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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‘He makes it appear he’s the remote control behind the PM’: TMC’s Mahua Moitra on Adani in Lok Sabha
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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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‘The Consultant’ trailer: Christoph Waltz plays a sinister boss in dark comedy series
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Watch: Behind the scenes of Hansika Motwani’s December wedding
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Amit Trivedi lets his music do the talking: ‘There’s one life. We take it way too seriously’
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Start the week with a film: Horses and a quietly thumping heart in ‘The Rider’
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‘Class’ review: An immersive and revealing show about privilege
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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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ISL: East Bengal and NorthEast United FC share the spoils in six-goal thriller
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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup: Richa Ghosh’s knock helps India beat Bangladesh by 52 runs in warmup game
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India vs Australia: Pat Cummins on prospect of turning pitches – ‘We just got to embrace it’
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India v Australia: Rohit Sharma & Co look to retain Border-Gavaskar Trophy, with an eye on WTC final
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Sune Luus column: Hosts South Africa eager to keep ICC Women’s T20 World Cup at home