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, the report departs from the norm for global studies. While global indicators go for breadth rather than depth by choosing the …
Environment Minister S Shivanna has said that an experts’ meeting will be convened soon to discuss measures the Environment Department or Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) can take up to contain adverse effects of radiation of cellphone towers. The Minister, in a statement issued here, said a meeting of …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan high court on Friday took a strong note of the Union telecom secretary's letter directing the state chief secretary not to order removal of mobile phone towers from hospitals. As the high court had earlier ordered that the towers be instantly removed from the school and hospital …
The High Court directed the Atomic Energy Commission to measure the intensity and biological effect of radiation emitted from the country's cell phone towers. An HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Ashish Ranjan Das passed the directive following a writ of Advocate Asaduzzaman Siddique and Advocate Ekhlas …
Timelines Soon as Ministries Fail to Act on Reforms Only three ministries set targets for implementing recommendations of the Ashok Chawla Committee on Allocation of Natural Resources VIKAS DHOOT & RAJEEV JAYASWAL NEW DELHI The government is set to expedite action on creating a transparent system of allocating natural resources, …
Points to power, infra issues, graft scams, higher investor uncertainty The World Bank on Wednesday cut India's economic growth projection to six per cent for the current financial year from the earlier 6.9 per cent estimate, blaming the slowdown on corruption scandals and a host of policy issues, including uncertainty …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan high court has given the state government till October 12 to remove all mobile towers from schools. An HC division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice S S Kothari on Monday started final hearing of arguments on the PIL seeking regulation of mobile towers and …
New Delhi Brace for another dose of price hikes. A high-level committee on Wednesday recommended a slew of measures to encourage investments in the infrastructure sector, including hikes in electricity, gas prices and rail fares besides deregulation of port tariffs. While the rationalisation behind the suggestion is to make the …
“Enabling Clean Talking” outlines the roadmap for complete diesel elimination from the Indian telecom sector by the year 2020 through progressive action of massive renewable energy deployment and enhanced energy efficiency measures in its telecom network infrastructure. The report refers to the green telecom directive issued by Government of India …
AHMEDABAD: With the harmful effects of mobile tower microwave radiations becoming a concern in major cities, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) over the past week has been feverishly counting the number of cell towers installed in the city-and looking for their proximity to schools, residential areas and hospitals. The AMC …
JAIPUR: The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on August 9 had issued advisory to states including Rajasthan to reduce number of mobile towers functional in eco-sensitive zones. It had suggested that mobile towers should not be permitted within 1 km radius of the existing ones to check impact …
The DoT has also directed all operators to carry out a comprehensive exercise to identify tower sites that are non-compliant with the latest radiation norms Piyali Mandal The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Thursday said it had asked seven telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Tata Teleservices and Vodafone, …
Jaipur: Telecom operators shut down cell towers situated on school premises in the entire state from 9pm on Monday in compliance with the Rajasthan high court order of August 22. “The shutting down of 199 towers would affect 35 lakh customers across the state. Among the towers which have been …
The new norms to be adopted by the Department of Telecom (DoT) to curb levels of radiation emitted from mobile towers are likely to reduce the health risk to humans by only a fraction. As per the norms which are already in place, the radiation levels have to drop to …
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Development Authority is all set to put in place new guidelines for installation of mobile towers in the city. The authority has constituted a committee headed by LDA secretary to come up with new guidelines/regulations within two months. The development coincides with the Centre's move to issue …
Industry and government claim 95% towers compliant with norms Mobile phone users experienced un-disrupted connectivity today even as the telecom tower operators scurried to bring down the emissions by 1/10th from the earlier level, starting today. There were fears the quality of services would deteriorate, as the tower companies would …
India will implement stricter radiation emission norms from September 1 for mobile towers to reduce emission to one-tenth of present levels. Failure to stick to prescribed radiation levels will attract penalties of . 5 lakh per tower. Radiation absorption norms for mobile handsets have been made more stringent, but cellphone …
Starting Saturday, Indian mobile radiation standards are set to become more stringent with the department of telecommunications (DoT) cutting down on radiation levels in the interest of public health. To reduce energy absorption while using handsets, consumers will only be allowed to use designs that have a lower energy absorption …
High-speed affordable broadband connectivity to the Internet is essential to modern society, offering widely recognized economic and social benefits. The Broadband Commission for Digital Development promotes the adoption of broadband-friendly practices and policies for all, so everyone can take advantage of the benefits offered by broadband. With this Report, the …
The “Report on possible impacts of communication towers on wildlife including birds and bees,” is a textbook example of how not to write scientific reports. An expert committee, also comprising a few scientists from reputed institutions, was constituted in August 2010 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to study …
A month after the Delhi High Court issued notices to the Delhi government and the Centre in a petition to stop installation of mobile towers near residential areas, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has formed a committee under the environment secretary to investigate radiation hazards. The committee will include members from …
