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 …
Experts are conflicted over the health hazards and the permissible limit of cell phone tower radiation, and the findings of a survey in Mumbai may only fuel the debate. Conducted jointly by Indian Institute of Technology-Madras and Thiagarajar College of Engineering in Madurai, the survey reveals that radiation from cell …
The Indian government may be set to bring down the permissible level of mobile tower radiation emission from the current 4,500 mW/sq m to 450 mW/sq m, but activists and health experts say that this is not enough, and should be reduced even further. No study, however, has conclusively linked …
New radiation emission guidelines for mobile phones and telecom towers finalised by the government this week will, for the first time, stipulate emission levels for handsets sold in India and make it compulsory for these levels to be displayed on phones and retail outlets. It will also become mandatory for …
Cell phones have become an integral part of many people’s lives. But could our constant contact with these devices be affecting our health? That question has been the subject of international debate and intense study in recent years. In this podcast, David Savitz of Brown University discusses evidence from epidemiologic …
In the past 15 years, mobile telephone use has evolved from an uncommon activity to one with > 4.6 billion subscriptions worldwide. However, there is public concern about the possibility that mobile phones might cause cancer, especially brain tumors. We reviewed the evidence on whether mobile phone use raises the …
Vodafone Essar India, is supporting an awareness campaign with Chettinad Vidyashram, Chennai and Youth Exnora to support a unique initiative “Say NO to plastic and Say YES to paper bags'. According to Mr Suresh Kumar, COO, Tamil Nadu, Vodafone Essar Ltd., the campaign is aimed at highlighting the importance of …
Cell phones don’t cause cancer, says a new study, published in the British Medical Journal, thus putting an end to the debate over whether mobile devices harm people. In their study, described as the largest on the subject to date, Danish researchers have found there’s no link between the long-term …
The state environment department has carried out a survey to find out the adverse effects of mobile towers on human health in the state. The report would be submitted to the chief minister and later it would be sent to the Centre with the recommendations made by the expert committee …
Private mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) and the state-owned mobile phone company Teletalk will jointly provide early warning messages during cyclones and floods to all 14 coastal districts with the help of Disaster Management Bureau (DMB) from the beginning of next year. Another private mobile operator Airtel has teamed up …
This report on impacts of communication towers on wildlife including birds and bees submitted to MoEF warns of harmful radiation and recommends special laws to protect urban flora & fauna from threats radiation emerging from mobile towers. The transmission towers are based on the electromagnetic waves, which over prolonged usage …
Efficient distribution, consumption in works Amitabh Bacchan has a facility installed at his home that lets him monitor power consumption on Google. If you think it is a special gadget installed for the celebrity you are mistaken. Welcome to the world of smart grid, which is gradually moving into our …
In a rare case, and probably for the first time in the state, a municipal corporation admitted that radiations from mobile towers cause health hazards, especially among pregnant women and children. The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), on July 5, had issued a demolition notice to Viom Networks Limited asking it …
Using cell phones to broadcast text messages reminding health workers in Kenya how to treat children’s malaria increased the number of cases handled correctly, a study has found. The study by researchers from Oxford and the Kenya Medical Research Institute was published in The Lancet. It involved 119 health workers …
Populations on the run during disasters can be tracked by cellphone signals, which could help guide life-saving aid to the right places, a new study has concluded. For the study, which appeared last week in the journal PLoS Medicine, researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and Columbia University formulated …
Anyone can participate; study to evolve data for determining safe levels of radio frequency radiation exposures If you are 18 to 45 years old and have been using a mobile phone regularly, you might like to consider participating in India’s first biomedical study on the health risks of mobiles. Embarking …
The 2011 edition of the annual CDP Global 500 report examines the carbon reduction activities at the world’s largest public corporations. Low carbon growth is now widely accepted as fundamental to generating long term shareholder value, avoiding dangerous climate change and helping the global economy recover from recent turmoil. It …
While the Maharashtra government is considering guidelines to restrict mobile towers from coming up near hospitals and schools, doctors at Jerbai Wadia hospital in Parel have asked the administration to remove the mobile antenna set up in the hospital premises. The doctors are concerned about the radiation emitted by such …
A World Health Organisation research centre which has reviewed hundreds of studies on the health effects of mobile phone use has decided to classify the radio frequency electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones as “possibly carcinogenic”. This classification says more about the quality of the evidence available from studies, rather …
China on Wednesday announced that it would launch a communications satellite for Pakistan at an “appropriate time” in the coming days. A Long March-3B carrier rocket will carry it. Pakistan, has been China’s longtime ally, but Beijing recently blamed militants trained in that country for violence in its Xinjiang province. …
The vision statement for Kerala's IT policy is to create a "Knowledge based economy with Global Opportunities" and position "IT@Kerala" as the most preferred IT/ITES investment destination in India and to attract investment in ICT.
