31 years on, horrors of the Bhopal Gas tragedy continue

Gas affected areas in Bhopal are still bereft of basic amenities, reports Shashikant Trivedi. Survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy hold a banner during a protest march in New Delhi. Photograph: B......

30 years on, Bhopal gas tragedy victims still wait for compensation

An NGO working for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims has alleged that there are no accurate figures available on the death toll of the world’s worst industrial disaster even after 30 years and......

Bhopal gas tragedy: Decision on toxic waste soon

Talks are on with a German firm for disposal of toxic waste left at the Union Carbide plant in the aftermath of the 1984 disaster after Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra declined to allow its......

Bhopal tragedy: SC slams Centre on waste disposal

The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Centre for not being serious on disposal of toxic waste lying in the defunct Union Carbide India Ltd plant, now represented by DOW Chemical Company, in......

Hindustan Motors plots a comeback; talks on for JV with European co for EVs

The country’s first ever carmaker, Hindustan Motors, is looking at a second coming. Kindly note the image has only been published for representational purposes. Photograph:......

How Allergan plans to boost Botox sales in Indian market

While the Botox segment is growing annually at around 20-25% in the country, Allergan India's aesthetics business is growing at 60% Irish bio-pharmaceutical company Allergan is betting big on the......

Sensex, Nifty end in the red

Pharma was the top losing index amid worries about their earnings outlook with Lupin down over 4% Benchmark indices swung between gains and losses on Friday to end the day flat amid lack of global......

How note ban hits trade: Indore's Sarafa Bazar loses shine

In the second of a six-part series, Sanjay Jog of Business Standard walks across the streets of Indore to find out how it has been hit by demonetisation. Raju Agarwal, who runs a small engineering......

Hollywood's most bankable actresses

Reese Witherspoon has reason to flash her sunny smile. The Legally Blonde actress is the only woman to appear on The Ulmer Scale's global bankability survey of actors in Hollywood. And she has......

ODIs face Champions Trophy test

If the highest run-getter in the history of one-day cricket speaks of the need to change the format of ODIs, surely there is something seriously wrong. Recent weeks have seen a raging debate on......