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- Nearly 700 million people in India, or about 10 percent of the world’s population, are without power after the largest blackout in history.
www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/world/asia/power-outages-hit-600-million-in-india.html
Dec 19, 2019 · India shut down the internet 93 times this year, and a blackout in Kashmir is the world's longest.
Jul 5, 2023 · Tens of millions use online education services. Middle-class Indians rely on apps for taxis, groceries and food delivery, all of which come to a halt without internet access. Welfare provision,...
Jul 31, 2012 · India endured the world's largest power failure today (July 31), with a blackout that affected 700 million people, including the nation's capital of New Delhi. Trains and subway systems...
Two severe power outages affected most of northern and eastern India on 30 and 31 July 2012. The 30 July 2012 blackout affected over 400 million people and lasted about 13.5 hrs. During that period, it was the largest power outage in history by number of people affected, beating the January 2001 blackout in Northern India (230 million affected ...
Aug 19, 2020 · There were shutdowns in India’s largest state, Uttar Pradesh; in Modi’s home state, Gujarat; and even in Karnataka, whose tech-friendly capital, Bengaluru, is known as the Silicon Valley of...
Aug 1, 2012 · Today, power has been restored across India — but what’s the impact of the massive blackout, which hit more than half of the population? When 670 million people — more than 10% of the world...
Oct 19, 2023 · But by enforcing a digital blackout, critics say, the government can stifle dissent, cover up abuses and stymie independent reporting that challenges official accounts during times of conflict.
