On Monday, Uzbekistan received the delivery 201.6 thousand doses of Pfizer's pediatric vaccine against COVID-19 as part of the global COVAX mechanism, the Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Authority said.

The Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Finland, Qadam Sultanov, met with Professor Gulnoz Hallieva, a well-known researcher in the field of manuscripts.

MP of the Legislative Chamber at the regular plenary session on August 29 approved the candidacy of Aziz Voitov for the position of Minister of Agriculture, the Chamber’s press service reported.

The Uzsuvtaminot water supply company, Alkataş İnşaat ve Taahhut (Turkey) and Mesmer-East (Uzbekistan) signed a $22.2 million contract on August 27 to reconstruct a sewage treatment plant in Chirchik, the Uzsuvtaminot reported.

On September 1, the world-famous Niagara Falls will be illuminated in the colors of the national flag of Uzbekistan on the ocassion of the 31st anniversary of Uzbekistan's independence, Dunyo reported.

Uzbek Ambassador to Brazil (with residence in Washington) Javlon Vahobov held talks with Emiliano Diogenes Abreu, deputy director of the International Relations Office of the Brasilia city, Dunyo reported.

Reports surfaced on social networks that in Lashkar village of Kuvasay city in Ferghana province, a local police inspector beat and injured a resident.

The visit of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand was not discussed or raised. Rahmatulla Nurimbetov, Uzbekistan's national coordinator for SCO affairs, told reporters at a briefing on August 26.

Amanbay Orynbaev was unanimously elected as the new chairman of the Jokargy Kenes of Karakalpakstan at an extraordinary meeting in Nukus on August 26, chaired by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

The United States, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), announced $2 million in new commitments to support Uzbekistan’s farmers and fertilizer producers. The new funding will help protect vulnerable populations from the growing global food crisis and will be used to increase the volume and quality of fertilizer production in Uzbekistan. 

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.