In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95 billion. The year 2024 was marked by extreme temperature events in Asia that caused thousands of deaths, severe droughts in Africa affecting over 25 …
MUMBAI: Nearly 200 scientists from across the world, including 12 from India, have petitioned the United Nations (UN) and World Health (WHO) to reduce cell tower emission levels fearing health hazards to those living in the vicinity of mobile towers. At present, the WHO has classified radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (EMF) …
Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests present this Two Hundred and Sixty-sixth Report on 'E-waste and E-radiation. In its meeting held on the 20th November, 2014, the Committee heard the views of the Ministries of Environment, Forest & Climate Change; Science & Technology and Department …
There is no decisive data or evidence so far to show that radiations from mobile phones or towers have adverse health or environmental effects in India, a top BSNL official here said. "There is no conclusive study, data or evidences about the bad health or ecological effects of radiation from …
The aim of this study was to investigate whether a 15-minute placement of a 3G dialing mobile phone causes direct changes in EEG activity compared to the placement of a sham phone. Furthermore, it was investigated whether placement of the mobile phone on the ear or the heart would result …
Sarpanch says the panchayat will cancel the NOC if the GSPCB revokes the licence OLD GOA: Seeking to wash its hands off the 4G mobile tower issue that rocked the village over the past few months, Goa Velha Sarpanch Jagdish Bhobe stated that the panchayat issued the license based on …
BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Bhopal municipal corporation (BMC) to carry out fresh survey of mobile towers in its jurisdiction to find out whether they are in 100 metres of vulnerable areas such as hospitals, schools, education institutions and children's playground. In case, BMC finds any such tower, …
Residents of Gali Badrao, Katra Moti Ram, inside the Lohgarh gate area are up in arms against the installation of a mobile telecommunication tower on the roof top of a residential complex. The residents have written to the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation urging him to immediately stop the installation …
Parliamentary panel asks Environment Ministry to evolve a mechanism Observing that electro-magnetic radiation from cell towers is a matter of “great concern”, a parliamentary panel has asked the Environment Ministry to address the issue “comprehensively” and evolve a mechanism to create awareness among the people. The committee on Demands for …
MUMBAI: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and National Green Tribunal (NGT) have said that cell-tower radiations are not a "pollutant" or a health hazard if cell towers strictly adhere to the norms that have been laid down by World Health Organization (WHO) and the department of telecommunication (DoT). Activists, …
AIIMS, IIT-D Among 17 Top Bodies Asked By Centre To Probe Its Health Impact At least 17 top scientific institutions in the country, including AIIMS and IIT Delhi, have been commissioned by the Union government to address concerns about radiation emitted from mobile phones and phone towers causing illnesses. Sources …
A latest study by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said there is no conclusive data or evidence so far to show that radiations from mobile phone or towers have adverse health effects. However, doctors, mainly leading oncologists, maintain that in the absence of enough scientific evidence there is need …
Hyderabad: The Chief Information Commissioner has taken a serious note of the ministry of environment and forests providing “false and misleading” information to an RTI query on the harmful effects of electromagnetic radiation emitted by cellphone towers on human beings. The ministry had said that no study had been undertaken …
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 …
A weeklong protest by residents of Sushant Lok I against an unauthorized mobile tower in the colony's community park has been successful in getting the tower removed, as Reliance, which erected the tower, ceded to the demands on Thursday. According to the residents, the 20-metre tower was erected overnight in …
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 …
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 …
