Dry weather will continue in Uzbekistan on Friday, August 26, Uzhydromet reported. Only in the foothills and mountainous areas of Namangan and Ferghana provinces, short-term rain, thunderstorms are possible in places, during thunderstorms with wind intensification up to 15–20 m/s.

Odil Abdurahmanov, 44, was appointed to the position of adviser to the president on youth, science, education, health, culture and sports issues. The Kun.uz source reports about this.

Prospects of Uzbekistan-India energy cooperation were discussed during the India-Central Asia Business Council, Dunyo said. Reportedly, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry held a webinar dedicated to cooperation in the field of energy within the framework of the India-Central Asia Business Council.

On August 24, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to reliably protect the inviolability of property rights, prevent unjustified interference in property relations, and increase the level of capitalization of private property decree, the Ministry of Justice said.

The Republican Center for Hydrometeorology announced the expected weather forecast in Tashkent city for Friday, August 26. The Tashkent weather will be slightly cloudy, with no precipitation expected. The wind will blow from the east at a speed of 3-8 m/s. The temperature will be 14-16 degrees at night and 31-33 degrees during the day.

The agreement on a new agricultural project was signed on August 23 by officials of the Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan, the Korean Rural Community Corporation (KRC) and the Korean Agency for Education, Promotion and Information Service in the field of food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries (EPIS), the Uzbek Ministry of Agriculture said.

Artificial Intelligence Council has been set up in Uzbekistan under the leadership of Advisor to the Minister of Innovative Development Bobur Rakhimov.

As part of the visit of the government delegation, the Uzbek Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Jamshid Khojaev met with the Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Leonid Zaits in Minsk.

At the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan was held a meeting with the delegation of South Korea, Dunyo reported. Reportedly, the delegation headed by the visiting Chairman of the Construction and Transport Committee of the Korean Parliament Kim Du Gwan was hosted by the Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan, Azizbek Latifjonov.

Uzbekistan was placed 96th out of 106 in the ranking of countries of average monthly net salary, according to Numbeo. Uzbekistan net salary topped 278.79 US dollars, higher than in some African countries, Bangladesh, Venezuela, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Brazil has expressed readiness to organize Portuguese language courses for the Uzbek youth, Dunyo reported. that during the visit of the Ambassador of Uzbekistan Javlon Vahobov to Brasilia city, talks were held with the Secretary of Higher Education Vilas Boas de Souza.

Protection of private property rights may be carried out in a number of ways, the Legal Information channel said, namely:

The Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Austria Abat Faizullaev held a meeting with the director of the Vienna Diplomacy Academy (VDA), the former ambassador of Austria to Russia Emil Brix, Dunyo reported.

Residents of Tyumen were detained at Roschino airport, who were trying to smuggle jewelry worth 13.8 million rubles (about $230.9 thousand) to Tashkent.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has arrived in Uzbekistan to attend the meeting of defense ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on August 24.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uzbekistan in cooperation with the Ministry for Support of Mahalla and Older Generation kick starts special courses for the leaders of target mahallas in Tashkent on various aspects of preventing violent extremism and responding to early signs of radicalization.

Today, the Commander of the National Guard of Uzbekistan, the Major-General Rustam Juraev met with the delegation led by the U.S. Congressmen Trent Kelly and Darin Lakhud.

Authorized representatives of the special services of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan held talks on the situation on the state border of the two countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. The parties considered the ways to further advance mutually beneficial cooperation and strengthen of strategic partnership ties between the two countries.

Military exercises of the United States of America in Central Asia, in which some SCO countries are participating, are needed by Washington to study a potential theater of operations. This opinion was expressed by the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev at a meeting with colleagues in Tashkent on August 19, EurAsia Daily reported.