Human life is obviously cheaper in India than in the US

How on earth did Dr Manmohan Singh and his ministers conclude that the casualties of a disaster in a nuclear plant would be fewer than the deaths and injuries caused by the Bhopal gas tragedy? And......

Praise for Bobby Jindal on handling BP oil spill

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has called for the US federal government to respond promptly to the BP oil spill which has occurred off the Louisiana coast. The spill in the Gulf of Mexico on......

COLUMN: Will BP's punishment teach any lesson?

The billion dollar penalty of the kind imposed on BP will not deter risky operations but it will hopefully create an incentive for stricter safety measures writes Rajni Bakshi. British Petroleum......

US sues BP, 9 other firms over Gulf oil spill

The US has filed a civil lawsuit against British Petroleum and nine other companies in the country's worst-ever oil spill off the Mexican Gulf that resulted in considerable environmental damage and......

BP incurs $3.5 bn expenses in fighting oil spill

Battling one of the worst oil spills in decades, British energy major BP Plc has so far shelled out $3.5 billion towards containing the disaster. The estimate has been revised upwards, a week after......

BP oil spill costs jump to $2.65 bn

BP Plc's response to the devastating Mexican Gulf oil spill is growing more expensive by the day, with the British energy major revising its costs upward to a whopping $2.65 billion. The embattled......

PIX: Kate Hudson, Kurt Russell on the red carpet at TIFF

On day six of the Toronto International Film Festival 2016, it was all about family affairs, as Kate Hudson walked the red carpet along with her stepdad and actor Kurt Russell. Other celebs......

Cleaning up an oil spill, James Cameron-style

The world's biggest filmmaker, James Cameron, has offered his fleet of private submarines to BP (formerly British Petroleum), to assist the company in stopping the massive oil flow threatening the......