Economy

Mobile phones and economic development in Africa

The potential of mobile telephony to transform Africa will only be achieved if the development of other infrastructure keeps pace, says a study. The number of mobile phone subscribers in Africa soared from 16 million in 2000 to 376 million in 2008, with 60 per cent of the population using them in 2008 compared with 10 per cent in 1999.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2010
Jenny C. Aker, Isaac M. Mbiti
Journal of Economic Perspectives
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Telecommunication, Africa, Economic Development, Infrastructure Development, Economy
Health

5-year study to decode effects of cellphones

New Delhi: The world

Publication Date: 
29/06/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health Effects, Health, Health Care, Hazardous Products, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Delhi, Times Of India (New Delhi), Telecommunication
Health

5-year study to decode effects of cellphones

New Delhi: The world

Publication Date: 
29/06/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health Effects, Health, Health Care, Hazardous Products, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Delhi, Times Of India (New Delhi), Telecommunication
Health

Telemedicine service to be launched in ten dists

BERHAMPUR: In a bid to provide health service at doorsteps, measures have been initiated to provide telemedicine service in 10 districts. The service is being provided at MKCG Medical for last six years, but it was confined only to doctors who are using it to consult experts in the country and outside.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2010
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Berhampur, Health, Health Care, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Drugs, Orissa (Odisha), New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar), Telecommunication
Health

Cell phones can also damage eyes: Study

Prashant Rupera | TNN

Publication Date: 
25/06/2010
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Health Effects, Health, Radiation, Eye Diseases, Times Of India (Ahmedabad), Telecommunication
Health

No link between cancer in kids & cellphone towers

British scientists who conducted the largest study yet into cellphone masts and childhood cancers say that living close to a mast does not increase the risk of a pregnant woman

Publication Date: 
24/06/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Cancer, Health Care, Child Health, Radiation, Times Of India (New Delhi), Telecommunication
Economy

Miles to go

The UPA government's policies on infrastructure have not translated into any substantial benefits for the poor.

Publication Date: 
18/06/2010
Praveen Jha
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Infrastructure Development, Planning Commission, Electricity, Roads, Irrigation, Water Supply, Watershed Development, Sanitation, Telecommunication, India, Rural Development, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Rural Housing, Bharat Nirman
Health

Fear of mobile tower radiation grips Delhi area

Residents in north-west Delhi

Publication Date: 
14/06/2010
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health Effects, Health, Health Care, Radiation, Hazardous Products, Municipal Corporations, High Court, Delhi, Tribune (New Delhi), Telecommunication
Health

Constitution of panel to study cellular tower risks stayed

New Delhi: A division bench of Delhi high court on Friday stayed the formation of the panel to study health risks caused by mobile phone towers.

Publication Date: 
05/06/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health Effects, Health, Health Care, Radiation, Municipal Corporations, High Court, NGO, Delhi, Times Of India (New Delhi), Telecommunication
Health

CSIR to study radiation from mobile towers

NEW DELHI: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Tuesday set up a group of experts to verify claims of higher than prescribed levels of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) in the Capital.

The move comes a day after the Delhi High Court directed the Delhi Government to constitute a committee of experts to examine potential health hazards posed by EMR from mobile phone towers.

Publication Date: 
02/06/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health Effects, Health, Radiation, Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR), Delhi, Hindu (New Delhi), Telecommunication

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