Last Updated: May 01, 2024, 13:45 IST Congress MLA Raju Kage threatens voters in open during an election campiagn. (Image: X/@SureshNakhua) The Chikkodi’s Kagwad MLA’s comments came while he was campaigning for the Congress party for the Lok Sabha elections Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Congress MLA from Karnataka Raju Kage sparked a controversy … Read more
This G7 will need to look for innovative models to accelerate investments, including private-public partnerships, Pichetto Fratin said. “We certainly need to revise the financial system, to find mechanisms that overcome the current voluntary system,” he said. While Italy, which currently holds the rotating G7 presidency, is in a leadership position at this weekend’s … Read more
The World Bank Group announced Wednesday it is partnering with the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in an ambitious effort to provide at least 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by 2030. The bank, in a statement on Wednesday, said it will work to connect 250 million people to electricity through distributed renewable … Read more
Last November, the Voyager 1 spacecraft began sending gibberish radio signals back to Earth. Engineers have now identified the problem, but trying to repair a 46-year-old device on a craft 24 billion kilometres from Earth is not easy. Voyager 1 and its twin Voyager 2 were both launched in 1977 on a reconnaissance mission to … Read more
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. Keep up with the latest news on our Climate and Environment page. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox every Thursday. This week: A Toronto school uncovered a buried stream and transformed its schoolyard A record-breaking solar highrise in Halifax Manitoba Food Rescue Grocery grows to save more … Read more
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution (PHED) Company has explained the reason behind the current blackout in Akwa Ibom State, South-south Nigeria. The electricity distribution company made the explanation in a statement posted on its X handle on Saturday. “Kindly be informed that the outage currently experienced in Uyo, Eket and Ikot Ekpene is as a … Read more
The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan during the morning rush hour Wednesday, killing nine people, stranding dozens of workers at quarries and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings. The quake, which also injured more than 1,000, was centered off the coast of rural, mountainous Hualien County, where some buildings … Read more
The total number of electricity customers in Nigeria stood at 12.12 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. The bureau revealed this in its Nigeria electricity report detailing energy bills, revenue generated, and customers by DisCos (Q4 2023), which was published on Monday. “Total customer … Read more
As part of a Multi-Year Price Determination (MYPD) deal, a 12.74% April 2024 power increase comes into effect today (Monday 1 April 2024). Cash-strapped South Africans are battling to make ends meet as it is, with fuel prices increasing this month and the cost of living climbing on all fronts, too. APRIL 2024 POWER INCREASE … Read more
Last month, Zelenskyy removed Valerii Zaluzhnyi as head of the armed forces. He was appointed Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom earlier this month. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s air force said on Saturday that Russia launched 12 Shahed drones overnight, nine of which were shot down, and fired four missiles into eastern Ukraine. Russia has unleashed a barrage of … Read more
