Thursday, 28, March, 2024

National

As of April 1, 2022, Tashkent city's population stands at 2.879 million, the Tashkent mayor’s office said. Reportedly, year-to-date, the population increased by 17.4 thousand people, or 0.6%. Among Tashkent residents, there were 1,411,800 men and 1,468,000 women.

On May 12, an accident involving a passenger bus occurred in the Zhambyl region, an official representative of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said. There were 53 passengers, including 47 Uzbekistan nationals in the bus, which was heading to Almaty.

Tashkent to host a high-level international conference on Afghanistan at the end of July, announced the interim Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov on May 13 at the CIS Foreign Ministers Council meeting in Dushanbe.

President’s draft Measures to introduce an effective system of interaction with business entities and further strengthen their legal protection Decree was posted for public input.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Human Organ And Tissue Transplantation Bill into Law was signed on May 11 and took effect on Thursday.

On May 7, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to implement the project for modernization and management of Samarkand International Airport under public-private partnership terms Decree.

Imports of wheat flour hiked by 22,000 tons, the State Statistics Committee said in a report. Reportedly, in January-March 2022, Uzbekistan imported 92.6 thousand tons of wheat flour worth $ 28.8 million.

The SCO’s Public Diplomacy - Mutual Understanding for Development People's Forum kicked off today in Tashkent. The forum, initiated by Uzbekistan, is being attended by more than 120 delegates, including representatives of the parliaments of the SCO member states, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, as well as research centers.

On May 10, for the ICTs Development Minister Sherzod Shermatov hosted Ben McWilliams, Starlink project manager of the American company SpaceX for access to the markets of the Middle East, South and Central Asia, as part of the Space Technology Conference STC-2022 in Tashkent.

The Cabinet of Ministers issued the Urgent measures to ensure reliable water supply for agricultural crops in the face of expected water shortage in 2022 Resolution.

The mayor of Angren city, Tashkent province, Nuritdin Abdurahimov, died due to an illness, the press service of the provincial governor’s office said. Nuritdin Abdurahimov was appointed the Angren city mayor in January. He was born in 1978 in the Pskent district of Tashkent province.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved the intergovernmental treaty with Kazakhstan on cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, the Ministry of Justice reported.

On May 11, Delhi will host the 15th round of political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan and India, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The International Agricultural University will open in Tashkent this year. It is being created by the Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan jointly with the Royal Agriculture University of the UK.

On May 3, at about 10:00 a.m., a Yutong tourist bus overturned on the 23-24th kilometer of the 4R-65 road in Kyzyltepa district of Navoi province, the Traffic Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

Uzbekistan expresses serious concern over the aggravation of the situation in East Jerusalem, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

On May 9, the Day of Remembrance and Honor, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Victory Park in Tashkent. Under the "Melody of Memory" of the military band, the head of state laid flowers at the memorial complex "Ode to Fortitude", the presidential press service reported.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi visited Tashkent on April 29. At the Tashkent airport he was welcomed by the interim Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

Aeroflot will launch direct regular flights from Moscow to Tashkent as of May 20, the company said. Flights to the Uzbek capital will reportedly be operated from Sheremetyevo Airport.

As of April 1, 2022, the Uzbekistan population stands at 35.4 million people, an increase by 738.3 thousand people, or 2.1%, compared to the previous year, the State Committee on Statistics said in areport.