Blackout

Argentina, Uruguay plunge into darkness after 'interconnection system' trips; efforts on to restore power

A massive outage blacked out Argentina and Uruguay on Sunday, leaving both South American countries without electricity, power companies said. Uruguay's system went down at 7:06 am (10:06 GMT), according to the Uruguayan power company UTE. Edenor, Argentina's largest electricity distributor, attributed the outage to a 'general failure in the interconnection system'.

Algeria suspends internet services across nation to tackle cheating during high school exams

Algeria had turned off its internet nationwide during high school exams in a bid to tackle cheating. Blackouts are expected continue throughout the exam season, till 25 June.

RIM's India MD Frenny Bawa Quits

The development comes close on heels of BlackBerry drawing flak from subscribers over a recent blackout of services

Going ape? Kenya power company says monkey caused nationwide 3-hour blackout

Kenya's power generation company says a monkey caused a three-hour nationwide blackout.

Pakistan: Karachi plunges into darkness after massive power breakdown

The breakdown was caused by a technical fault in one of the high voltage transmission lines supplying electricity to Karachi from the national grid, an electricity company's spokesperson said.

Blackouts highlight diesel needs, price problems

Hot weather across the country and a shortfall in annual monsoon rains had already pushed demand as the grid struggles to meet peak consumption.

Take hope from India's power and water failures

While liberalisation would be good for India, the chronic failures in power and water management are more pressing and the economic pay-off from improvement would be much greater

Blackout in North leaves 30 cr people without power

The lights in Delhi and seven states went out about 2 a.m and had not been restored by the morning rush-hour, leaving the capital's workers sweltering overnight, then stranded at metro stations in the morning as trains were cancelled.

Bangladesh plunged into darkness after power line from India breaks down

The interconnection line used for transmission of 450 megawatts at Bheramara in Kushtia district, tripped at 11:30 am, a source at Power Development Board (PDB) said.

Mumbai blackout: Tata Power, BEST play blame game

Tata Power claimed if BEST had procured power from the oil and gas-fired 500-MC Unit 6, the distribution company would have been able to meet the shortage