Agencies The entire state of South Australia lost electricity after severe winds and storms lashed the region, according to Adelaide-based SA Power Networks. The distributor, which services about 850,000 homes and businesses, said that Australia’s fourth-largest state by area is currently without power and there is “no upstream supply from the transmission network.” The state — about one and …

  Bloomberg India has more than doubled the amount of coal small and medium companies can buy as the country aims to boost domestic sales of the fuel to reduce a glut. The cap was raised to 10,000 metric tons a year, from 4,200 tons set almost nine years ago, the coal ministry said in a notice. The new guidelines …

  Kuala Lumpur / AFP An airbag made by Takata — the Japanese firm at the heart of the auto industry’s biggest-ever safety recall — ruptured after a crash in Malaysia which killed the driver, Honda said on Wednesday. “Honda has confirmed that the Takata single stage driver’s airbag inflator ruptured in a crash… in Malaysia” the carmaker said in …