Bhopal Gas tragedy: The plea sought an additional Rs 7,844 crore from Union Carbide Corporation's (UCC's) successor firms to extend higher compensation to the victims.
The official number of deaths from what has come to be known as the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, among the world’s worst industrial disasters ever, was 2,259 but activists estimate the number could be well over 20,000, maybe double that.
The leakage of methyl isocyanate, a toxic gas, from pesticide plant of Union Carbide on the intervening night of Dec 2 and 3, 1984, had killed over 3,000 people.
Kolkata, 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
New Delhi, Dec 5: Sports Minister Ajay Maken today said that the International Olympic Committee should keep the sentiments of Bhopal Gas tragedy victims in mind and drop Dow Chemicals as sponsors of next year's
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