GLOBAL OUTAGE
What happens when telcos' DNS server is down
Internet outages in India on June 18 affected over 45,000 Reliance Jio users and 9,000 Bharti Airtel users due to DNS server downtime, impacting popular applications like WhatsApp and Facebook.
G-7 to set up semiconductor group to coordinate supply chains
G-7 leaders to announce plans for a semiconductor supply chain coordination group. Focus on subsea cable connectivity for Internet security and resilience, amid global chip shortage challenges.
Powering ahead: How India made big electricity blackouts a thing of the past
The present situation is a far cry from July 30 and 31, 2012, when India experienced the world's largest blackout. During that crisis, the northern and eastern grids collapsed due to overload, leaving 620 million people without power for more than 13 hours. Since then, significant improvements have transformed India’s transmission network into the world's largest unified grid.
Google outage affects millions: Issues reported with search, maps, and more
Google services experienced a significant global outage affecting platforms like Search, Maps, YouTube, News, and Gmail. Users reported issues starting at 6:00 PM IST, with disruptions peaking around 7:00 PM. Google acknowledged the problem with Search and is working on a fix, while users expressed their frustrations on social media. The outage impacted both mobile and desktop users across various regions.
Amid heatwave conditions, staying cool without creating heat remains essential
As Delhi sizzles at 45 degrees Celsius, many of us tend to overlook the ironic reality that the comfort provided by air conditioners contributes directly to global warming. With the increasing affordability of ACs and more countries, including India, meeting the rising demand for electricity, the use of air conditioners is escalating. According to a study, by 2050, the number of AC units is projected to reach 4.5 billion, a boon for appliance manufacturers but concerning for the Earth. The emissions of greenhouse gases resulting from AC usage are anticipated to lead to a 0.5-degree Celsius increase in global temperatures.
RBI action on Kotak Mahindra Bank may restrain credit growth, profitability: S&P
S&P Global Ratings warned that RBI's recent regulatory action on Kotak Mahindra Bank could limit the bank's credit growth and profitability. The RBI prohibited Kotak Mahindra Bank from issuing new credit cards and onboarding customers online, impacting a key growth segment. S&P noted the bank may need to rely more on physical branch expansion, increasing operating costs. However, the impact on the bank's credit rating is expected to be minimal, as credit cards constitute a small portion of its total loans. S&P anticipates that Kotak Mahindra Bank may need around a year to address the RBI's concerns related to system stability and disaster recovery.
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Apple services restored after brief outages globally
Issues were also reported on Apple's fitness service Apple Fitness+, as well as Arcade, Audiobooks, Books and Podcasts, according to Apple's system status pages for several countries reviewed by Reuters.
WhatsApp outage shakes India: Users react with hilarious memes
The recent WhatsApp outage in India left users unable to access the app on both web and mobile platforms for over an hour. Social media platforms buzzed with humorous memes and jokes under the hashtag #WhatsAppdown. WhatsApp promptly responded, assuring users of restoration efforts, and acknowledged the global impact of the outage.
Apple services restored after brief outages globally
Apple services, like the App Store and Apple Music, faced global outages affecting users in various countries. The issues, including those on Apple TV+ and Apple Fitness+, were resolved after more than an hour.
Meta's Instagram down for thousands, Downdetector shows
Per realtime outage monitoring platform Downdetector, over 1,000 users have reported having problems accessing the platform.
LinkedIn back up following brief outage
Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram saw a more than two-hour long outage on Tuesday that was caused by a technical issue and impacted hundreds of thousands of users globally.
The virtual world of social communications: Surviving mega-Meta-meltdown
Meta platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Threads) faced a global outage causing inconvenience to users. The incident revealed flaws in Meta's communication system and had a significant financial impact. It also raised concerns about Meta's reputation and user reliance on its platforms.
Facebook & Instagram suffer massive outage; issue seems to be resolved
Meta's Facebook, and Instagram have experienced outages in India, with nearly 15,381 people reporting Facebook outage and over 19,200 on Instagram. Meta Communications Director Andy Stone confirmed the company is working on the issue.
Coinbase says it's investigating issue on accounts showing zero balance
The outage comes after bitcoin hit $60,000 on Wednesday for the first time in more than two years, as a flurry of capital into new US spot bitcoin exchange-traded products fuelled a price rally in February.
White Paper: UPA left 62 crore in darkness due to India's largest power outage in 2012, Modi govt attacks Congress
The government criticized the UPA regime, citing the 2012 power outage affecting 62 crore people, as it presented a 'White Paper on the Indian Economy.' Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman outlined the economic mismanagement during UPA's tenure. The paper highlighted power sector woes, including idle generation capacity due to fuel shortages. It emphasized the precarious state of power supply upon NDA's 2014 arrival, citing critical coal stocks and inadequate transmission infrastructure.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT faces massive outage globally
Several users took to microblogging platform X (previously Twitter), stating that they were not able to access ChatGPT on Android smartphones and on the desktop.
Banks told to explore dashboard with real-time info on services
Service outages have been plaguing all lenders globally. Earlier this year, Canadian bank Laurentian replaced its chief executive after an IT outage. The bank noted that the new management's immediate priority would be to address the impact of a mainframe outage that occurred last month during a planned IT maintenance update. Amid all this, the RBI has asked banks to explore setting up a 'service availability web page' or SEWA dashboard that will help customers compare different banking facilities offered by lenders.
Social media platform X bounces back from massive outage, surpasses 47,405 reports: Downdetector
In a recent development, social media platform X, previously known as Twitter experienced an outage for a short while, but has since recovered, as indicated by data from Downdetector. The platform has amassed a staggering 47,405 outage reports, pointing towards widespread disruptions in user access and functionality.
India scrambles to add coal-fired power capacity, avoid outages: sources
The expansion drive comes ahead of this week's U.N. climate summit COP28, where France and the United States are expected to clamp down on financing for coal plants, a move that India, dependent on coal for 73% of power generation, plans to oppose.
Optus parent Singtel says safety systems, not routine upgrade, caused outage
More than 10 million Australians were hit by the network blackout at the Singapore Telecommunications-owned (SingTel) telecom firm on November 8, frustrating customers and raising wider concerns about its telecommunication infrastructure.
What would be the cost of a global Internet outage for one day? You would be surprised to know
If an internet outage occurs just for a single day, the US alone would face huge losses of around $11 billion. China is estimated to lose nearly $10 billion, according to the VPN service provider AtlasVPN. Meanwhile, the UK would lose around $3 billion, and Japan is expected to lose approximately $2.7 billion. An internet outage in Germany will likely cost up to $1.5 billion.
LSE outage halts some trading; blue chips spared
"The quicker we can get some news on what caused the incident, the quicker the market will be able to move on," she said. "We may see a little bit of volatility at the open tomorrow."
Instagram down for users globally
Photo and video-sharing app Instagram is down for users globally. The reason behind the outage has not yet been ascertained.
Instagram global outage sparks meme fest, netizens crown Twitter as 'the best app'
The outage incident took place just days after Instagram was unresponsive to hundreds of users.
Instagram suffered brief global outage due to technical issue; Details here
A spokesperson for Meta, which owns Instagram, confirmed that the image and video-sharing social media platform was down for thousands of users across the globe due to a ‘technical issue’.
Several Twitter users logged out from desktop accounts globally
Twitter users on desktops were logged out from their accounts globally early on Tuesday after the micro-blogging platform reportedly experienced a bug.
Spotify back up for most users after global outage
Many users took to Twitter to share updates and memes about the service disruption, with 'Spotify' trending at number seven in the US.
Instagram back after global outage: Downdetector
Instagram was down for thousands of users globally on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
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