Incident comes close on the heels of a gas leak at LG Polymer plant on the outskirts of Vizag in May, which left 11 people dead; officials say there is a need to check roles and responsibilities of regulatory bodies, particularly the factories department, to plug loopholes

At least one person has died after a series of explosions triggered a massive fire at a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam. The fire accident at Ramky CETP Solvent's building in Pharma City had already led to several injuries after an explosion was heard late on Monday night. It took four hours to douse the fire but questions have been raised about why so many industrial fires are taking place post lockdown. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Centre to earn Rs 2.25 lakh cr more from new petrol, diesel taxes

As for the LG Polymers plant, the land belongs to the company but it cannot be used for the current operations, which will have to be shifted to a new location and the company could use the land for any other activity

The Gopalapatnam police registered a case on May 7 against LG Polymers at R R Venkatapuram, under various IPC Sections including 278 (making atmosphere noxious to health)

\"The world and India cannot have another Bhopal,\" IndustriALL Global Union wrote in its letter to PM Narendra Modi expressing concerns over the numerous industrial accidents in India since lockdown was lifted

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the federation, which represents over 50 million workers in 140 countries in the mining, energy and manufacturing sectors, said that the number of such incidents points to Process Safety Management (PSM) failures

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Monday became the first Indian company to cross Rs 12 lakh crore market capitalisation; India's first coronavirus vaccine candidate Covaxin will be tested on more than 1,100 people in two phases, the first one scheduled to begin next week; India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to contract 6 per cent in the financial year 2020-21 amid rising coronavirus cases, a brokerage said. Watch this and more news on News Blast.BT News Podcast: India's GDP may contract 6% in FY21, says Citi

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The FEMA show cause notice has been issued after completion of an over year-long investigation and under various sections of the Forex law

Neerab Kumar Prasad, chairman of the high power committee, submitted the voluminous 4,000-page report that detailed technical and other aspects of the gas leak to CM Jagan Mohan Reddy

At the time of the incident, around 30 people were reportedly working at the pharma company. After the leak, six workers collapsed, resulting in the death of two of them

Bombay High Court has directed the Indian drug regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) to examine if it can cap per-year increase in N-95 masks at 10 per cent as per rules related to essential drugs

The authority also made allotment to the first five of 64 readymade garment manufacturers who had applied for land as part of an MoU between the UP government and the Noida Apparel Export Cluster

The party leaders and workers in the state will visit every household and visit the prime minister's letter from Thursday, Bihar BJP president and MP Sanjay Jaiswal told reporters here

The IT companies are contemplating over extending this arrangement even after COVID-19 infections reduce. But, most companies agree to cybersecurity threat being a sword hanging over their heads

According to the monthly data, the annualised growth in India's exports to Singapore was over 95 per cent at USD 553 million in April 2020 from USD 283 million in the year-ago month

Ever since the Delhi government introduced a 70 % special corona fee on the MRP of all types of liquor in the national capital, bootleggers have been smuggling liquor from the bordering states into Delhi to be illegally sold at cheaper prices

US International Development Finance Corporation has extended a one hundred percent guarantee to the company's latest round of fundraising, a company statement said

Out of the ten, six were sacked in Shravasti district and four in Bahraich, said officials adding the state's Basic Education Department has issued notices to recover a total of Rs 1.37 crore from six teachers in Shravasti district

PM CARES fund, a public charitable trust, has been especially constituted to collect donations with the primary objective of dealing with any kind of emergency or distress situation posed by the COVID-19 pandemic