Industrial Accident
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Gujarat: Fire breaks out at ONGC plant in Surat, no casualties reported
Surat Collector Dhaval Patel said the blaze was triggered by three consecutive blasts that took place in the plant late in the night.
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Andhra Pradesh: 14 hospitalised following ammonia gas leak at milk dairy unit in Chittoor
All those hospitalised are women, and are in a stable condition.
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Gujarat: Five killed in explosion at a gas factory in Vadodara district
At least a dozen people have been hospitalised.
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China: Toll in blast at chemical plant in Jiangsu province rises to 47
President Xi Jinping ordered that the cause of the accident must be ascertained.
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Bhilai steel plant explosion: Human rights panel sends notices to steel ministry, SAIL chairperson
The toll in the accident rose to 13 on Thursday after a senior technician succumbed to his injuries.
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Karnataka: Massive fire breaks out in chemical factory in Kolar district
The factory’s 50 employees were rushed to safety and no casualties were reported.
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Video
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Maharashtra: Three die after series of explosions rip through chemical factory in Tarapur
The blasts reportedly took place at 11.10 pm at a chemical unit in the town’s MIDC area, and then spread to four other nearby factories.
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Video: Industrial fires in India tend to follow the same tragic script with zero lessons learnt
The Bawana factory fire in New Delhi, brings to the fore concerns how regulations regarding minimum wages and safety of workers continue to be grossly neglected
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Gujarat: Four workers killed in fire at chemical plant near Vadodara
The fire, which was reported early on Sunday, was doused in around two hours.
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The Reel
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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The enduring influence of the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ on Telugu cinema
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Delhi fire: Firecracker factory owner sent to one-day judicial custody
He reportedly had the licence to run only a plastic factory.
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Bawana fire: Video shows mayor ordering officials not to say anything about factory licence
Preeti Aggarwal later denied making the comment, and said she meant that nobody should say anything about such unfortunate incident.
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Toll in explosion at NTPC unit in Rae Bareli is 45, not 32, shows RTI reply to The Indian Express
The power utility said 42 of the victims were contract workers who died while painting the boiler at the time of the blast.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Gill and Sudharsan’s tons help Gujarat beat Chennai and stay in playoff hunt
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League as it happened: Neeraj Chopra finishes second; Kishore Jena ninth
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Delhi court frames sexual harassment charges against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra’s dream run ends in quarter-finals
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