Amended noise action plan of Goa
Goa government has notified the ‘Amended Noise Action Plan’ to purportedly streamline the processes related to curbing noise pollution in the state, as specified before the High Court on April 30. The
Noise Pollution
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Glaring aberrations
Glow signs using diesel gensets at bus stops have increased in Delhi. So has the pollution
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VEHICULAR POLLUTION STUDY
A vehicular pollution, noise as well smoke, control campaign will be jointly launched by the traffic police and the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) in Pakistan. However,
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Plane and calm
The countdown to phase out noisy planes in the US has begun
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Noisy trade
a european Commission's ( ec' s) decision to clamp down on the use of old noisy aircraft inside European Union's ( eu' s) airspace is set to provoke a trade dispute between the eu
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Stealth flier
Aeroplane passengers may no longer have to yell at each other to be heard. Ultra Electronics of Cambridge, UK, has designed a passenger seat that halves the perceived ambient noise inside most
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"We lack information on the effects of pollution"
JUSTICE BHAGWATI PRASAD BANERJEE of the green bench of the Calcutta high court stirred more than a hornet's nest in April 1996, when he passed an order banning the use of loudspeakers in Calcutta. In a city where political meetings are a daily affair, suc
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Silent ride
A new technology may reduce noise pollution from trains to half
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DIWALI DAMAGE CONTROL
The Delhi High Court recently directed senior government officials to take appropriate steps to control noise and air pollution caused by firecrackers during Diwali. A division bench comprising
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Too much noise
There has been an alarming rise in noise pollution in most Indian cities. This can be attributed to the increase in number of vehicles, urbanisation and industrialisation. The Central Pollution