In September, 12 US Congressmen wrote to Dept of Justice over summons issued to Dow, which acquired Union Carbide in 2001, by Bhopal district court in connection with 1984 gas leak.
Dow Inc is the parent company of Union Carbide, which has refused to recognise Indian jurisdiction & was declared as 'absconder' in 1992. Dow's court appearance is scheduled for 3 Oct.
Justice S Ravindra Bhat recused himself on the grounds that he had earlier appeared for the Centre in the matter. The govt is seeking funds from Dow Chemicals to compensate victims.
It’s lazy pretending to recall that night but duck inconvenient questions about injustice, writes the voluntary creator/curator of Remember Bhopal Museum.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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