Rules of e-dump

Loopholes in new rules for electronic waste make it difficult to regulate informal sector

Telecom towns

A chain of 'digital cities' will link up the European Union

Black out in Mumbai for global warming

Towering menace

Cell phone networking antennae can be injurious to health

Higher royalty payments offered as bait to MNCs

In an effort to improve the quality of technology coming into the country, the Indian government has decided to remove the low ceiling on royalty …

Sorting e-waste

European Parliament to make producers responsible for e-waste

BYTES

BIS to revisit safety standards on use of hydrocarbons in fridges and ACs

CSE had recommended amendments to a standard which would allow wider use of the refrigerant

Generating controversy

Environment ministry favours small manufacturers, ignores experts' advice on air emission norms for off-road diesel engines

THE MONEY MAKERS

Ringing in heaps of trouble

Cancer agent

Cadmium affects the genome

Radiation talk

Are mobile phones safe?

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Reviewing website

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‘Energy conservation is a moving target’

A decade has passed since the Energy Conservation Act was enacted in 2001. Most provisions of the law are yet to be implemented properly. Ajay …

Developing countries are dumpyards for e-waste

A recent study in the US shows that by 2004, over 315 million computers will become obsolete. By 2005, for every single computer an American buys,…

In court

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Heavy on the purse?

Measuring efficiency of electric appliances fails to take off in India

Green signals from cellphone companies

Manufacturers sign declaration at the Sixth Conference of Parties (CoP-6) to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of …

Science and Technology - Briefs

Old Batteries New Rules

The Indian government comes out with the draft rules for recycling lead acid batteries. Their effectiveness is questionable

Climate of irrationality

Developed and developing countries are divided over regulating super greenhouse gases under Montreal Protocol