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
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Instant ‘gate-cane’ weddings in parched Marathwada supply desperate labour to sugar industry
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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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
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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