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The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
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Bhopal
Metropolis and state capital in Madhya Pradesh, India
Bhopal is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the City of Lakes, due to presence of various natural and artificial lakes near the city boundary. It is also one of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Warren Anderson (American businessman)
American businessman (1921–2014)
Warren M Anderson was an American businessman who was the chair and CEO of the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) at the time of the Bhopal disaster in 1984. He was charged with manslaughter by Indian authorities. In 1989 UCC paid $479 million dollars to the Indian government to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Chief executive officer
Highest-ranking officer of an organization
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Union Carbide
American chemical company
Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) is an American chemical company headquartered in Seadrift, Texas. It has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company since 2001. Union Carbide produces chemicals and polymers that undergo one or more further conversions by customers…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bhopal disaster
1984 gas-leak accident in Bhopal, India
On 3 December 1984, over 500,000 people in the vicinity of the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India were exposed to the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate, in what is considered the world's worst industrial disaster. A government affidavit…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
February 1
Day of the year
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