State of India’s digital economy report 2023
The State of India’s Digital Economy (SIDE) Report measures and analyses India’s digital transformation using data, information and evidence that are specifically relevant to the Indian context. In this,
Telecommunication
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Emission level from cellphone towers within limit, department of telecommunication says
JAIPUR: The department of telecommunication (DoT), government of India, in its letter to the state government has made it clear that the emission level from the cellphone towers in Jaipur is well within the limit and indicates that it poses no threat to human life. Addressed to the chief secretary, the letter says, "Radiations in the city are within safe limits and absolutely follow the international standards". It added that no excessive radiations emitting from the towers were found by the DoT. GS Sandhu, principal secretary, urban development and housing confirmed the development. "We have received the communication from the DoT and it stated that radiations under the safe limit".
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Maharashtra to form guidelines for radiation from mobile towers
MUMBAI: In view of the growing number of mobile towers in villages, Maharashtra government will formulate guidelines for rural areas after studying effects of radiation. The urban development department
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A decade later, drinking water access, sanitation still lacking in city: Census
Houselisting and Housing Only 78.4 per cent houses have provision for drinking water on premises, 3.3 per cent still defecate in the open. Drinking water and sanitation, the two basic civic needs, are
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E-waste management rules kick in today
NEW DELHI: The e-waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011 will come into effect from Tuesday. The rules were notified in May 2011 and aim at reduction in the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment by specifying threshold for use of hazardous material including lead, mercury and cadmium. These rules were notified in advance to give the various stakeholders adequate time to prepare themselves and also to put in place the required infrastructure.
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Dangers of radiation by cell towers in a densely populated Mumbai
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a part of WHO designates cell phones as "possible human carcinogen” [Class 2B] Found evidence of increase in glioma and acoustic neuroma brain cancer
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No evidence that mobile phones harm health: study
There is no convincing evidence that the use of mobile phones damages human health, a "comprehensive" review of scientific evidence said on Thursday. Studies have not demonstrated that the use of mobiles
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An estimate of avian mortality at communication towers in the United States and Canada
Avian mortality at communication towers in the continental United States and Canada is an issue of pressing conservation concern. Previous estimates of this mortality have been based on limited data and
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IISc Bangalore joins GreenTouch to reduce carbon footprint
In a move that could accelerate the process of reducing the carbon footprint, IISc Bangalore has joined GreenTouch. GreenTouch is a consortium of technology companies (like Alcatel Lucent), non-governmental
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Mobile Phones Have to Display Radiation Levels by September
Limits for towers tightened to a tenth of the existing exposure level The new and stringent radiation emission rules for mobile phones and towers, which will for the first time stipulate emission levels
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Jairam to rope in ASHAs for constructing toilets
Having kicked up a controversy by saying women in villages demand mobile phones and not toilets, Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Monday announced that his ministry has decided to use the