Internet blackouts cause economic losses, unreliable user experience: ISocIndia has been warned about its lack of transparency over the procedures adopted for mandating Internet shutdowns, as indefinite blackouts ...
14 Apr, 2023, 06.33 PM IST
ETtech Weekend Briefing: 551 days without 4G, Budget & BezosInternet shutdowns are estimated to have cost India Rs 20,235 crore in 2020 alone. That’s 70% of what they cost the entire world that year.
06 Feb, 2021, 08.58 AM IST
State power utilities gear up for blackout on SundayState load dispatch centres and transmission utilities are gearing up to deal with the possibility of any adverse impact on the electricity...
04 Apr, 2020, 01.43 PM IST
Telecom group red flags Internet blackouts in RajasthanThe Vasundhara Raje-ruled state, according to the letter, is adversely impacting the Centre’s Digital India mission, and the frequent suspe...
10 Aug, 2018, 03.27 PM IST
Internet shutdown cost Indian economy $3 billion from 2012-17: StudyThe study observed impact of Internet shutdown across various devices and ecosystem linked to them.
25 Apr, 2018, 10.38 PM IST
Contrary to government's claims, small towns, rural areas still suffer from power outagesDuring March 2016, 61 per cent of locations experienced outages for more than 15 hours, 41 per cent for more than 30 interruptions each mor...
26 Jul, 2016, 10.47 AM IST
Power distribution arms of Reliance Infrastructure and Tata Power faces severe financial crunchThe companies are seeking Power Purchase Adjustment Charges (PPAC) to compensate them for fluctuations in fuel cost.
25 Mar, 2015, 11.26 PM IST
Nagaland government writes to I&B ministry; wants ban on some pages of FacebookNagaland police has arrested 50 persons in connection with public lynching of the rape accused Syed Farid Khan last week.
14 Mar, 2015, 03.47 PM IST
India's broadcast & media industry to miss ratings data when TAM gives way to BARCThe industry is expected to use the last of TAM data at the end of February while BARC will begin rolling out data in April, said a senior ...
05 Feb, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Textiles ministry seeks funds for tech upgradeTUFS, a flagship scheme of the textiles ministry that was launched in 1999, offers interest and capital subsidy for modernisation of textil...
28 Jun, 2014, 12.54 PM IST
Spill at Kudankulam nuclear power plant hurts six workers, no radiation leakThe plant has faced local opposition for a quarter of a century and witnessed violent protests in 2012 by villagers who said it was a threa...
14 May, 2014, 07.42 PM IST
Bihar, Jharkhand and Andhra discoms get time to join financial rejig schemeGovt has extended deadlines for the financial restructuring package of state utilities to help Bihar, AP and Jharkhand.
29 Nov, 2013, 04.10 AM IST
- CERC seeks details on Grid failure from POSOCO by May 15
CERC has sought detailed information from POSOCO, on the country's worst ever power failure that occurred in July last year.
02 May, 2013, 01.37 PM IST
NTPC to snap power supply to Rajasthan from Sunday for non-payment of duesConsumers in Rajasthan could face power blackout beginning this Sunday as NTPC Ltd has threatened to snap power supply.
10 Jan, 2013, 11.17 AM IST
- Looking back at India in year 2012
Leading on from the year 2011, corruption continued to be a focus issue this year too.
30 Dec, 2012, 01.31 PM IST
Was power grid failure a 'normal accident'?The enquiry committee into the 2 massive power failure said that no single factor was responsible for grid disturbances on 30th and 31st Ju...
13 Sep, 2012, 06.53 AM IST
- Power grid failure: Agra line gave hints of impending collapse
Initial investigations by POSOCO has found that the grid disturbances were a result of overloading on Bina-Gwalior-Agra transmission sectio...
03 Aug, 2012, 05.59 AM IST