China could carry out a cyber attack against India with the help of computer hardware and spare parts, according to a report by intelligence agencies. The agencies further believe that China would become an expert in such stealth attacks by 2017.

• August 21, 2012

Hong Kong-listed Indonesian coal mining company Agritrade Resources said demand for cheap energy alternatives from developing economies is not expected to wane. It supplies "sub-bituminous coal" - or lower grade thermal coal - which is seen an affordable source of energy for developing nations.

• August 20, 2012

Turkmenistan has sufficient gas to provide India's fast-growing economy with this fuel, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake told journalists.

• August 20, 2012

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov feels that Iran's nuclear problem is no more dangerous than other international problems, The Voice of Russia reported.

• August 18, 2012

Kazakhstan will not be supplying Iran with uranium, head of Kazakh national atomic company "Kazatomprom" Vladimir Shkolnick said, IA Novosti-Kazakhstan reported.

• August 15, 2012

India and Norway are collaborating on a research and development project to develop expertise to harvest geothermal energy and contribute to human resource development. The final report of this project is expected to be submitted in 2015. Inaugurating a one-day workshop on the joint project, the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology director AK Gupta said that geothermal energy is a clean sustainable energy source providing heat throughout the year.“As per estimates of Geological Survey of India, the country has the potential of generating 10,000 MW electricity from geothermal sources but it is estimated that the installed capacity for direct utilisation of this energy in India is only 265 MW though presently no electricity is generated from this resource.

• August 11, 2012

The longest section of the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China transit pipeline passes through Kazakhstan’s territory: it measures 1,115 kilometers in length, of the total 1,830-kilometer Turkmenistan-China distance. Kazakhstan is adding a dedicated export pipeline for its own gas exports to China. In combination, these developments (alongside planned oil exports) confer to Kazakhstan a major role in China’s energy security calculations.

• August 11, 2012

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov noted at a government meeting that the timely commissioning of major gas fields, including Galkynysh is provided by the strategic plans to steadily increase the supply of energy resources to world markets, the Turkmen government said on Thursday.

• August 10, 2012