The Tamil Nadu government has set up a four-member expert committee comprising senior officials of factory inspectorate from nearby Trichy, a senior official of the zonal Labour Institute and a senior official from the public sector United India Insurance company to inquire deep into the gas leakage incident at one of the plants of Chennai-based Shasun Pharmaceuticals at SIPCOT Industrial Estate l

Kolaghat: Trinamool Congress leaders, who had fiercely opposed West Bengal government

Environmental activist group Greenpeace sued Dow Chemical on Monday, accusing the largest U.S.

New Delhi: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has been ranked globally at the 20th position on the ICIS Top 100 Chemicals Companies list. German major BASF topped the list.

The companies were ranked on the basis of their annual sales figures in the annual list released by ICIS Chemical Business magazine.

Kolkata: Wildlife seems to have become the corporate buzzword. Either as part of their CSR activities or out of a genuine concern for environment, business houses are doing their bit to protect the ecosystem.

While Nokia has taken up the conservation of Nilgiri Tahr, Tata Chemicals is lending its voice for saving whale sharks and Gir lions.

Too Many Cases Pending in India, AG Tells GoM
Nitin Sethi | TNN

New Delhi: The attorney general has recommended to the Union government not to pursue the Bhopal gas tragedy case in US courts while several cases remain pending in various Indian courts.
The attorney general gave the advice to a group of ministers (GoM) headed by home minister P Chidambaram.
Sources said the government

Madhuparna Das

Singur: Bikash Pakira, a resident of Joymollah village in Singur, has learnt the hard way what it means to be a pawn in the game of politics. For 27 months, he underwent a technical training course, earning himself the designation

Govt Says Dow Chemicals Arm Bribed Govt Officials To Push Three Pesticides Into Indian Market

THE Centre has blacklisted Dow AgroSciences India for five years for bribing government officials to expedite registration of three pesticides in the country.

The order to ban Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of US-based Dow Chemicals, from undertaking any commercial activity in India for a fi