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Of the world's 1.3 billion people who live without access to power, a quarter - about 300 million - live in rural India in states such as Bihar. Nighttime satellite images of the sprawling subcontinent show the story: Vast swaths of the country still lie in darkness.

Of the world's 1.3 billion people who live without access to power, a quarter - about 300 million - live in rural India in states such as Bihar. Nighttime satellite images of the sprawling subcontinent show the story: Vast swaths of the country still lie in darkness.