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PM Modi's bid for a blackout could trip power grids — Here's what happened the last two times India had a massive power outage
This Sunday on April 5 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the country’s 1.3 billion peo…
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India's power grids gear up for 1.3 billion people switching of their lights on April 5
There have been concerns that the blackout may impact the electricity grid due sudden drop in peak …
PTI
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Myanmar enters its second year of internet blackout - the longest in the world
Myanmar's government has been battling the Arakan Army (AA), an armed group fighting for the ind…
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Alec Baldwin faced backlash for promoting his interview with Woody Allen on Blackout Tuesday, but he's not backing down
Baldwin called Blackout Tuesday the "national day of whatever" and said people's lives "cannot be p…
Jacob Sarkisian
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268 million people had their internet shut off by government-imposed blackouts in 2020, up 49% from 2019
Per a report from digital security and rights group Top10VPN, 93 major internet shutdowns took plac…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Myanmar has had an internet blackout for a year. Some of its citizens still don't know there's a pandemic.
On 21 June 2019, Myanmar imposed an internet blackout on 9 cities and townships.
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Massive winter storms across the US forced COVID-19 vaccinations to grind to a halt in several states
States including Texas, Missouri, Alabama, and New Hampshire have paused their vaccination programs.
Julie Gerstein
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To prevent Coronavirus from spreading in jails, Tripura and Mizoram release 900 prisoners on bail
According to an official release of Mizoram government, a high powered committee headed by Gauha…
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India's iconic 'Common Man' wears a facemask in Mumbai to raise awareness around Coronavirus
R.K. Laxman’s daily comic strips about the ‘Common Man’ has always represented the average Indian’s…
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India registers 2,59,170 new COVID-19 cases in a day, pushing the tally to 1,53,21,089 cases
Registering a steady increase for the 41st day in a row, the active cases increased to 20,31,977…
PTI
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There is hope: All the reasons to be optimistic about the end of the coronavirus crisis
If you're in lockdown right now, it's likely because the government is using a dumb quarantine - re…
Jim Edwards
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton threatens to sue the city of Austin if it doesn't lift its mask mandate
Gov. Greg Abbott has lifted the statewide mask mandate, but Austin said it would continue to enforc…
Grace Dean
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Democrats are planning at least another $2 trillion in stimulus spending, shrugging off growing debt
Senate Republicans are likely to press for targeted spending, which could spark a clash in Congress…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Global stocks trade at record highs on vaccine hopes and chances of fresh US stimulus
A series of rolling blackouts took around 1 million barrels of oil production offline and closed re…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Kanika Kapoor tests negative for Coronavirus — but she’ll have to clear it one more time just to be sure
The event had over 200 high profile guests in attendance — including former Rajasthan chief mi…
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Kimberly Guilfoyle's RNC speech summed up the Trump campaign's new mantra: 'Vote for Trump or Die'
Guilfoyle warned voters of a nightmarish future. But for millions of Americans the nightmare is alr…
Anthony L. Fisher
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COVID-19 is hitting Rohingya Muslims in the world's biggest refugee camp, and humanitarian groups are fearing mass infection
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, is home to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees — one of the …
Robert Leslie
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The pandemic could lead to a 'baby bust' of almost half a million fewer births, a major think tank projects
The coronavirus pandemic could result in 300,000 to 500,000 fewer births in 2021, per Brookings eco…
Juliana Kaplan
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Times Square billboards went dark for one minute to show support for struggling restaurants and hospitality businesses
Some of Times Square's iconic signage went dim to spotlight how insurers are using loopholes to get…
Natalie Colarossi
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Lebanon's devastating blast came in the middle of an unprecedented economic crisis, frequent power outages, and hospitals struggling to contain the coronavirus
Tuesday's explosion at the port in Beirut, the capital city, killed at least 100 people and injured…