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DT Next Health: Our hearing needs our understanding
The levels of loud sounds we are constantly exposed to can cause permanent damage to the delicate structures in our inner ear leading to permanent...
Blinding lights
11 Nov 2023 1:30 AMIn Chennai, 18,000 cops have been assigned on special Deepavali duty to ensure that fireworks are burst only during the time period stipulated by the...
TNPCB's Deepavali advisory: Burst crackers between 6-7 AM & 7-8 PM
7 Nov 2023 5:00 PMThe Board urged residents to avoid bursting joined (series) firecrackers or sara vedi and stay away from hospitals, schools, courts, places of...
To curb noise pollution, Mumbai to observe ‘No Honking Day’ on...
12 Jun 2023 1:07 PM"Unnecessary honking causes noise pollution in the environment and also adversely affects human health. We urge motorists to positively respond to the...
Lockdown gives animals rare break from noise pollution
17 April 2020 3:29 AMThe COVID-19 lockdown could become an unprecedented natural experiment in noise pollution. Some of the world’s most vocal animals — birds and whales —...
Excessive noise pollution in Lahore rings alarm
21 Sept 2020 6:54 AMThe noise pollution level in Lahore has crossed the World Health Organisations (WHO) acceptable threshold of 60-65 dB in various areas of the city as...
Traffic noise causes song learning deficits in birds: Study
16 May 2021 3:01 AMA new study by researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and colleagues shows that young zebra finches, just like children, are...
Act against noise pollution by religious institutions: Madras HC
28 Oct 2021 9:51 PMThe freedom to profess, practice and propagate religion granted under Article 25 of the Constitution also imposed certain conditions in the interest...