State of India’s digital economy report 2023
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,
Telecommunication
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Russia launches Proton-M rocket carrying telecoms satellite
Russia has successfully launched a Proton rocket, carrying a Russian telecoms satellite, from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the second successful launch since the disastrous loss of a Mexican
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Calcutta sits on ticking e-waste bomb
Calcutta tops the chart in generating e-waste after Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Bangalore and Chennai. An ill-equipped disposal system has ensured that a major chunk of the e-waste is crudely dismantled or burnt
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Are mobile towers injurious to health: NGT asks Centre
Concerned over possible health risk posed by cell phone towers, the National Green Tribunal today directed the Centre to inform it whether the construction of these towers in residential areas would be
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Inmarsat set for key rocket launch
Inmarsat, which provides mobile telecommunications, is attempting to put up the third spacecraft in its next-generation global network. The launch, on a Russian Proton rocket, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan,
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Microwave frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) produce widespread neuropsychiatric effects including depression
<p>Non-thermal microwave/lower frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) act via voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) activation. Calcium channel blockers block EMF effects and several types of additional
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Launch date for Inmarsat's delayed Global Xpress spacecraft
London-based Inmarsat hopes to get its latest next-generation spacecraft into orbit at the end of the month. It has been waiting on a review of the Russian Proton rocket, which failed on its last outing
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Development incentives for fossil fuel subsidy reform
Reforming fossil fuel subsidies could free up enough funds to finance universal access to water, sanitation, and electricity in many countries, as well as helping to cut global greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Mobile radiation not harmful to health, environment: BSNL
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
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Sprint to switch to wheat straw paper in two-month sustainability trial
In August, millions of Sprint customers will receive letters from the telecom giant that will look like ordinary pieces of white paper, but will be made from fibers from wheat fields instead of forests.
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Mobile towers: NGT orders Bhopal corporation to hold survey
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