On Friday in Bishkek, the Ministers of Energy of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan signed a roadmap for the construction of the Kambarata HPP-1 on the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan, which will become the largest hydroelectric power plant in the region. This was reported by the ministries of energy of the three countries.

Uzbekistan is ranked as the 62th strongest army in the world out of the 145 countries considered in the annual Global Firepower 2023 Military Strength Ranking. In the 2022 ranking, Uzbekistan took 55nd place.

Reportedly, the priority would be to provide electricity, natural and liquefied gas, as well as coal to the publics and social facilities. To do this, the previously introduced restrictions on the operation of gas filling compressor stations will continue to apply.

Two convicts who escaped from the colony-settlement No. 30 of Zafarabad district of Jizzakh province were detained on the night of January 5-6 in one of the border districts of Andijan province, the Department for the Execution of Punishments under the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

Doc-1 Max and Ambronol syrups, imported to Uzbekistan by Quramax Medikal, were tested at laboratories before being imported at the Scientific Center for Standardization of Medicines, and conformity certificates were issued for them. However, related regulations were grossly violated during the tests, as a result of which low-quality drugs were allowed to be sold.

The State Statistics Committee unveiled Uzbekistan’s demographics in 100 years. Reportedly, in 1920, Uzbekistan’s permanent population was at 4.4 million people, and in 1930, this figure was equal to 4.9 million people.

Information surfaced on social networks that two convicts escaped from the colony-settlement #30 in Jizzakh province. According to the Department of Execution of Punishment of the Interior Ministry, on January 4, one of the convicts, who is serving his sentence in the colony, was placed in a therapy ward of Zafarabad district medical association.

Yunusabad district criminal court sentenced to 10-year imprisonment a 47-year-old man R. Sh., who was accused of molesting a 6-year-old girl, the press secretary of the Supreme Court, Aziz Abidov said.

Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Jamshid Khodjayev held meetings with the leadership of the Alat free economic zone and Baku International Sea Trade Port as part of his visit in Azerbaijan yesterday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan issued a statement expressing "deep concern" over the reported ban for Uzbek women and girls from studying in public and private institutions of higher education.

Uzhydromet published an emergency announce: a cold air mass formed in the northern areas of the European part of Russia will enter the territory of Uzbekistan on January 9 from the Volga region.

Finance TCI has become the majority shareholder in Kapitalbank, according to the Unified Corporate Information Portal. Finance TCI bought a package of 214.4 million shares of the bank (50% of the authorized capital) at exchange trading on December 28, 2022. The transaction value was 786.89 billion soums with a share price of 3,670 soums.

Two girls were found hanging in Peshku district of Bukhara province, reported the press secretary of the Prosecutor General's Office Khayot Shamsutdinov on Thursday.

Public medical insurance is planned to be launched in Tashkent city from July 1. This was announced at a meeting in the Ministry of Health on January 4 by the new Minister Amrillo Inoyatov, the Ministry of Health said.

Sberbank, the largest bank in Russia started registering its trademarks in Uzbekistan. Relevant information appeared in the database of the Portal of electronic intellectual property governmental services.

Since January 2023, the Angren thermal power plant has been withdrawn from trust management, announced the Angren mayor’s office. The information was also confirmed by the Ministry of Energy.

Former Prosecutor General Rashitjon Qodirov, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison on June 26, 2019, was released on parole. Abdurakhmon Tashanov, the director of the Ezgulik Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan, wrote about the release of "one of the former prosecutor general" without mentioning his name.

From January 1, 2023, the districts and cities of Uzbekistan have been divided into 5 categories, according to which tax incentives and subsidies will be applied to businesses located in them. The relevant decree was signed by the President of Uzbekistan on December 30, 2022.

Shukhrat Ganiev has been appointed to the position of Deputy Advisor to the President. He will in charge of development of economic sectors, investments and the implementation of foreign trade policy course, UzA said.

The Republican Center of Hydrometeorology today announced the weather forecast for Tashkent city on Thursday, January 5.