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At 89, an American businessman left 60% of his $161m estate to charity

The William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust, a major source of charitable grants, grew from a will signed by an 89-year-old American businessman who left almost 60% of his $161 million estate to charity. Kenan created the trust in 1961, and it became active upon his death in 1965. By…

The Times of India · 47m ago

5 Dark and Historical Tourism Sites in India That Are Genuinely Uncomfortable to Visit

Cellular Jail, Port Blair, Andaman IslandsThe British built Cellular Jail between 1896 and 1906 specifically to break people. The architecture was designed for isolation, 693 individual cells arranged in seven radiating wings so that no prisoner could see another. Political detainees sent here under the colonial penal system included Bal…

Times Life · Aug 20

Four groups representing Bhopal gas tragedy survivors allege sewage-contaminated water supply

Survivors claim Bhopal's civic body supplies sewage-contaminated drinking water. Many water samples tested positive for faecal coliform, indicating contamination. Residents near the factory are suffering from water-borne diseases like typhoid. Supreme Court directives for clean water and drainage have remained unfulfilled.

The Economic Times · Jul 31

Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Protest in Pithampur over Union Carbide waste shifting

After four decades of Bhopal gas tragedy the toxic waste materials from the Union Carbide factory site were transported to Pithampur for its safe disposal. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jan 3, 2025

Removal of waste from site of 1984 Bhopal disaster dismissed as ‘farce’

Indian government accused of PR stunt after moving 337 tonnes of toxic waste that had been held in containers

The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2025

Toxic waste from world’s deadliest industrial disaster taken away for disposal after 40 years

Gas leak from Union Carbide pesticide plant in 1984 killed over 20,000 people and poisoned half a million

The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025

India clears toxic waste from Bhopal gas leak site, 40 years after disaster

Authorities say incinerating poison is environmentally safe as activists raise alarm over potential water contamination.

Al Jazeera · Jan 2, 2025

'Toxic waste' at Union Carbide Factory Bhopal to be disposed after HC order

The process of packing the waste materials at the factory in the state capital began with full protection on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Dec 31, 2024

40 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, barefoot school ‘offers hope’

Former students at a school for children of survivors of the 1984 disaster recall families’ struggles in the aftermath.

Al Jazeera · Dec 14, 2024

Bhopal: after 40 years, ongoing effects of world’s worst industrial disaster show environmental racism is alive and well

In the early hours of December 3 1984, 27 tonnes of toxic gas methyl isocyanate leaked from a storage tank at Union Carbide Corporation’s pesticide plant on the outskirts of the central Indian city of Bhopal. Amnesty International estimates that more than 22,000 people have died as a result of…

The Conversation · Dec 9, 2024