WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this expertise from across the UN system. Environmental pollution and other environmental risks cause 24 per cent of …
Japan’s nuclear regulators on Monday presented a draft outline of new safety measures to prevent or minimise the consequences of severe accidents like Fukushima nuclear disaster. Among other features, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said utilities will be required to build a special safety facility housing a secondary control room for …
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, resident associations tired of complaining to the government about radiations from cell towers have now decided to take matters into their own hands: they are going for their own detectors to check radiation in their area. The move comes at a time when state governments and …
Citing a possibility of severe disruption in cellular services in the state, telecom operators on Friday moved the Supreme Court against a Rajasthan High Court’s order on removal of all mobile phone towers, installed overhead or in the vicinity of schools, hospitals and playgrounds. The operators mentioned the matter before …
Japan's new government said on Friday it hoped to stick to a three year deadline to decide whether to restart all nuclear reactors after safety checks, despite the country's newly formed nuclear regulator saying the deadline was impossible to meet. Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, who is also responsible for energy …
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan on 11 March 2011 led to releases of radioactive material into the environment from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This health risk assessment is intended to give an indication of the potential public health implications of the accident to support the identification of …
Prolonged exposure to radiation from cellphone towers, other wireless technologies can cause imbalance in immune system, metabolism, reproductive system warns this report by the BioInitiative Working Group 2012 based on 1,800 new scientific studies. Today, the BioInitiative 2012 report updates five years of science, public health, public policy and global …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the response of American Tower Corporation Ltd on a plea alleging that mobile phone towers across the country are being installed in violation of stipulated guidelines. A bench comprising acting Chairperson Justice A S Naidu and expert member P C Mishra issued notice …
Terraces that will have new cellphone towers will be out of bounds for residents of those buildings as well as for outsiders, say the new Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) draft policy. According to the draft policy, a warning board will be put up at the entry of the terrace, explaining …
Industry lobbies representing India’s tower operators and mobile phone companies offering services on both the GSM and CDMA technology platforms have told the government that the recent Rajasthan High Court verdict calling for the removal of mobile towers from schools, hospitals, jails and heritage buildings is “completely erroneous” as it …
With the state Legislative Assembly in session, the civic administration has suggested that a special ordinance be passed to lift the stay order on illegal mobile towers in the city. Proposing various guidelines in the draft policy for installation of mobile towers, the BMC said the HC orders directing status …
Keen on avoiding community opposition of the kind seen for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) will launch a sensitisation initiative ahead of starting work on two more 500 MW reactors in Kalpakkam, IGCAR Director S. C. Chetal said on Wednesday. Addressing the …
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project plans to establish monitoring stations in a few villages around the project site for measuring radiation, if any, according to a senior official of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). Unlike thermal power stations, which emit huge amount of particulate matter, fly ash …
Telecom operators in the city have been issued notices for their cell towers emitting more than the prescribed radiation. "We have told them to lower radiation levels immediately or face closure of the towers and a fine of Rs 5 lakh for each," said a senior Department of Telecommunications (DoT) …
India on Monday signed a pact with Ukraine to take advantage of its expertise in nuclear safety and radiation protection. The agreement was signed in the presence of visiting Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Hyderabad House. After the bilateral talks, the Prime Minister said, “The …
JAIPUR: In support of the telecom industry, Union minister for communication and information technology Kapil Sibal has told Rajasthan government about the negative impacts of removing cell phone towers in the state. In his communique to the chief minister Ashok Gehlot in the last week of November, Sibal expressed his …
In a bid to enhance safety of its increasing number of nuclear plants, India on Monday inked a pact with Ukraine on Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection to take advantage of its expertise in the crucial sector. Four other pacts, including framework agreement to expand defence ties were also inked …
The Indian Council of Medical Research has commenced a cohort study to examine whether use of cell phone is associated with neurological disorders, reproductive dysfunctions, cardiovascular disorders, ontological disorders and promote cancers if any. As per the recommendations of Inter Ministerial Committee on EMF Radiation, the radio frequency emission level …
The Centre on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that an expert panel was looking into whether mobile phone providers had violated guidelines put in place for issuing licences for installation of signal towers. In an affidavit filed before a Division Bench in reply to a public interest litigation seeking …
New Delhi: The three corporation will soon launch a special drive to crack down on illegal cellphone towers. Officials say that in the past few months, there has been a sharp increase in the number of cellphone towers in the city, especially in residential colonies. There are 5,656 mobile towers …
Looking at the agony of a man, who approached the Rajasthan high court seeking action against mobile companies alleging that the radiation from nearby towers caused brain tumor to his two younger brothers, out of which one had passed away, a division bench headed by the Chief Justice has admitted …
