Articles Archive for February 2010
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Widespread effects are being observed in Noida(India) after sealing of illegal mobile towers in Noida. 250 out of the 600 illegal towers are already sealed and the action could be taken anytime against the remaining illegal towers. The sudden action against illegal towers have created a serious connectivity problem for the subscribers in Noida region.
According to the guidelines, mobile towers should not be located in the 100 meters radius of schools,hospitals and other residential areas. Also the mobile operator must take a No objection certificate from residential welfare associations. …
health »
A recent study in Clinical Endocrinology journal has revealed that Men who sunbath have higher levels of Testosterone then those who don’t.
The study on 2,299 men shows that testosterone and vitamin D levels were high in the month of August and drop off in winters with lowest level in March.
Researchers found men with at least 30 nanograms of vitamin D per millilitre of blood had much more testosterone circulating than those lacking in vitamin D.
Professor Winfried Marz who conducted study said ” Men who ensure that their …
Technology »
After Amazon’s Kindle; Barnes and Noble’s Nook; Apple’s iPad; Sony’s Reader.
Indian company Infibeam has launched the first e-reader (India’s own kindle) pi.
Pi weighs around 180 gram and has an internal memory of 512 Mb equivalent to 350 books expandable up to 4GB via SD Slot. According to the company CEO Vishal Mehta ” Infibeam was working on Pi from last two years, and extensive research and development has been done to create this device.”
The device comes with a battery life of four days or 10,000 refreshes and …
Breaking News »
According to UK newspaper The Telegraph, UN Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change’s (IPCC) claim about snow melting on mountain was copied from a Geography’s Student essay which was published in mountaineering magazine.
This is the third goof up made by IPCC which came in to light in last two weeks. In 2007, the IPCC had stated that observed reductions in mountain ice in the Andes, Alps and Africa was caused by global warming and it referred to two papers as the source of the information.
But according to The Telegraph, …
