Another syrup produced by an Indian firm Marion Biotech is said to have been withdrawn from sale after 19 children died after taking Doc-1 Max cough syrup produced by the said firm.

The chief physician of the children's multidisciplinary medical center of the Samarkand province, Professor Mamatkul Azizov, who reported the death of children after taking the Doc-1 Max cough syrup produced by the Indian Marion Biotech, was fired, the Ministry of Health said.

Overground metro to be erected in Andijan, said president Mirziyoyev at a meeting with teachers. It is noted that the overground metro will be erected from downtown Andijan to the New Andijan microdistrict.

Local executive power bill has been put for public input. For more accountability of the local executive body to the local representative body, it is proposed to introduce the procedure of a no confidence vote to the mayor.

On December 28, at the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, the Deputy Minister/chief of the negotiating group on Uzbekistan's accession to the WTO, Badriddin Abidov, met with the Permanent Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Uzbekistan, Kevin Ross.

Experimental batch of JET A-1 aviation fuel for gas turbine engines has been received at the Ferghana Oil Refinery (FOR), the Ministry of Energy reported.

The legal head of the Marion Biotech Pharma Company, Hasan Raza on Thursday said that the manufacturing of the cough syrup has been halted and assured to take action as per the reports conducted by the government.

On December 28, the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade hosted a meeting to discuss the progress of the creation of an Uzbek-Turkmen border trade zone in Shavat district of Khorezm region, the MIFT said.

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has initiated a probe in connection with the death of 18 children in Uzbekistan allegedly linked to a cough syrup manufactured by an Indian firm, official sources said on Thursday.

Bill on approval of the Water Code aimed at regulating water-related relations was announced. The main proposed goals of the Code are:

The Senate at the 36th plenary session on Tuesday approved a new version of the Restricting the distribution and consumption of alcohol and tobacco products Bill. The Bill was passed by the Legislative Chamber on 25 October. The bill specifies in detail and significantly expands the list of public places where the use of these products is prohibited.

Kyrgyzstan may allow Uzbeks to stay in the country for 30 days without registration. This was proposed by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic.

President’s draft Approval of an international treaty Decree has been published. The draft Decree was developed in order to implement the domestic procedures necessary for the entry into force of the agreement on the introduction of a simplified customs corridor between the governments of the member states of the Organization of Turkic States, signed in Samarkand on November 11, 2022.

The Senate at the 36th plenary session on Tuesday approved a new version of the Restricting the distribution and consumption of alcohol and tobacco products Bill. The Bill was passed by the Legislative Chamber on 25 October.

Uzbekistan delegation, led by the director of the National Narcotics Control Information and Analysis Center under the Cabinet of Ministers, attended the Vienna meeting of the advisory group of the Paris Pact Initiative, the most important structure for combating the illegal circulation of Afghan opiates in Afghanistan, and the session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (UNODC).

Negotiations were held between the Deputy PM Jamshid Khodjaev and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif as part of the visit of the Uzbekistan government delegation to Pakistan on Tuesday.

The State Security Service announced the launch of a criminal case into the death of 18 children who took Doc-1 Max syrup manufactured by the Indian company Marion Biotech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin offered the participants of the informal summit of the CIS countries rings with the symbols of the Commonwealth on Tuesday.

Today, the Foreign minister Vladimir Norov hosted the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to Uzbekistan Hassan Hamza Asad Hashem.

Export of IT services by Uzbekistan firms will top US$ 100 million in 2022 announced the Information Technologies and Communications Development Minister Sherzod Shermatov, Dunyo reported.