Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rafhat Naeem Siddiqui Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 25/02/2025. Rafhat Naeem Siddiqui, resident of village Ajupura Rani, block and tehsil Nagina, district Bijnor has sent present letter petition which has been treated and registered as an original …
Better links between designers, manufacturers and recyclers are needed to stem the tide of electronic junk The developing world is becoming the west's digital dumping ground. Every year around 50m tonnes of unwanted electronic devices make their way to vast e-waste dumps in Guiyu in China and Agbogbloshie in Ghana …
Apple's labour practices are under attack by two activist groups who contend the company makes its iPhones with a hazardous mix of chemicals that threaten the health of factory workers assembling the devices in China. The campaign began Wednesday with an online petition put together by China Labor Watch, a …
Grameenphone, the market leader of cellular operator in the country, has won the 19th Annual Global Mobile Award. Grameenphone won “The Green Mobile Award” for climate its change programme on Tuesday, at a programme held at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Grameenphone Chief Technical Officer Tanveer Mohammad received …
It is a step in the right direction. If Bangalore-based NGO Surakshit Vatavaran says there should be a detailed study on hazards of cell phone radiation in the Indian context, it is not without a reason. They are strongly advocating that there should be no mobile towers in and around …
Despite the popularity of the mobile phone recycling industry, handsets only contribute towards a small percentage of the overall E-Waste accumulation. According to a study by the US US environmental Protection Agency only 11% of electronic waste is made up of mobile devices, the remaining 89% is computers, accessories, televisions …
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 …
Says it will revive demand, boost manufacturing The special emphasis in the Interim Budget on boosting manufacturing and the message of fiscal stability by adhering to the fiscal deficit target has brought cheer to the industry while sectors that have not got sops are feeling disappointed. Sidharth Birla, president, FICCI, …
Leaving direct taxes untouched, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today slashed excise duty on cars, SUVs and two-wheelers, and capital goods and consumer durables to boost manufacturing and growth. Presenting the Interim Budget for 2014-15, he also provided service tax exemption for storage and warehousing of rice like it was done …
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 …
Electromagnetic radiations from mobile phones - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 06/02/2014. The Minister Of Communications And Information Technology & Law And Justice has stated that "there is no conclusive evidence available so far to establish adverse effect on human health due to Electromagnetic Field ( EMF) radiations emitted from …
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 …
Clean Kerala Company Ltd, an initiative of the Kerala Government for managing solid waste, is planning to take on e-waste piling up in the State, which has a high density of mobile phones, computers, and other electronic gadgets. “We are planning to set up collection counters in municipal towns and …
The Indian Council of Medical Research has taken up a long-term study on the use of mobile phones and whether they cause health risks, said its Deputy Director General R.S. Sharma. “We have taken up the study to find out whether use of cell phones cause neurological, behavioural, and other …
At Vodafone India, the need to engage in responsible practices is led by an intense desire to contribute positively towards the three pillars of sustainability and CSR – Social, Economic and Environment. The Mission, Vision and Values of the organisation clearly reflect its commitment, not only to the direct stakeholders …
Wondering what to do with your old gadgets like mobile phones, laptops or those old generation computers? If selling is not an option you can recycle them in an eco-friendly manner with the help of Chintan, a non-profit organisation that works for the cause of environment. All you need to …
Oslo : China and other emerging economies have overtaken Western nations in dumping old electronic goods, from TVs to cellphones, and will lead a projected 33% surge in the amount of waste from 2012 to 2017, a UN-backed alliance said on Sunday. The report, the first to map electronic waste …
An average American generated 29.8kg of hitech trash in 2012 — six times higher than China’s per capita figure of 5.4kg. The UN’s first e-waste world map released on Saturday says that almost 48.9 million metric tons of used electrical and electronic products was produced last year — an average …
Mumbai : A former World Health Organisation (WHO) expert on electromagnetic field has slammed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) draft policy, which bans cellphone towers on schools and hospitals. Professor Michael Repacholi, who was in the city Monday, said that such a policy is based on ignorance. “When the tower …
The popularity of cell phone and wireless communication devices has resulted in a proliferation of cell towers across the country. Fixation of standards for exposure limits of radio frequency field emissions from mobile base stations, monitoring their compliance, all radiation related technical issues and issues of Access Service License / …
Blood Pressure related disease affected 118 million people in India in the year 2000; this figure will double by 2025. Around one in four adults in rural India have hypertension, and of those, only a minority are accessing appropriate care. Health systems in India face substantial challenges to meet these …
