The Bhopal disaster‚ also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy‚ was a gas leak incident in India‚ considered the world’s worst industrial disaster.[1] It occurred on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh. Over 500‚000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other chemicals. The toxic substance made its way in and around the shanty towns located near the plant.[2] Estimates vary on the death toll. The official
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR THE BHOPAL TRAGEDY HISTORY AND BACKGROUND Bhopal is the capital city of Madhya Pradesh‚ the largest and one of the most economically depressed states in the nation. At 1970s‚ the public health infrastructure‚ sewage and waste system in Bhopal are still in very poor condition . Besides‚ mass casualty emergency response system also lacking in Bhopal. Union Carbide Corporation is one of the largest chemical and polymer companies in the united state. In 1984‚ Union Carbide operated
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lost. The lives lost could’ve have been prevented. But it is not to place blame on one entity of the business‚ but to handle the situation respectively and efficiently. There will be many examples on how the deaths of the employees could’ve have been minimized if the precautions were enforced. On December 3‚ 1984‚ an explosion occurred at the Union Carbide India Ltd pesticide plant. The plant was located in Bhopal‚ India. It was partly run by the parent corporation in Danbury‚ Connecticut. In early
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The Thousand and One Nights‚ generally known to the English‚ speaking world as the Arabian Nights‚ is a compendium of Arabic tales compiled between the twelfth and the fourteenth centuries. The collection starts with the story of King Shahrayar. Betrayed by his adulterous wife‚ he swears never to trust a woman again‚ deciding instead to marry a different virgin every night and have her executed the next day. He carries out his plan for three years‚ until his Vizier can no longer find a virgin to
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Influence of Cultures on "The Thousand and One Nights" Stories like Sindbad‚ Aladdin and the Magic Lamp and other popular stories are very common today in the western culture. Animated movies were also made for the entertainment of kids on these popular stories. One might wonder that where these stories originated and how it came down and made place in the western culture. Although these stories are very popular in both the western culture and the eastern culture but the original literary work
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systems in the Bhopal pesticide plant. “It’s not a deadly gas‚ just irritating‚ a sort of tear gas.” - Dr Loya‚ Union Carbide’s official doctor in Bhopal‚ commenting on Methyl Isocyanate‚ after the tragedy. 6 december 2010 Bhopal Gas Tragedy: A case study (Part-I) Introduction 2-3rd December 1984‚ was black night for the people of Bhopal City‚ who lived around the Union Carbide India Ltd. (UCIL). If they try to forget that black night‚ they can not do it. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy‚ involving
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A one-night stand is a sexual activity that seems to be ubiquitous in a modern society where casual sex has become increasingly acceptable. In a general form‚ this act can be classified as a sexual activity occurring in one night between people that do not have any complimentary emotional attachments for each other. With this general definition‚ can a one-night stand be deemed morally acceptable? The traditional view of sexual morality places great importance on marriage. In this view‚ sex outside
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A Man and a Woman No One Seems to Know In It Happened One Night‚ Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert spend the night in a motel and register as man and wife to protect the identity of Ellie Andrews. In the morning‚ two detectives and the owner of the motel knock on the door on Gable’s and Colbert’s room to find out where or more information about the missing Ellie Andrews. Colbert then goes into panic‚ and has the idea of jumping out the window‚ for she does not want to go back to her father and husband
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No Coincidence One Summer Night‚ written by Ambrose Bierce‚ is a satirical story which involves a presumably dead man‚ Henry Armstrong‚ who was in fact comatose‚ being ironically killed by the shady caretaker of the graveyard. Irony is a recurring literary device in many of Bierce’s short stories and books‚ reflective of his time period where satire and sarcasm in stories was popular. Bierce is quite known for his similarities in plot outlines in his literature. In his most famous short story‚ An
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culture-specific descriptions‚ and giving more familiar or recognizable imageries‚ which is his way of domesticating his text for his readers. Despite these fairly operative features‚ the extent of Burton’s foreignization can be put under question. One way to perceive this is to scrutinize his portrayal of violence‚ which is essentially similar to that of Lyons. In the Mock Caliph when the false Caliph returns from having visited Lady Zubaidah‚ Lady Dunya is said to “[draw] up both her feet and [give
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