According to the Uzhydromet, tomorrow, on April 13, the temperature will surpass 37 degrees celsius in Karakalpakstan, as well as in Navoi, Bukhara, Khorezm, Kashkadarya and Surkhandarya provinces.

On April 12-13, the first meeting of the Central Asian-Indian Joint Working Group on the joint use of the infrastructure of the Chabahar seaport (Iran) will take place in Mumbai, Dunyo reported.

Case of the former chief of Khorezm provincial department of justice and the former head of the provincial department for emergency situations will be considered in Tashkent city.

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will attend the fourth ministerial conference of Afghanistan's neighboring countries in Uzbekistan.

First sweet cherry has ripened on April 10 in one of the households of Yangarik village of Termez district of Surkhandarya province, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement.

Uzbek and Kyrgyz experts have commenced the restoration of the underground gas storage facility in Sokh region for its joint use, the press service of Uztransgaz said.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today spoke to the Russian president Vladimir Putin over the telephone and discussed priority measures aimed at ensuring the upward trend in the two-way trade and the progress of joint projects, the presidential press service said.

World Bank recommended the Uzbekistan authorities raise the retirement age, with Uzbekistan remaining the only former Soviet republic where the retirement age is at 55 for women and 60 for men.

Tashkent City Mayor Shavkat Umurzakov received the Russian ambassador Oleg Malginov on Monday, the Tashkent City Mayor’s office said.

Veterans’ advocacy groups sued the U.S. Department of Defense on Monday seeking records of toxic conditions at an air base in Uzbekistan blamed for causing cancer and other illnesses among American troops who served there in support of the war in Afghanistan.

In January-March 2023, the total amount of cash receipts (cash and through points of sale) topped 140.8 trillion soums, or US$ 12.8 billion, recording a 37.0% increase to the same period in 2022, the Central Bank said in the Brief Review of Cash Circulation report.

Microsoft Corporation will open a multi-regional hub in Kazakhstan for Central Asia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Mongolia and Pakistan, Orda with reference to the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan said.

The flow of parallel imports to Russia, which in 2022 surpassed $20 billion, has led to a shortage of warehouse capacities in the CIS countries. In Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, there are virtually no free spaces; in Belarus, the vacancy rate in logoparks does not exceed 2.8% out of 1.6 million sqms of finished facilities, and in Uzbekistan - 4.5% of 207 thousand sqms.

On Monday, with the passage of the atmospheric front in the central and eastern provinces, it will rain in the Tashkent province and the provinces of the Fergana Valley - heavy in places, hail is possible in some areas, Uzhydromet reported.

Law enforcement agencies detained the deputy mayor of Izbaskan district of Andijan province in charge of investment, industry and trade, A. Karimov on Saturday, the Prosecutor General's Office said.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Syrdarya province, where he attended an extraordinary session of the provincial council of people's deputies in Gulistan. In his remarks. Shavkat Mirziyoyev underscored that the results achieved are now history, and there are still many opportunities for the socio-economic development of the province.

Peshku district man of Bukhara region cut off the ears of a donkey, after which the animal died. The incident was reported on Saturday morning by the Mehr va Oqibat Animal Welfare Society.

On April 7, 2023, a ceremony of handing over equipment to the Society of the Blind of Uzbekistan took place in Tashkent as part of the grant program “Grants of assistance to small-scale social projects to ensure human security”, at which the Japanese Ambassador to Takashi HATORI delivered a welcoming speech.

Uzbek-Chinese biotechnology cluster could be set in Syrdarya province through investments of $500 million. This was discussed at a meeting of the provincial deputies council on April 7, president’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

Amendments to the Law on Banks and Banking Activities were revieweedd at the plenary session of the Senate. The Amendments provide for increase the amount of authorized capital of banks gradually from 100 billion soums to 500 billion soums, from US$ 8.8 million to 44 million from September 1, 2023 to January 1, 2025.