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 …
Industry bodies representing the GSM, CDMA and tower service providers have engaged The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) to create a blueprint to implement green solutions to reduce their carbon footprint, an executive aware of the development said. The country’s premier research institute on environment sustainability will bring out a …
Plea to ban installation of towers on residential buildings The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notices to the Union Government, the Delhi Government and Hutchison Essar Mobile Services Limited on a petition by a man seeking a direction to stop installation of mobile towers on residential buildings and at …
Replies sought by January 14, on health hazards in residential areas. The Centre and the city Government were on Monday directed by the Delhi High Court to respond to a plea for a ban on high frequency radio mobile phone towers in residential areas as its radiation causes health hazards. …
Physical inactivity accounts for more than 3 million deaths per year, most from non-communicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries. We used reviews of physical activity interventions and a simulation model to examine how megatrends in information and communication technology and transportation directly and indirectly affect levels of physical activity …
New Delhi: Claiming his son died of cancer caused by radiation from a mobile tower on the roof of his house, an east Delhi resident has moved Delhi high court seeking compensation. Ramnath Garg has also urged the HC to impose a ban on installation of high frequency mobile phone …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Union Ministries of Environment & Forests, Petroleum & Natural Gas and Finance and the Central Pollution Control Board on a public interest litigation submitting that the sudden rise in the use of diesel cars due to the huge subsidy on …
Phone towers in India emit very strong radiations. With rising concern about their role in certain types of cancer, government has decided to cut radiation limits to a tenth from Sept 1. Will new norm be observed? Durgesh Nandan Jha | TNN If you are worried by the radiation emitted …
The Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) on Wednesday said the exposure limit of radiation due to mobile phone towers in the city is safely below permissible limits as per international standards. In its latest report, the World Health Organisation has classified radio frequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to …
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has made it clear that it will not relax the environmental norms set for the sector, which include reducing carbon emission, and switching to energy-efficient telecom towers, despite repeated request from telcos. In a communication to the various telecom associations, DoT said though it was …
Less than five per cent of India's total electronic waste (e-waste) gets recycled due to absence of proper infrastructure, legislation and framework, industry body Assocham said today. In its analysis on the World Environment Day, it said that India, growing at a compounded annual growth rate of about 20 per …
JAIPUR: The state government will send a proposal to the Centre to formulate a policy on "possible" health hazards due to mobile towers without affecting mobile coverage, principal secretary, urban development and housing (UDH) GS Sandhu said on Saturday. Sandhu was addressing a gathering of telecom experts, telecommunication officials, doctors …
Catering to the increasing energy needs of the telecom industry while keeping energy costs low is a huge challenge. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) recommendations on green telecom are aimed at promoting and encouraging telecom companies to use renewable energy sources for operating their infrastructure. Renewable Watch talks …
This report, the first annual Mobile Southeast Asia report produced by MobileMonday and released at the Communicasia 2012 conference, addresses the growing strength of mobile innovation practices in the region. The focus of the report is on the overall innovation ecosystem, which includes a range of stakeholders: industry, entrepreneurs, government, …
Half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – currently live in cities and by 2055 an estimated 75% of the world's population will live in urban areas. Cities occupy just 2% of the Earth's land, but account for over 70% of both energy consumption and carbon emissions. However, cities present …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court has proposed to constitute a committee to ascertain the veracity of allegations that the radiation emission from mobile phone towers are beyond the permissible limits and as to whether they are harmful or not. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Mahesh …
Telecommunication has emerged as a key driver of economic and social development in an increasingly knowledge intensive global scenario, in which India needs to play a leadership role. National Telecom Policy-2012 is designed to ensure that India plays this role effectively and transforms the socio-economic scenario through accelerated equitable and …
GOLAGHAT: Sparrows are disappearing from many parts of the country, especially in Assam, where electro-magnetic radiation from communication towers, use of leaded petrol in vehicles and overuse of chemicals and pesticides in agriculture have been cited as primary causes of their disappearance by scientists. The chief scientist of the Regional …
JAIPUR: A division bench of the Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday directed for a spot checking of radiation emission from any two mobile towers conducted with the assistance of instruments provided by BSNL and sought an independent report on Wednesday. The court directive came after it rejected the radiation emission …
Sparrows are disappearing from many parts of the country, and specially in Assam where electro-magnetic radiation from communication towers, use of leaded petrol in vehicles and overuse of pesticides in agriculture have been cited as some causes by scientists. Chief scientist of the Regional Agriculture Research Centre in Lakhimpur, Prabal …
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, …
