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INDIA
LOSES
POWER
1 More than 600 million people in India were left without power following one of
the world’s biggest blackouts to date. Three energy grids failed, sounding alarms
about the country’s infrastructure and the government’s capacity to provide
electricity for a rapidly growing and increasingly industrialized population.
Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde blamed the blackout on some of the dozen
states that went dark for taking more than their share of electricity. “I’ve given
instructions that whoever overdraws power will be punished,” he said.