Digital infrastructure in Africa
This study provides an overview of digital infrastructure in Africa and compares it with digital infrastructure in the rest of the world. The scope is limited to the components of digital infrastructure
Mobile Phone
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JNU study report on impact of mobile phone radiations- Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 06/02/2014
JNU study report on impact of mobile phone radiations - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 06/02/2014. Minister Of Communications And Information Technology & Law And Justice has said that "two reviews have
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Junked mobile phones top e-waste heap
Clean Kerala Company Ltd, an initiative of the Kerala Government for managing solid waste, is planning to take on e-waste piling up in the State, which has a high density of mobile phones, computers, and
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ICMR study on effects of mobile phones on health
The Indian Council of Medical Research has taken up a long-term study on the use of mobile phones and whether they cause health risks, said its Deputy Director General R.S. Sharma. “We have taken up the study to find out whether use of cell phones cause neurological, behavioural, and other disorders.
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Vodafone India Sustainability Report 2013-14
At Vodafone India, the need to engage in responsible practices is led by an intense desire to contribute positively towards the three pillars of sustainability and CSR – Social, Economic and Environment.
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Disposing of e-waste just a call away
Wondering what to do with your old gadgets like mobile phones, laptops or those old generation computers? If selling is not an option you can recycle them in an eco-friendly manner with the help of Chintan,
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Emerging nations overtake West in dumping e-trash
Oslo : China and other emerging economies have overtaken Western nations in dumping old electronic goods, from TVs to cellphones, and will lead a projected 33% surge in the amount of waste from 2012 to 2017, a UN-backed alliance said on Sunday. The report, the first to map electronic waste by country to promote recycling and safer disposal of often toxic parts, shows how the economic rise of developing nations is transforming the world economy even in terms of pollution.
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India could be dumping ground of US e-waste
An average American generated 29.8kg of hitech trash in 2012 — six times higher than China’s per capita figure of 5.4kg. The UN’s first e-waste world map released on Saturday says that almost 48.9 million
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Ban on cellphone towers atop schools based on ignorance
Mumbai : A former World Health Organisation (WHO) expert on electromagnetic field has slammed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) draft policy, which bans cellphone towers on schools and hospitals.
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Guidelines for installation of mobile base station towers, Goa state
These are the guidelines released by the Goa government for installation of site-specific location of Mobile Base Station Tower (MBST) in the state. These are in compliance with the advisory guidelines issued by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India, dated 1 st August 2013.
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A multifaceted strategy using mobile technology to assist rural primary healthcare doctors and frontline health workers in cardiovascular disease risk management: protocol for the SMARTHealth India cluster randomised controlled trial
Blood Pressure related disease affected 118 million people in India in the year 2000; this figure will double by 2025. Around one in four adults in rural India have hypertension, and of those, only a minority