Nepal hit by 18-hour power cuts

From Sunday, in an unprecedented turn in Nepal’s history, the state-run Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has imposed what it calls a 18-hour power outage daily in a bid to cope with the power crisis. The...

Nepal declares power emergency, 14-hour daily outage likely

Pakistan is facing severe power crisis and now its neighbour Nepal has also reported  similar kind of crisis. Nepal, which used to have power surplus, faces a dismal future with its Maoist government announcing a power emergency. The Nepalese government declared a...

Karachi tormented by new wave of outages

Pakistan suffers acute power shortages because of inadequate generating capacity and theft of electricity from power lines. Electric load shedding is very common feature for the residents of Pakistan's biggest...

Strikes out power in Greece

For the third day running large areas of Greece have been without electricity. Strike action by the power worker's union, GENOP - DEH has meant that power outages have hit many areas of the country. The strike was...

And then the lights went out

I have to say it is very cold, but then again it is November. So why can't these highly paid electricity companies cope with a surge in demand? Supplies cut out in Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal,...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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