Bureau of Indian Standards failed to prescribe safety norms for mobile phones, towers: CAG report

Revised radiation limit to be in force from September 1 

Afforestation not so cool

Planting trees will not reduce global warming, says study

Nuclear contamination

Radioactive nickel

Cooling tactics

Water body and trees around the building provide cooling effect

Re-counted

Standards to assess radiation-induced cancer are correct

Danger in store

US nuclear waste disposed of inappropriately

Nuclear protection pills for California residents

Towering menace

Cell phone networking antennae can be injurious to health

Cell towers, a health risk

Panel recommends restrictions on mobile phone towers

Sun screened

Pollution joins clouds, blocks sunlight over India

China eying Lhasa site for nuclear reactor

A US-based Tibetan organisation says not only is China intending to build a nuclear reactor near Lhasa, but is also setting up sites for missiles …

Study opens new avenue for preventing cancer

Scientists have found a way to stop the degradation of a protein called p53 that prevents cancer cells from proliferating and forming tumors

Quality takes back seat in agribusiness

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Taking notice

India's nuclear establishment has been asked to account for radiation-related health hazards

PUERTO RICO

Can amphibians tackle climate change?

Double trouble

Two layers of black carbon, a pollutant causing greenhouse effect, have been found over Guwahati. Usually there is just one

Down with the dump

Residents of a Rajasthan village are up in arms over secret plans to store nuclear waste nearby

The ozone threat

Alternatives to banned ozone-depleting substances may jeopardise the effectiveness of the Montreal Protocol

Suffering continues

Ringing in heaps of trouble

Radiation talk

Are mobile phones safe?

Prenatal exposure to ultrasound waves may not be safe

Chernobyl

Twenty years ago -- on April 26, 1986 -- the biggest nuclear disaster happened in Chernobyl, in what was then the Soviet Union, when a chain …