In the early hours of December 3, 1984, methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide factory ... was seen as a symbol of industrialisation in India, generating thousands of jobs for the poor ...

Government estimates say 3,500 people died shortly after the gas leak, with over 15,000 dying ... vain as England suffer a two-wicket defeat by India in the second T20 international.

Authorities in India have removed hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste from a chemical factory that witnessed one of the world's deadliest gas leaks 40 years ago. Thousands of people died in the ...

The tragedy took place after midnight on Dec. 2, 1984, when a leak of some 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas from the American pesticide company Union Carbide enveloped the city in a cloud of toxic ...

Forty years ago, a highly toxic gas leak killed ... in central India. It also caused long-lasting environmental impact. The 337 metric tons of waste was transported in 12 leak-free containers ...

The 1984 gas leak in Bhopal, central India, killed thousands of people. Survivors and their children are still suffering to this day. More than 40 years later, a court has ordered the removal of ...