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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicNoise pollution

Topic: noise pollution

SubscriberWrites: Unseen Menace of Noise Pollution, I want my Sleep Back.

With noise pollution becoming a growing issue causing stress and harm, it’s time to rethink honking, promote quieter cities, and raise awareness to protect our health and environment.

India has a big problem of public loudspeakers. It has even entered my bedroom now

We opened our eyes to air pollution only when we could see it in the air and feel it in our throats. We must not wait for our ears to bleed.

UP’s Moradabad world’s 2nd noisiest city on UN list, 4 more Indian cities exceed noise levels

According to WHO guidelines, the admissible noise level limits are 55 decibels. The major industrial city of Moradabad recorded a noise level of 114 decibels.

No loudspeakers in Karnataka mosques, dargahs from 10pm to 6am — state Waqf Board order

The order, dated 9 March', said increasing the ambient noise level around these structures has 'deleterious effects on human health and the psychological well-being of people'.

‘Serious threat to health’ — what Allahabad HC said in DJ ban order that SC has now stayed

Allahabad High Court had barred the authorities in August from giving permissions to DJs, calling them a ‘serious threat to human health’.

Noise pollution threatens survival of over 100 species globally, warns new study

Queen’s University Belfast researchers analysed over 100 species of birds, fish, mammals and reptilians, and found noise pollution affects their behaviour and physiology. 

Human noises create havoc for birds, even prevent them from reproducing, says new study

The study by Queen’s University Belfast is the first to establish a link between human-induced noise pollution and decline of bird population.

On Camera

The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.