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.
By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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