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 UK satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat has launched the second of its I5 series of spacecraft. The 7m-long, 6.1-tonne platform went into orbit on a Proton M rocket, despatched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The I5s - there will be four in total - make up Inmarsat's next-generation constellation called Global …
A day after BMC commissioner ordered a probe into the issue of telecom towers coming up in gardens across the city, Bandra corporator Asif Zakaria has given notice of motion for raising the issue in the floor of the house of the corporation. He has asked that the proposal, that …
After Cellular Operators Association of India, scientists have come out refuting Swadeshi Science Movement’s study on radiation threat for Kochi and Trivandrum from cell towers. “If the green, yellow and red ranges of readings are based on recommendation of Bio-Initiative 2007 report and further underscored by the Bio-Initiative 2012 report, …
There are 615 mobile phone towers in the city, according to the Ghaziabad Development Authority. A GDA official told TOI that the figure has been arrived at following a survey by the Authority across all the eight zones of the city. "All these mobile phone towers have been installed without …
The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) today approved new projects worth Rs 846 crore. Among the projects cleared include a cross country pipe conveyor system proposed by Uttam Infralogic Ltd, a subsidiary of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL). The company will install a conveyor belt to transport …
Growth in renewable energy consumption is set to significantly outpace the growth seen in fossil fuels this year, according to a report. However, it also warns that non-fossil fuels lack the policy needed to progress fast globally. The report – Industries in 2015 – is from the Economist Intelligence Unit …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who inaugurated the discussion via conference call, said that people did have doubts about the safety of emissions. Kochi: There is no independent, reliable data on the safety of electro magnetic emissions from your mobile phone. And if you insist on it, you would rather wait …
Activists Warn Against Clusters Of Antennae On High-Rises The city needs 670 more mobile towers to cater to the growing number of smartphone users, but just a sixth of applications from cell tower companies have been cleared by the BMC so far. Cellular operators say if the new towers are …
PHD Chamber senior vice-president A. B. Shriram gifts sapling to Juhi Chawla during discussion on Mobile Tower An average Indian is exposed to 5-10 times higher levels of electromagnetic radiation, emitted from cellular towers and mobile phones compared to the United States, which could lead to serious heath hazards, including …
From A for Apple Inc. to Z for Zurich Insurance Group, 187 companies illustrate that a low carbon future does not mean low profit. A new global index based on companies that exhibit leadership through action to mitigate climate change outperforms The Bloomberg World Index by 9.6%. So finds analysis …
Gated Community Worried About Radiation-Emitting Installation That's Cropped Up In Their Vicinity The mushrooming telecommunication towers in the city are setting off alarm bells, literally.Residents living near such radiationemitting installations are wary of the health hazards they pose. Shobha Amethyst, a gated community in Kannamangala village, Hoskote, East Bangalore, is …
6,650 And Counting, Masts Throw DoT Guidelines To Winds The number of cell phone towers in the city is going up, and so is public awareness on the debated ill effects of electromagnetic radiation they emit. Data obtained by TOI from telecom enforcement and resource monitoring (TERM) cell of department …
JIUQUAN - China successfully launched two satellites via one rocket at 8:15 a.m. Thursday Beijing Time (0015 GMT) at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gobi desert. One of the satellites is the Chuangxin-1-04, which is designed to collect and transmit data on hydrology, weather, electric power, and …
No Coercive Action For Now, Accept Applications For New Towers' In an interim order on Monday , the Bombay high court prohibited the state government and local authorities from taking any coercive action against cellphone towers atop schools, colleges and hospitals across Maharashtra.The HC also directed the authorities to accept …
Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring cells are part of the vigilance and monitoring wing of the DoT Random testing of more than 10,500 mobile towers across Gujarat did not find a single case of violation of radiation norms by the towers, said a senior official of Telecom Enforcement, Resource and …
Citizen groups, which have been advocating for safer cellphone tower norms in the city, have written to BMC’s chief engineer in charge of development plan, urging him to initiate immediate action to vacate the stay order of the Bombay High Court on the removal of illegal towers so that the …
There is a rapidly rising energy demand from literally billions of devices that remain “on” but may be used for only a few minutes or hours per day. Currently, the estimate for global electricity wasted in this way by network‑enabled devices is 400 terawatt hours (TWh) per year. Consumers pay …
Here’s some good news for those concerned about radiations from telecom towers. The Centre has fixed the Electro-Magnetic Radiation (EMR) emission levels below 0.45w/m2, which is one-tenth of the norms (4.5w/m2) fixed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). This way India ranks among the countries with lowest emission levels. This …
This working paper aims to help data center users and operators develop practical strategies for sourcing low-carbon power and to improve shared understanding about the challenges and opportunities with low-carbon power sourcing that apply to data centers in many different situations.
