RESCUING THE TAJ

Puerto Rico

Loud campaign

Firecracker industry launches drive against noise pollution laws

TURN DOWN VOLUME

Din over private helipads in Mumbai

Study on pollution

Green university

Anna University is turning green with serious efforts to curtail pollution within the campus

THAILAND

A red politician who saw opportunity in green

A chief minister who gave autonomy to environment regulators

Shut off

Court passes order against noise pollution

Moneymakers

Seawind gets a helipad

Firecrackers defy decibel limit

Popular firework brands from Sivakasi exceeded 125 dB sound level

Mumbai dilutes noise rules

Fewer silence zones; Shivaji Park the bone of contention

Fuzzy logic used to justify private helipads

Enough of noise

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In court

Noisy trade

Most firecrackers in Maharashtra violate decibel standards, show tests

30 out of 89 tested samples were found to be violating standards

The black list

India fares the worst in a survey of Asia's polluted countries

Sound alarm

Firecrackers not up to the mark

Plane truth

People near airports are at an increased risk of heart diseases

Beam the sound of music

Whales going deaf

Noise generated by tourist boats might result in loss of hearing in whales

Oil India's seimic survey threatens rare dolphin

Seismic survey in the Brahmaputra