Power Outage

Why Centre's Rs 3 lakh crore scheme is a lifeline for India's discoms facing near financial outage due to losses

From transmission losses to low tariffs to red-tapism, India's power discoms are plagued by issues on various fronts

Power supply fully restored in Pakistan's Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore; cause of outage still unknown

Several cities in the country plunged into darkness on Saturday night due to a fault in the power distribution system, the government said

Watch: Broadway choir breaks into impromptu performance in Manhattan during New York power outage

When a massive blackout plunged much of Manhattan into darkness on 13 June evening, a choir and the casts of Broadway musicals entertained tourists with impromptu performances in the street.

New York authorities scramble to restore electricity in Manhattan as power outage stalls businesses on Saturday evening

Authorities were scrambling to restore electricity to Manhattan following a power outage that knocked out Times Square’s towering electronic screens, darkened marquees in the theatre district and left businesses without electricity, elevators stuck and subway cars stalled.

Taiwan: Typhoon Nesat injures 103, 'Begonia' on its way; 180 kmph winds recorded

Taiwan braced for its second storm in two days after Typhoon Nesat battered the island, leaving 103 injured while causing floods and power outages.

After power outage, Delta Airlines limping back to normality

Delta Air Lines faces a "time-consuming process" to restore normal operations and get stranded passengers to their destinations after a power outage caused more than 1,600 flight cancellations over two days, a top executive said on Tuesday.

US official sees more cyber attacks on industrial control systems

A U.S. government cyber security official warned that authorities have seen an increase in attacks that penetrate industrial control system networks over the past year, and said they are vulnerable because they are exposed to the Internet.

U.S. firm blames Russian 'Sandworm' hackers for Ukraine outage

U.S. cyber intelligence firm iSight Partners said on Thursday it has determined that a Russian hacking group known as Sandworm caused last month's unprecedented power outage in Ukraine.

Security scare for Rajnath Singh after power failure at BSF ceremony

In the second security scare for Rajnath Singh at a CRPF building in NewDelhi, the Union Home Minister had to spend anxious minutes in a dark hall on Friday as the power of the building, where he had gone to attend a BSF function, tripped just before his arrival.

Pakistan: Karachi hit by massive power breakdown

Electricity transmission from the national grid to Karachi was abruptly suspended, causing a power shutdown in the city.