Outrage in Pakistan over factory fire deaths
September 13th, 2012 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 13 (IANS) Describing industrial buildings as "death traps" and "concentration camps", Pakistani dailies Thursday sought regular inspections of factories as well as rigorous application of the law following ... Read more...
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Explosives-laden truck explodes at Chinese cement factory, 9 dead
August 28th, 2012 - 9:44 pm ICT by BNO News
A truck carrying more than 7 tonnes (15,400 pounds) of explosives blew up at a cement factory in southern China on Monday, killing nine people and leaving another person missing, government officials ... Read more...
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Bhopal like hazards growing in urban centres, warn activists
December 3rd, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Dec 3 (IANS) Indians have not learnt a lesson or two from the terrible, man-made Bhopal gas disaster 27 years ago, speakers at a seminar here asserted Saturday and ... Read more...
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Enterprise Petroleum Plant Fire Scares Neighborhood
February 9th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Feb 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Enterprise Products Petroleum plant at Mont Belvieu that has been ravaged by a series of powerful explosion and fire is hogging headlines. The neighborhood ... Read more...
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China to extend crackdown on illegal operations to tackle notorious work safety woes
October 29th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Oct 29(ANI): China will extend a crackdown on illegal operations in mines, transport, construction and hazardous chemicals by one month, the country's work safety watchdog has said.According to the State Administration ... Read more...
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Steps needed to prevent investigation lapses in future: CBI Director on Bhopal Gas tragedy
June 13th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by ANI
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), June 13 (ANI): Faced with criticism for a weak prosecution in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy case, the Central Bureau of Investigation's Director Ashwani Kumar has said that steps ... Read more...
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CPI (M) demands independent probe into Bhopal Gas tragedy controversy
June 12th, 2010 - 8:34 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 12 (ANI): Communist Party of India General Secretary Prakash Karat on Saturday demanded an independent and comprehensive enquiry in the Bhopal gas tragedy case.Karat said that the probe couldn't ... Read more...
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Former Aviation Director blames Arjun Singh’s office for Anderson’s escape
June 10th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by ANI
Bhopal, June 10 (ANI): The controversy surrounding the role of the then Madhya Pradesh Government in letting Union Carbide Chairman Warren Anderson escape from the city after the deadly gas leak has ... Read more...
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US rules out new probe in Bhopal gas leak tragedy
June 8th, 2010 - 10:14 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 8 (IANS) The United States has ruled out reopening any new inquiry against Union Carbide after an Indian court's verdict in the 1984 Bhopal gas leak that killed ... Read more...
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US worried over Lashkar triggering Indo-Pak war
March 11th, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.11 (ANI): A top US Army official has raised concerns over the possibility of a war between India and Pakistan triggered by extremist groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).Addressing the Senate ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha passes workmen’s compensation bill
November 25th, 2009 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Less than 75 MPs were present in the Lok Sabha when the house passed the Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2009 by voice vote. The bill seeks ... Read more...
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China publishes national human rights action plan
April 13th, 2009 - 3:07 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Apr.13 (ANI): "China has a long road ahead in its efforts to improve its human rights situation," though unremitting efforts have been made to promote and safeguard human rights since the ... Read more...
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12 killed as lift collpases in China
October 30th, 2008 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 30 (RIA Novosti) At least 12 people were killed early Thursday when a lift crashed at a construction site in the eastern Chinese province of Fujian.Rescuers were working at the ... Read more...
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Malaysian social security body needs more Indian officers
March 24th, 2008 - 1:08 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, Mar.24 (ANI): Malaysias Human Rights Commission SUHAKAM -- has urged the countrys Human Resources Minister, Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam, to look into revamping the Social Security Organisation or SOCSO. ... Read more...
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