Chemical has appeared before the Bhopal district court till date in the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak case despite several summons since 2004. "The Judicial Magistrate Court issued summons to the Dow Chemical Company on 26.04.2004, 28.02.2014, 04.08.2014, 22.11.2014, 15.09.2015, 22.01.2016, 04.06.2018, 18.09.2018, 23.05.2019 and 13.11.2019 to …