Asia Infrastructure
Is India set to take on China's DeepSeek?
India to host open-source AI model as artificial intelligence sector heats up.
Pakistan urges World Bank to fund smart meter project
Pakistan’s Power Minister Awais Leghari has sought financial backing from the World Bank to install smart meters at distribution-level transformers.
China’s satellite internet provider Spacesail sets up in Kazakhstan
"Mega-constellation" company emerging as potential rival to Elon Musk's Starlink.
Cost of repairing Syria’s power infrastructure put at $40bn by electricity minister
Production facilities, transmission points, high voltage lines and distribution networks “ruined”, he says.
Microsoft to invest $3bn in India
Microsoft plans to invest $3bn in India over two years to expand cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and bolster its workforce's skills, company Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella announced on January 7
China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway officially launched, but sidetracked at least until summer
Project moving forward under yellow signal.
International highway tears through Bosnia’s rural heartlands
Corridor Vc has been portrayed as a panacea for Bosnia’s economic woes, but local residents say it threatens their hard-won peace and prosperity.
Balancing growth and sustainability: Southeast Asia’s energy dilemma
With its rapidly growing economies, booming populations, and increasing urbanisation, Southeast Asia is witnessing a tremendous surge in energy demand
Where does nuclear power-use stand in post-COP29 Asia?
It is now a month since COP29 opened its doors to delegates from around the world in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan on November 11
Pakistan could quit TAPI as India now “extremely lukewarm” on gas pipeline project, says report
Demise of investment would deal major blow to Turkmenistan, which badly needs to diversify its gas exports.