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 …
The umbrella body of GSM mobile phone operators, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), today said in its latest advisory on health risks associated with mobile phones and their base stations that both the World Health Organisation (WHO) and a French government expert group ANSES (Agence Nationale De Securite …
Installing telecom towers in close proximity of inhabited areas should be banned by the Union Government since they could be acting as “silent killers”, said Justice Jawahar Lal Gupta, former Chief Justice of Kerala High Court. Justice Gupta, who is undergoing treatment for brain tumour, claims that he himself is …
The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) on the haphazard establishment of mobile phone towers in Guwahati. The court has asked the GMC to furnish a reply within December 18. The court was responding to a PIL on ‘‘mobile phone tower radiation’’ filed …
Freedom on the Net 2013 is the fourth report in a series of comprehensive studies of internet freedom around the globe and covers developments in 60 countries that occurred between May 2012 and April 2013. Over 60 researchers, nearly all based in the countries they analyzed, contributed to the project …
Though more than a year has passed since the E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules came into effect in May 2012, their implementation is still in a nascent stage, at least in Varanasi, one of the major cities of Uttar Pradesh. In fact, the state ranks fourth among the 10 largest …
Recent studies contradict the view that emissions from cell phone cause irreparable damage to health Recent studies in institutions across the world have contradicted reports of radiation from cell phones and their towers damaging the eggs of sparrows, and thereby contributing to their reducing numbers. In the last two years, …
The residents of Cariamoddi, Curchorem, have strongly opposed the erection of a mobile phone tower in the locality for fear of any possible health hazards from the radiation emitted by the mobile tower. Around 30 residents have signed a memorandum addressed to the chief officer of the Curchorem Cacora municipal …
Medical science is yet to establish the exact link between mobile tower radiation and health hazards and ascertain whether it is related to mental stress levels or triggers cancerous growth. There is a known probability of health hazards being associated with high-levels of microwave radiation on which the mobile phones …
The mobile phone now appears to be a major tool in ensuring smooth supply of safe drinking water to some 10 million rural people in southwestern coastlines, a region exposed to growing curse of salinity, reports BSS. “By sending a simple SMS (Short Message Service) we get technicians at our …
90% Nurses Admit To Taking Calls During Ops, Claims Study Mumbai: While there’s a heavy fine for talking on a cell phone while driving, surprisingly no rules exist to discourage its use by doctors and nurses inside operation theatres, where fiddling with the phone while performing a complex surgery could …
With 26 per cent Delhi doctors suffering from severe mobile phone-induced anxiety, a survey conducted by non-government organisation Heart Care Foundation of India has recommended electronic curfew for about half-an-hour each day. “Everybody should have 30 minutes of electronic curfew before they sleep. Use mobile only when mobile. Once the …
Beijing municipal government has launched a disaster alert app for smartphones, which will inform users of disasters and public emergencies within two minutes, Beijing News reported Monday. Alerts for 29 kinds of disasters and emergencies issued by ten different government departments will be disseminated through the application, including weather forecasts, …
High Levels of Radiation Suspected In Several Areas Kochi: In the wake of increasing number of complaints of high-level radiation from mobile phone towers, the government has finally decided to conduct a radiation intensity mapping in the city to identify areas where the radiation is above permissible limits. The Kerala …
Designers of everything from mobile phones to electric car batteries should make their products far easier to recycle to offset soaring demand for metals, two United Nations reports recommended on Wednesday. Products should be made to become "designer minerals" at the end of their lifetimes so they can more simply …
Reduce, reuse and recycle is the foundation of sustainable living. However, experts from IEEE , the world’s largest technical professional organization, identified repair as an equally important, environmentally friendly R-word, especially when it comes to the consumer electronics industry. Through modest design changes, cellphone manufacturers can improve the repairability of …
The objective of this study is to investigate the implementation of mobile phone camera-based dust-measuring technique to plan and execute the dust-management system at a construction site.
Life in a slum is comparable to life in most urban households in India, according to Census 2011 data on living conditions in slums. Depending on how one looks at it, ‘slumming it’ may just have acquired a whole new meaning — either most Indian towns live the life of …
The West Bengal Human Rights Commission directed the State’s Pollution Control Board here on Thursday to inquire into complaints by residents of a multi-storey building in the city’s Park Street area claiming they are facing health hazards due to installation of mobile phone towers on the roof of the building. …
Oh the things your smartphone can do! For the first time, data on current conditions on thousands of rivers and streams across the country, can be accessed from your smartphone, using USGS' latest system WaterNow. WaterNow makes the water conditions monitored by more than 16,000 stream gages and other sites …
Sri Lanka Minister of Wildlife Vijith Vijayamuni Zoysa said a code of ethics will be introduced soon to the safari drivers in the island's wildlife parks. The Minister said that it has been observed that the safari drivers searching for rare animal sightings communicate among each other via mobile phones …
