December 6, 1984, Forty Years In the past: 1,600 Lifeless In Bhopal

“BLOCKING AND CHOKING” of the management valve of the gasoline tank brought about the leakage of the methyl isocyanate gasoline on the Union Carbide pesticides manufacturing plant in Bhopal on December 3. Based on sources, the primary indicators of the leakage had been detected at about 11 pm on December 2 when one of many employees on obligation seen that the management valve readings had gone up and the stress contained in the tank had began build up.

Assaults In Sri Lanka

AT LEAST 85 folks had been killed within the northern district of Mannar following a guerrilla assault on a military convoy, hospital sources mentioned on December 5. Residents of Mannar alleged that military troops went on a rampage on December 6 to avenge the dying of 1 soldier and wounding of six others, when their jeep struck a landmine.

Cong-I Guarantees

PROMISING A CLEAN and steady authorities, the Congress (I) has assured the folks that it’ll battle corruption in all spheres of public life and promote an “ethic” of austerity and ease. In its manifesto for the eighth Lok Sabha election, the celebration has additionally vowed to curb the current “unhealthy politicisation” of presidency companies. The manifesto promised to strengthen the procedures for detecting and punishing corrupt practices.