Sixty-six per cent carry a mobile to school, says survey

NEW DELHI: A whopping percentage of teens are heavily dependant on the mobile phone, which has also found its way into classrooms now.

According to a survey conducted by ASSOCHAM, 66 per cent of adolescents between 16 and 18 years carry a mobile handset while going to school, attending classes and tuition sessions, and while visiting p

Environment Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa launched an electronic waste management project to ensure an electronic waste free Sri Lanka.

Central Environmental Authority (CEA) and 14 leading companies engaged in Information technology, Telecommunication and Home appliances also participated in the project.

Sri Lanka Telecom, Mobitel, Dialog, Etisalat, Hutch and Lanka Bell representing the

To ensure an e-waste free environment in Sri Lanka, the Central Environment Authority (CEA) together with over a dozen business organisations who are operating in home electronics, information technology, telecommunications industries and waste management service providers have launched an electronic waste management project to eradicate the growing e-waste crisis in Sri Lanka.

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Starting this month, the government will begin a crack-down on cellphone radiation. From November 16, it would conduct nation-wide random tests to ensure that radiation from cellphone towers is within permissable limits.

Radiation from cellphone towers has become a big issue in recent months, with consumer groups linking high radiation levels to rising incidence of some types of cancer.

Thiruvananthapuram: Cellphone operators will soon have to seek sanction from the Wildlife Division under the Ministry of Environment and Forests before installing their communication towers.

Is radiation from cellphone towers proving to be harmful for residents living around them?

Following the appointment of a high power committee to investigate the health hazards posed by the city

Faced with criticism over the delay in sanctioning of Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) projects, Union Minister for DoNER and Mines Bijoy Krishna Handique traced the lapse on part of the States in securing the mandatory clearance from Central ministries to delay in sanctioning of projects by the concerned Ministries.

While retaining, sanctioning or approving projects under NLCPR o

Mumbai: In the backdrop of some localities in the national capital region removing mobile towers on the ground that they pose radiation hazards, cellular operators on Monday refuted these allegations, describing them as