RRN Prasad

HC Extends Stay, Tells Govt To Set Up Panel On Health Risk

New Delhi: Noting that cellphones were no more a luxury but a part of everyday existence, the Delhi high court on Monday extended the interim stay on sealing of mobile towers till mid-September.

Noting that the issue of public health and safety was more important than monetary considerations, the Delhi high court on Monday directed the Union government to constitute a panel of technical and medical experts to ascertain the health hazards, if any, from mobile phone towers and submit a report by September 15.

Granting cellular operators relief till September 15 from paying the increased licence fee for mobile towers, the Delhi High Court on Monday called for the constitution of an expert committee to study the impact of these towers and antennae on human health.

Divya Gandhi

BANGALORE: Earlier this month, alarm bells sounded in the United States at a phenomenon considered as dire as climate change: the disappearing honeybee.

If the trend continues, it may spell the doom for agriculture

Mumbai The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed radiation exposure limits for mobile phone towers but, according to crusaders against the alleged hazards from such towers, these would leave India

Ian Sample

Publication of a landmark study into mobile phones and brain cancer was delayed for years because scientists failed to agree on its findings and whether to issue a warning about excessive use of the devices, the Guardian has learned.