NOISE LEVELS

Something in your ear?

Scientists identify the gene behind hereditary deafness

JAPAN

Making the wrong noises

Frequency check

Frequency-based methods can improve noise-control laws

Durga's decibels

MAKING SOME NOISE

NOISY FIREWORKS

PLUG POLLUTION

Smart windows

VEHICULAR POLLUTION STUDY

Plane and calm

The countdown to phase-out noisy planes in the US has begun

Stealth flier

Compensation

Earful of noise

What is supposed to be a receptacle for sound, sometimes makes quite a racket itself

Silent ride

A new technology may reduce noise pollution from trains to half

Noisy Mumbai

Shunted out

Pakistan plans to take two-stroke engine autorickshaws off the roads

Firecrackers banned

Oasis of quiet

FESTIVAL>>NOISE • Australia

Occupational hazard

QUARRYING CRUSHED

AN END TO BLASTS

DIWALI DAMAGE-CONTROL

BENGAL "AZAAN" ISSUE