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Hyderabad News
Electricity department issues safety tips for kite flying
Hyderabad: Ahead of Makar Sankranti festival this year, The Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited (TSSPDCL) on Monday issued a public advisory to avoid flying kites near electrical installations. Sankranti…
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Middle East
Iran gives free water, gas, and electricity to 30 million citizens
Iran’s government has approved a plan to provide free water, gas, and electricity to 30 million citizens. The plan is targeted to support low-income strata families of Iran, who are…
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India
Odisha becomes a power surplus state: Officials
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has become a power the surplus state as it has been making significant strides towards green energy generation, officials said on Tuesday. The average annual power demand of the…
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Kashmir
J&K’s Machil gets electricity 74 years after Independence
Hyderabad: For the first time after 74 years of India’s independence, Machil Sector in Kupwada district gets 24-hour power supply. Until now, electricity was being provided to 20 villages in the Machil…
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India
BJP uses electricity bills, Kejriwal’s strength against him
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal may have come to power riding on his popular free electricity scheme in Delhi up to 200 units, but it is the electricity bills now that…
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Entertainment
Nimrat Kaur, Soha Ali Khan complains of inflated power bills
Mumbai: Actresses Nimrat Kaur, Soha Ali Khan and Neha Dhupia are the latest Bollywood celebrities to complain about inflated electicity bills. Residents across Mumbai have been complaining about abnormally high electricity…
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India
Amphan toll rises to 85 in Bengal; protests over electricity
Kolkata: The death toll due to Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal has risen to 85, as angry Kolkatans resorted to protest and road blockades in various parts of the city…
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News
TS: Industries requests Govt for relief in energy bills
Hyderabad: The Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTCCI) on behalf of Telangana Industries appealed to the Government to give relief in energy bills to industries in the…
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Hyderabad News
CM approves new tariff for electricity
Hyderabad: CM of TS KCR has approved the enhancement of electricity tariff. It is probable that these new rates will be applicable from 1stApril. This enhancement will be applicable for…
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India
15 lakh electricity workers to hold nationwide boycott on Jan 8
Lucknow: The electricity workers here have announced a nationwide boycott from work on January 8 to protest against privatisation of electricity, the unification of electricity corporations and to restore the…
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Technology
IIT researchers use wet clothes to generate electricity
Kharagpur: Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, Mechanical department here have generated electricity from clothes drying in natural ambience. The research was done at a ‘dhobi ghat’ using…
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India
UP govt plans prepaid smart electricity meters from Nov 15
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to install prepaid smart meters for electricity consumption from mid-November. “We are planning to install prepaid smart meters for electricity consumption from 15…
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Delhi
BJP says it will withdraw free electricity scheme: AAP
New Delhi: Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday accused that the BJP will withdraw the scheme of giving free 200 unit electricity and said this shows that the party…
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Delhi
Delhi announces free 200 units of electricity for tenants
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday extended the benefit of subsidized power connections to tenants in the national capital to avail free 200 units of electricity. Making…
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Hyderabad News
Irregularities in electricity purchase: Scam expose today
Congress MP of Lok Sabha, Revant Reddy alleged TRS Government that it committed irregularities in purchasing electricity from private parties. He promised that he would release the proof of this…
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News
Pakistan PM’s office faces power cut over dues
Islamabad: The electricity supply to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Secretariat faces disconnection over non-payment of bills running into crores of rupees. The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) issued a…
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Crime and Accident
Punjab: Man chained and thrashed by 5 men, one arrested
Moga: A man was chained and thrashed by five men in Gholia Khurd village of Moga. “Five people had chained and thrashed the man. They suspected that he had complained…
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India
Priyanka takes swipe over poor electricity supply in UP hospitals
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday hit out at the Yogi Aditynath-led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over the poor electricity supply to government hospitals, claiming…
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Business
Electricity tariff hiked in Kerala, opposition cries foul
Thiruvananthapuram: Acting on the request of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission on Monday hiked the electricity charges across all segments of consumers, with…
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News
Massive blackouts leave 55 million people without electricity in S America
Buenos Aires [Argentina]: South American countries like Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay were left in a complete blackout on Sunday due to a “massive failure” in an electrical interconnection system, according…
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India
Trishuli village has no electricity 71 years after India’s Independence
Balrampur: The villagers of Trishuli in Balrampur district complained of being forced to live in darkness for the last seven decades despite the availability of electricity poles in the region.…
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Crime and Accident
Fire at Indore power house, city’s electricity supply affected
Indore: A fire broke out in the transformer of the main power house of the electricity department in Indore on Thursday night. The fire engulfed the entire power house. Firefighting…
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Health
Electric field-based dressing fights bacterial infections
New York: Amid growing antibiotic resistance, Indian-origin researchers have developed a way to charge up the fight against bacterial infections using electricity. The electric field-based dressing can not only disrupt…
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World
Maduro alleges cyber attack on energy facility following blackout
Caracas: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro alleged that one of the country’s energy facilities came under a cyber attack on Saturday (local time), leading to the disruption of efforts in restoring…
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