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 …
Russia has successfully launched a Proton rocket, carrying a Russian telecoms satellite, from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the second successful launch since the disastrous loss of a Mexican satellite in May. The Proton-M took off at 10.10 pm local time (19.10 GMT) from the desert launch site. “The …
Calcutta tops the chart in generating e-waste after Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Bangalore and Chennai. An ill-equipped disposal system has ensured that a major chunk of the e-waste is crudely dismantled or burnt in a little over 1,000 informal units in the city and suburbs, exposing millions to health hazards, a Metro …
Concerned over possible health risk posed by cell phone towers, the National Green Tribunal today directed the Centre to inform it whether the construction of these towers in residential areas would be injurious to humans or not. The green panel's direction came while hearing a bunch of petitions claiming that …
Inmarsat, which provides mobile telecommunications, is attempting to put up the third spacecraft in its next-generation global network. The launch, on a Russian Proton rocket, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, is set for 17:44 local time (12:44 BST). The new network, known as Global Xpress, will enable Inmarsat to offer its customers …
Non-thermal microwave/lower frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) act via voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) activation. Calcium channel blockers block EMF effects and several types of additional evidence confirm this mechanism. Low intensity microwave EMFs have been proposed to produce neuropsychiatric effects, sometimes called microwave syndrome, and the focus of this review is …
London-based Inmarsat hopes to get its latest next-generation spacecraft into orbit at the end of the month. It has been waiting on a review of the Russian Proton rocket, which failed on its last outing in May while carrying a Mexican payload. Inmarsat's third Global Xpress platform was due to …
Reforming fossil fuel subsidies could free up enough funds to finance universal access to water, sanitation, and electricity in many countries, as well as helping to cut global greenhouse-gas emissions.
There is no decisive data or evidence so far to show that radiations from mobile phones or towers have adverse health or environmental effects in India, a top BSNL official here said. "There is no conclusive study, data or evidences about the bad health or ecological effects of radiation from …
In August, millions of Sprint customers will receive letters from the telecom giant that will look like ordinary pieces of white paper, but will be made from fibers from wheat fields instead of forests. Sprint is launching a two-month pilot project to test run printing papers made primarily of wheat …
This paper presents viability study of integrated renewable power system for telecommunication applications. Rapid depletion of fossil fuel resources necessitated research on alternative energy sources. A wind solar integrated system is a reliable alternative energy source because it uses solar energy combined with wind energy to create a stand-alone power …
BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Bhopal municipal corporation (BMC) to carry out fresh survey of mobile towers in its jurisdiction to find out whether they are in 100 metres of vulnerable areas such as hospitals, schools, education institutions and children's playground. In case, BMC finds any such tower, …
Residents of Gali Badrao, Katra Moti Ram, inside the Lohgarh gate area are up in arms against the installation of a mobile telecommunication tower on the roof top of a residential complex. The residents have written to the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation urging him to immediately stop the installation …
Parliamentary panel asks Environment Ministry to evolve a mechanism Observing that electro-magnetic radiation from cell towers is a matter of “great concern”, a parliamentary panel has asked the Environment Ministry to address the issue “comprehensively” and evolve a mechanism to create awareness among the people. The committee on Demands for …
The Internet has transformed the world and society like never before. It has provided a platform for new opportunities through innovation. Internet has fostered the supremacy of ideas rather than capital. It is a universal platform that uses the same standards in every country, so that every user can connect …
MUMBAI: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and National Green Tribunal (NGT) have said that cell-tower radiations are not a "pollutant" or a health hazard if cell towers strictly adhere to the norms that have been laid down by World Health Organization (WHO) and the department of telecommunication (DoT). Activists, …
Telecom service providers (TSPs) offering fixed and mobile telephony are currently being overwhelmed by online content, known as over-the-top (OTT) applications and services. The term over-the-top (OTT) refers to applications and services which are accessible over the internet and ride on operators’ networks offering internet access services.
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Shreya Singhal Vs Union of India dated 24/03/2015 regarding Section 66A of the Information Technology Act of 2000. This batch of writ petitions filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India raises very important and far-reaching questions relatable …
This note brings out relevance and importance of the proposed National eHealth Authority (NeHA) as a promotional, regulatory and standards setting organization to guide and support India’s journey in e-Health and consequent realization of benefits of ICT intervention in Health sector in an orderly way. It also spells out the …
Hyderabad: The Chief Information Commissioner has taken a serious note of the ministry of environment and forests providing “false and misleading” information to an RTI query on the harmful effects of electromagnetic radiation emitted by cellphone towers on human beings. The ministry had said that no study had been undertaken …
