Economy

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, the report departs from the norm for global studies.

Publication Date: 
24/02/2023
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
Tags:
Internet, Economy, Mobile Phone, Telecommunication, India
Natural Disasters

Disaster risk reduction and the Caribbean private sector: the role of the telecommunications sector in the context of COVID-19

The aim of this exploratory paper is to provide some critical perspectives and insights on the role of the private sector in disaster risk reduction, in particular with regards to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recovery process.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2020
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Tags:
Disaster Management, Private Sector, Telecommunication, Coronavirus, Caribbean
Science And Technology

National Broadband Mission

Enabling Broadband connectivity across the country is essential to bridge the Digital divide between rural-urban and rich-poor. This will also promote e-governance, transparency, financial inclusion and ease of doing business.

Publication Date: 
17/12/2019
Department of Telecommunications
Tags:
India, Telecommunication, Governance
Health

Experts hail new restrictions on mobile towers

In today’s day and age, it would be near impossible to find anyone, who doesn’t own a cell phone.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2019
Tags:
Mobile Tower, Telecommunication, Health Effects, Environmentalists, Electromagnetic Radiation (EM Radiation), Health
Hazardous Waste

Nigeria: Commission Plans Regulatory Guidelines On E-Waste for Telecoms

Abuja — Amid threats posed by electronic wastes (E-waste), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun moves to fashion out regulatory guidelines for the management of E-waste in the nat

Publication Date: 
12/03/2019
All Africa
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, Nigeria, Waste Management, Africa, Telecommunication
Science And Technology

Rwanda to launch satellite to provide broadband internet to schools in remote areas

Rwanda is partnering with a UK-based communications company to launch a satellite that will provide broadband internet to schools in remote areas, Rwandan Ministry of ICT and Innovation said Wednes

Publication Date: 
28/02/2019
Xinhua
Tags:
Science And Technology, Space Technology, Telecommunication, Rwanda, Education, Africa
Health

Mobile towers: No serious harm from non-ionised radiation, says Bombay HC

The court was hearing four petitions, which alleged that electro-magnetic radiation, generated by mobile towers, adversely affect the health and well being of humans and other living beings.

Publication Date: 
24/01/2019
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mobile Tower, Electromagnetic Radiation (EM Radiation), Telecommunication, Health, High Court
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal felling of trees, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, 09/01/2019

Order of the National in the matter of C. Janardana Reddy Vs Jio Reliance Company dated 09/01/2019 regarding illegal felling of trees in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh for laying underground Optic- Fibre line from Nannoor to Veldurthy Village by ‘JIO-Reliance’. A report submitted by the Divisional Forest Officer states that about 125 avenue trees of species such as Kanuga, Seematangedu, Peltofurum and Neem on the left side of the road were felled without any permission.

Judgement Date: 
10/01/2019
Tags:
Deforestation, Kurnool (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Telecommunication, Industry, Andhra Pradesh
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding uprooting of trees while laying of underground optic fibre line from Nannoor to Veldurthy Village, Andhra Pradesh, 01/10/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of C. Janardana Reddy Vs. Jio Reliance Company dated 01/10/2018 regarding uprooting of trees by Jio-Reliance while laying of underground optic fibre line from Nannoor to Veldurthy Village, Andhra Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
01/10/2018
Tags:
Deforestation, Telecommunication, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Andhra Pradesh
Hazardous Waste

Bengaluru to get India’s first e-waste plant

BENGALURU: The country’s first e-waste recycling unit will come up in Bengaluru, Union minister of chemicals and fertilisers Ananth Kumar said on Monday.

Publication Date: 
03/07/2018
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Bangalore (T), Electronic Waste, Computers, Telecommunication, Hazardous Waste

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