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 …
NAVI MUMBAI: A group of residents of sector 17, Vashi, are demanding the removal of mobile towers from the node. Concerned about possible health hazards caused by exposure to radiation, six residents from the sector are making rounds of various societies to convince residents not to install cell towers atop …
The Kerala cell of the department of Telecom has conducted physical testing of over 7,000 base transceiver stations and all of them were found to be compliant The Kerala cell of Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM), working under the department of Telecommunications, has given a clean chit to base …
ISO 37120 establishes definitions and methodologies for a set of city indicators to steer and measure delivery of city services and quality of life. As part of a new series of International Standards being developed for a holistic and integrated approach to sustainable development and resilience, this set of standardized …
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA), Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and mobile companies over installation of mobile phone towers in residential areas and adjourned hearing for one week. The three-memebr bench of the apex court headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk resumed hearing of …
The Kerala cell of Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM), under the Department of Telecommunications, has given a clean chit to Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs), popularly known as cell phone towers, in respect of compliance to radiation norms. The Kerala cell conducted physical testing and verification of over 7,000 BTSs …
This review overviews the climate-change-related disclosures from public companies to institutional investors. The report presents key findings and responses provided by S&P; 500 companies across economic sectors to the risk-related questions in CDP’s annual disclosure requests from 2011 to 2013. Findings show that S&P; 500 companies assess physical risks from …
The emergence of broadband networks - both wireline and wireless - has assisted in fostering the applications and content development, and provided content and application providers with a huge and growing addressable market with very low barriers to entry. However, there is always a tension between end-user connectivity providers and …
Telecom Secretary MF Farooqui has asked Maharashtra to bring its proposed cell-tower radiation rules in line with the telecom department’s guidelines as otherwise it would hurt the development of the sector in the state. The Department of Telecommunications in last August asked all states not to put any restrictions on …
Taking objection to the state cellphone tower policy that bans installation of base station antennae within the three-metre radius of schools, colleges and hospitals, the Telecom Enforcement Resource & Monitoring (TERM) Cell of Department of Telecommunications (Mumbai circle) has written to the Urban Development Department (UDD) stating it was not …
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) informed the Kerala High Court on Thursday that a detailed study on the effect of mobile tower radiation on human health could be undertaken jointly by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and NEERI. In a statement, the NEERI said the …
The damning report of a government appointed panel against IIT professor Girish Kumar, whose studies activists have been quoting in their battle against the unregulated mushrooming of cell towers, has become a major embarrassment for anti-radiation activists here. This came as the civic improvements committee cleared the mobile tower policy …
In a major deviation from its earlier stand, which had said no cellphone towers within 100 m of schools and hospitals, the improvements committee of the BMC Tuesday approved its new cellphone tower policy, albeit with three major amendments. An October 3, 2013, urban development department (UDD) notice had proposed …
The World Health Organisation has asked India to participate in its electromagnetic field (EMF) projects, as myths about the impact of mobile phone tower radiation on public health are widespread in the country. The advice came from Mike Repacholi, former head of the EMF Task Force at WHO, during his …
Impact of telecom towers on human health - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 06/02/2014. The Minister Of State in the Ministry Of Communications And Information Technology has stated that "DoT adopted the EMF radiation limits prescribed by ICNIRP in 2008 which was further reduced to 1/10th of the safe limit …
Green energy utilisation in mobile towers - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 06/02/2014. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has stated that "at least 50% of all rural towers and 20% of the urban towers are to be powered by hybrid power (Renewable Energy …
JNU study report on impact of mobile phone radiations - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 06/02/2014. Minister Of Communications And Information Technology & Law And Justice has said that "two reviews have been published from the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi regarding effect of mobile phone …
Since its inception in 2004, the India Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA) has played an important role in facilitating the growth of electronics and semiconductor ecosystem in the country. Industry research has been one of the cornerstones of IESA’s activities. IESA has prepared the Strategic Roadmap for Development of ESDM …
The Allahabad High Court has directed mobile companies to adhere to the guidelines issued by the Central Government while installing mobile towers. The guidelines provide that the mobile towers must not be installed in 100-metre radius of schools, hospitals and residential colonies. Passing the above directive, a division bench, comprising …
Order of the High Court of Delhi regarding regulation of the corporate enterprise, 06/01/2014 in the matter of Association Of Unified Telecom vs Union of India & Others. Original Source: http://lobis.nic.in/dhc/PNJ/judgement/05-01-2014/PNJ06012014CW36732010.pdf
The statistical year book being published by the Central Statistics Office for past several years is one of the vital instruments designed to meet the ever growing diversified range information requirement. The publication provides data sets, not only on the various facets of the economy of the country, but also …
