The Daily Populous

Sunday April 29th, 2018 evening edition

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New Delhi: All Indian villages now have access to electricity.

With the electricity now reaching all villages through the marque Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), it is being termed as a game changer moment for readying the country towards achieving universal electricity access.

According to the government data, all of India’s 597,464 census villages have been electrified.

During the project work it was found out that an additional 1275 villages also didn’t have electricity access.

As of 28 April, all these villages have got electricity access either through the national grid or off grid solutions.

The last village to be provided off grid electricity access was Pakol village in Churachandpur district of Manipur.

Leisang, the last Indian village where the national electricity grid reached. »

North Korea nuclear test site to close in May, South Korea says

Authored by bbc.com

Image copyright DigitalGlobe Image caption A satellite image of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea.

North Korea's nuclear test site will close in May, the South Korean president's office has said.

On Friday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in agreed to work to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons. »

15 Great Prince Songs That Were Hits for Other Artists

Authored by rollingstone.com

Technically, the raspy 1983 Wild Heart dance track "Stand Back," was written by Nicks herself – but Nicks has said it "belongs" to Prince.

She wrote "Stand Back" start to finish that day, humming along to the Prince single.

He "walked over to the synthesizers that were set up, was absolutely brilliant for about 25 minutes and then left," she later told Timothy White. »

Fake five-star reviews being bought and sold online

Authored by bbc.com

Fake online reviews are being openly traded on the internet, a BBC investigation has found.

BBC 5 live Investigates was able to buy a false, five-star recommendation placed on one of the world's leading review websites, Trustpilot.

It also uncovered online forums where Amazon shoppers are offered full refunds in exchange for product reviews. »