The share price of South Korean chemicals and battery maker LG Chem Ltd dropped almost 2% on Thursday after a gas leak at a factory operated by a unit in India killed at least nine people, and led to hundreds more being treated in hospital.

The leak was brought under control after being discovered by a maintenance worker on the night shift at the LG Polymers plant, outside the east coast city of Visakhapatnam, in India's southern Andhra Pradesh state, according to a company spokesman.

Police in India said that nine people died, and emergency services rushed more than 300 people, mostly villagers living nearby, to hospitals.

Around 1,500 people were evacuated from their homes. Also read: Vizag gas leak LIVE updates: 11 dead, thousands of

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Skipping a mask, President Trump says he’s ‘met the moment’ on coronavirus testing

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump insisted his administration has “met the moment” and “prevailed” on coronavirus testing, even as the White House itself became a potent symbol of the risk facing Americans everywhere by belatedly ordering everyone who enters the West Wing to wear a mask.

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Piramal Enterprises shares plunge 10% on net loss in March quarter

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