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Friday, June 21, 2024
TopicNoise pollution

Topic: noise pollution

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

PM’s 100-day agenda may have to jettison core issues for coalition partners

Matters of defence and foreign policy are important, but the new government must address widespread discontent in the country. This begins with investing in the rural sector.

PM’s economic advisor asks if India needs a new poverty line, says multidimensional index not enough

Bibek Debroy, chairman of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, also suggested that analysing inequality at the state level might provide a clearer picture of inequality, as a national estimate could be misleading.

China does a Galwan in South China Sea, Coast Guard carries spears and knives

Pictures had emerged of Chinese soldiers carrying rifles and iron rods with machete-like heads in the vicinity of India’s forward locations on the southern bank of Pangong Tso in 2020.

Sangh wants BJP to know it’s not dispensable. It’s a rap on the knuckles, nothing more

Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.