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 …
Children and adolescents who use mobile phones are at no bigger risk of developing brain cancer than those who do not use them, according to a study of patients aged 7 to 19. The research, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute on July 27 and partially funded …
Vodafone-Essar through their first-ever sustainability report 'Footprint 2010-11' has disclosed their carbon emissions.In the absence of any statutory guideline, the disclosure hopefully raises the standard for the telecom sector in India, on acceptable norms of corporate responsibility on sustainability of their business.
Children and adolescents who use mobile phones are at no bigger risk of developing brain cancer than those who do not use them, according to a study of patients aged 7 to 19. The research, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute on Wednesday and partially funded by …
Geodesic is a leading provider of content, communication and collaboration solutions to the government, enterprise and retail segments. Its product GeoAmida won the Nasscom social innovation award for 2010.
A study exploring the business case and carbon emissions reduction potential of using cloud computing as part of the business IT estate. https://www.cdproject.net/en-US/WhatWeDo/Pages/Cloud-Computing.aspx
For years the World Health Organization (WHO) maintained that radiation from cell phones is generally safe. But on May 31, it changed its stand and announced that cell phones pose a possible cancer risk. A panel of 31 scientists at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a part …
This paper examines whether any of India’s high-productivity, high-income growth in the services sector is occurring in rural India, and if so, to what extent. It addresses three questions: (a) While India has experienced high economic growth led by the services sector over the last decade, to what extent has …
Expressing concern over the effects of radiation from mobile towers installed in residential areas, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that it is the duty of the government and mobile companies to inform residents about the harmful effects. A division bench ruled the government will be duty bound …
Taking a cue from the widespread concern about mobile towers installed on school and hospital buildings, the Maharashtra government is all set to amend the Development Control (DC) Rules in this regard. Of the 1,600 mobile towers in Mumbai, nearly 500 (or 30%) are atop schools and hospitals. The remaining …
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today took exception to diesel subsidy being "enjoyed" by mobile companies and owners of luxury vehicles and suggested that the measure be instead extended to people in the forest areas in the form of cooking gas rebate to help save the trees. "Diesel subsidy was meant …
Mobile phones may cause brain cancer in humans, a World Health Organisation agency said, citing a review of studies. Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from handsets is greater than that from phone towers and base stations, Robert Baan, the senior scientist in charge of the International Agency for Research on …
Why are bees important to humans? The 20,000 or so species of bees are the principal pollinators of plants, both in gardens and in the wild. If you like having flowering plants around, for the most part you need to have bees around. There is a need to create awareness …
At a time when the central government is on a spree of hiking petrol and diesel prices, is the telecom sector in the country consuming too much diesel to run its mobile towers? Figures from the recently published report
p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A definitive assessment of whether cellphones pose a risk of brain cancer to their users should be put on hold, campaigners are claiming. The mainstream view is that there is no evidence for any such risk. But pressure groups want the World Health Organization's International Agency …
London: Mobile phones and computers with wireless internet connections pose a risk to human health and should be immediately banned in schools, a powerful European body has ruled. A Council of Europe committee examined evidence that the technologies have
