'Ground water around Union Carbide factory contaminated'

The ground water around the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal continues to be contaminated even 28 years after the world's largest industrial disaster in which leak of a poisonous gas had killed more......

358 tonnes of toxic Union Carbide waste incinerated

Incineration of entire 358 tonnes of toxic waste from the defunct Union Carbide factory finally concluded as contaminated soil and packaging material were burnt at a disposal plant in Madhya......

Unloading of Union Carbide waste begins in MP's Dhar

The process of unloading 337 tonnes of hazardous waste, transported from Bhopal-based defunct Union Carbide factory in container trucks, began at an incineration unit in Pithampur industrial area......

Union Carbide waste incineration begins on trial basis in MP

Incineration of 10 tonnes of waste from Bhopal's Union Carbide plant began on a trial basis at Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district on Friday afternoon, and the process will take around 72......

Faculty remark: Jairam says he has ample support at home, abroad

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, who has triggered a fresh controversy over the calibre of the faculty of India's premier higher education institutes, on Thursday claimed he had ample support......

How to cut generation gap at the workplace

While in college way back in the eighties, I had worked with Union Carbide as an intern in Kolkata, and saw first hand how the generation gap in the workplace leads to tension at all levels --......

30 years after Bhopal tragedy, India fails in industrial safety

India has an appalling record on industrial safety. Image: A victim of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. Photograph: Raj Patidar/Reuters     The 30th anniversary of India's worst industrial......

India looks to sway Americans with nuclear power insurance plan

Under a 2010 nuclear liability law, nuclear equipment suppliers are liable for damages from an accident, which companies say is a sharp deviation from international norms India is offering to set......

2023's Must Watch Web Series

The streaming platforms were replete with violent, profanity-laden gangster shows. But amidst the noise, there were some effective and thought-provoking shows too. Deepa Gahlot's list of her top 10......

Dow Chemical's Olympic PR push dogged by Bhopal

Dow Chemical Co hoped an Olympic sponsorship would boost its global cache, but the company's link to a gas leak tragedy 28 years ago threatens to curb some of the benefits from the $100 million......