With 26 per cent Delhi doctors suffering from severe mobile phone-induced anxiety, a survey conducted by non-government organisation Heart Care Foundation of India has recommended electronic curfew

Beijing municipal government has launched a disaster alert app for smartphones, which will inform users of disasters and public emergencies within two minutes, Beijing News reported Monday.

High Levels of Radiation Suspected In Several Areas

Kochi: In the wake of increasing number of complaints of high-level radiation from mobile phone towers, the government has finally decided to conduct a radiation intensity mapping in the city to identify areas where the radiation is above permissible limits. The Kerala State Council for Science and Technology has appointed the state wing of the Swadeshi Science Movement to conduct the ‘Mapping of intensity of electromagnetic fields in Kochi’. The mapping will cover the entire area under the Kochi corporation.

Designers of everything from mobile phones to electric car batteries should make their products far easier to recycle to offset soaring demand for metals, two United Nations reports recommended on

Life in a slum is comparable to life in most urban households in India, according to Census 2011 data on living conditions in slums.

The West Bengal Human Rights Commission directed the State’s Pollution Control Board here on Thursday to inquire into complaints by residents of a multi-storey building in the city’s Park Street area claiming they are facing health hazards due to installation of mobile phone towers on the roof of the building.

Residents of Karnani Mansion on Park Street had registered a complaint with the Commission this past week. “We have directed the Pollution Control Board to conduct an inquiry by a competent authority and submit a report to us within three weeks,” West Bengal Human Rights Commission joint secretary Sujay Kumar Haldar told The Hindu .

Oh the things your smartphone can do!

Sri Lanka Minister of Wildlife Vijith Vijayamuni Zoysa said a code of ethics will be introduced soon to the safari drivers in the island's wildlife parks.