Power Grid
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Why is India unable to provide 24x7 electricity despite building more power stations?
Unless distribution companies pay their record debt, which will reach Rs 2.6 lakh crore by 2020, it won’t be possible to increase power generation.
Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com
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Video: More than 70 years after independence, Elephanta Island finally has permanent power supply
It is home to around 1,200 people, engaged in fishing, farming and tourism activities, who managed their lives so far with diesel generators.
Ramakrishnan M
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India could soon have more electricity than it needs – but power cuts are not going away
Is having electricity generation capacity enough when consumers can't afford it?
Mayank Jain
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Can BJP use Ram as a campaign tool during the election?
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Here comes the sun: Indian consumers go solar as costs plunge
Although it still faces issues, solar power is competitive with newly-built thermal, hydro and nuclear power plants.
Amit Bhandari, IndiaSpend.com
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India’s power utilities owe banks $90 billion (enough to wipe clean the fiscal deficit)
The country is in desperate need of electricity reforms, a new report reveals.
Amit Bhandari, IndiaSpend.com
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India has electrified 96% villages, but is still far from taking power to all homes
A report shows that electrification of villages doesn't necessarily correlate with rural homes getting power.
Chaitanya Mallapur, IndiaSpend.com
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted