Load Shedding

Health expert Rujuta Diwekar took to her Instagram account and shared a video in which she offered unusual advice to young girls. She warned them not to marry a guy who cannot cook something as basic as dal chawal. She went on to explain that no load sharing in the kitchen leads to load shedding.

In Kashmir winter, rising sales of inverters is posing a great problem

As temperatures drop and the Jammu & Kashmir valley goes dark, those who can afford are buying power inverters and fuel-guzzling generators. But the need is for more constant power that is better for the environment.

Rule to compensate consumers for gratuitous load shedding must be implemented by state power regulators: RK Singh

"State governments are free to declare subsidies but they have to be paid for. Power is not free and it has to be paid for," the Union minister said.

Heat Wave: A look at Govt's precautionary measures as scorching summer scare looms large

For instance, expecting a surge in demand for coal by power plants during the summer, the railways has increased its coal transportation by 11.92 percent in terms of tonnage.

Maharashtra CM to meet state utility brass today to resolve worsening power crisis

State Energy Minister Nitin Raut on April 15 warned of an energy crisis in the state amid low coal stock to fire thermal power plants, and blamed the Centre for poor management of coal supply

Comment | Discom defaults: who will bell the cat?

While it is easy to blame discoms, remember that they are also under political pressure to not increase tariffs and turn a blind eye towards theft etc

See Nifty earnings growth @ 8% in FY16, 20% in FY17: IIFL

Prabodh Agrawal of IIFL Institutional Equities has sharply reduced this year's Nifty earnings estimate to 8 percent from 16-17 percent at the beginning of the year

Tough market, but TTK Prestige hopes to grow 10-15% in FY14

For the last ten years, the company has given guidance and maintained it. But this year, TTK Prestige's TT Jagannathan finds it difficult to predict. Depending upon the power situation in the south, the economy, the growth, he feels the company should be able to achieve around 10-15 percent.

Industries in Maha won't face load shedding from May: CM

The industries in Maharashtra will not be subjected to load shedding from the month of May, state chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said here today.

Powercuts.in: Mapping India's power cuts

A crowdsourcing initiative tracks specifics of power outages in India. It needs more contributors to make an impact.