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 …
The proposal was recieved in 2010 but even the draft standard had not been finalised as of June, 2012 The CAG has slammed the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for delay in finalising safety standards for mobiles phones. "The fact remains that standards on important aspects like mobile handsets, radiation …
NEW DELHI: The CAG has slammed the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for delay in finalising safety standards for mobiles phones. "The fact remains that standards on important aspects i.e. mobile handsets, radiation from mobile phones, etc. had not been formulated so far," the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said …
New Delhi Telecom firms will make annual energy savings of as much as R10,000 crore over the next eight years if they adopt the Centre’s green telecom directive and phase out diesel consumption by 2020, a report released by an international NGO said on Tuesday. According to the green directive, …
The report which has been drafted jointly by Greenpeace and the Chennai based industry research firm Energy Alternative India (EAI), presents a detailed economic and environmental roadmap based on the Green Telecom Directive issued by Department of Telecommunication (DoT) based on the recommendation of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India …
The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) guidelines of April 1998 say epidemiological studies on workers exposed to Electric and Magnetic Field (EMF) and the public have shown no major health effects associated with typical exposure environments. The studies have yielded no convincing evidence that typical exposure levels lead …
The Centre has told Parliament that the exposure limit for radio frequency fields (base station emissions) will be brought down to one-tenth of the existing level from September 1. This direction was to have been implemented from April 1. However, on an examination of the impact of the revised Electric …
Emission from mobile towers will be reduced by 1/10 of the current standard The government today said it will implement new tower emission norms from September 1, 2012 although there is no evidence that proves any adverse health effects due to radiations from mobile towers. As per the new norms, …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court has set a deadline of 10 days for the state government to formulate bylaws for governing the mobile phone towers. The court passed the order on Wednesday while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) over the health hazards due radiation of these towers. Within the …
Regular auditing, monitoring of radiations stressed JAMMU: Taking serious note of the general complaints that Electro-Magnetic Radiations from the cell-phone towers have been leaving adverse impact on wildlife especially birds and bees, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has issued detailed advisory containing the actions to be undertaken by …
To “avoid and mitigate” the impact of electromagnetic radiation on living beings, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests issued an advisory last week on the deployment of mobile-phone and other communication towers. The advisory follows a report submitted by an expert committee formed by the Ministry to study the …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court has asked the state government to file an action taken report on its decision to remove and relocate mobile towers near hospitals, schools and populated areas. The government on Thursday told the court that a committee constituted by it has concluded that mobile towers in …
No new tower within 1-km radius will encourage passive infrastructure sharing among firms The latest advisory from the environment ministry, asking the telecom department to limit the number of cellphone towers within a specific area, is likely to benefit the existing tower firms, according to telecom experts. The new advisory, …
Jaipur: The alleged threat of radiation from mobile towers has now made the high court look up. The Rajasthan high court, while hearing a case related to heath hazards due to mobile tower radiations on Thursday, demanded statistics from the state government on the number of cancer patients undergoing treatment …
Jaipur: The Rajasthan high court, while hearing a case related to heath hazards due to mobile tower radiations, on Thursday sought data from the state on the number of cancer patients undergoing treatment and those who have died in Jaipur. The HC asked the government to submit the data and …
Radiation from mobile towers may have varying negative impact on wildlife especially birds and bees, according to the Environment Ministry. Amid concerns over health hazards and impact on wildlife due to mobile tower radiation, the Environment Ministry has issued an advisory asking the Department of Telecommunications not to permit new …
In pursuance to the report submitted by the Expert Committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to study the possible impacts of communication towers on wildlife including birds and bees and subsequent consultations held with the stakeholders, an advisory containing the actions to be undertaken by various agencies …
Russia on Monday night launched two telecommunications satellites aboard a Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. Live webcast from Roscosmos showed that the Proton carrier rocket blasted off from the Cosmodrome at 11:31 pm Moscow time ( 1931 GMT) as …
NEW DELHI: Rising concern over health hazards from cell phone towers led the Delhi high court to question the state government and the Centre on steps being taken to address this problem. On Monday, a division bench comprising acting chief justice AK Sikri and justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Union Ministry for Health and Family Welfare and the Department of Telecommunication on a pubic interest litigation seeking a direction to remove mobile phone towers from residential premises and public places and ban their installation at these sites in future. …
Guidelines for issue of clearance for installation of mobile towers (based on new radiation norms w.e.f September 1st, 2012) -Single Window Clearance can be provided to telecom service provider / infrastructure provider after following points are verified by the local body / State Government. This will ensure issuance of faster …
