South Asia is looking at an energy abyss. Millions of its people have no access to electricity or any other energy. This has put the brakes on the high growth rates in what should have been a dynamic region. High dependence on petroleum import coupled with mismanagement of their energy sector has made the SAARC countries extremely vulnerable. Cooperation could be a way out. Latha Jishnu travels across Pakistan to find out if India and its largest neighbour can set aside their mutual distrust and find solutions for the energy security of the region.
Feasibility studies for the multi-billion-dollar conducted
Iran is focusing on exporting natural gas to India along a deep-sea route — the move coinciding with the cancellation of a loan to Islamabad to build the Pakistani section of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and the signing of the Geneva nuclear accord that could help relax sanctions against Tehran.
Some 500 families who were long deprived of electricity in the remote villages of the Nunggaha Yaya, Gurumada Mw, Omalpe Medawathugoda, Galkandagoda, Vijeriya Udagama, Nandanagama and Ginigalgoda a
This is the fourth report in a series of comprehensive studies of internet freedom around the globe and covers developments in 60 countries that occurred between May 2012 and April 2013. Indicates that internet freedom worldwide is in decline, with 34 out of 60 countries including India, assessed in the report experiencing a negative trajectory during the coverage period.
