Economic Weakness is Complicated by Grid Shutdown Leaving Indians Without Power as Angry Voters

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Monster power cut blacks out more than half of India

AFP – A massive power failure hit India for the second day running Tuesday as three regional power grids collapsed, blacking out more than half the country in a crisis affecting over 600 million people. Hundreds of miners were trapped underground in the eastern state of West Bengal when the lifts failed.