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Beijing's Australian coal ban backfires, industrial units fail to fulfil o
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 19 (ANI): Beijing's week-old ban imposed on Australian coal by Commerce Ministry backfired as the industrial parks are facing sudden blackouts resulting into non-fulfilment of the overseas orders thereby eating into its GDP growth.
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Over 50 injured as Typhoon Haishen hits Japan
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 7 (ANI): More than 50 people have been injured and four have gone missing as typhoon Haishen battered Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu, causing massive blackouts and disrupting transportation, Kyodo News reported.
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Toll rises to 35 as typhoon Hagibis lashes Japan
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Oct 13 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 35 people have so far been killed and 17 others are missing as typhoon Hagibis ripped through Japan including Tokyo's metropolitan area, causing multiple rivers to overflow and power blackouts in 376,000 houses.
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Venezuela: Fresh blackouts hit several districts in Caracas
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], July 4 (ANI): Fresh blackouts have swept several districts in the Venezuelan capital Caracas after an accident disrupted the electricity supply in Baruta, according to a government official..
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Massive blackouts leave 55 million people without electricity in S America
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], June 16 (ANI): 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 to Edesur which is a Buenos Aires-based electricity distributor.
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Human Rights Watch raps India for '20 Internet Shutdowns in 2017'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June. 17 (ANI): India has received an earful from the Human Rights Watch, who in its recent report stated the nation has shut down the internet in various regions 20 times in the first five months of this year, and that four of those blackouts have taken place this month,
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