At the Uzbek-US business forum as part of the visit of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the United States, one of the thermal power plants enterprises, Uzbekenergotamir, signed a $60 million contract with General Electric Global Parts and Products, the press service of the TPP said.

Antistrumin drug is being sold by retailers at 2300-3000 soums. The Ministry of Health bought 3.5 million boxes of this drug from SAMO at a price of 5,500-6,500 soums without call for bids. This iodine product has come to public attention due to the poisoning of hundreds of children.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at a government meeting on September 25 said that the pace of reforms in the railway sector lags behind reforms in other sectors and that it was big time has come to make fundamental changes in this area.” This was announced by his press secretary Sherzod Asadov.

The Center for Safety of Pharmaceutical Products under the Ministry of Health (UzPharmNazorat) launched a probe into the pharmaceutical company Samo, which produces the drug Antistrumin (potassium iodide), the press service of the Center said.

Officials of the Uzbek Embassy hosted the Director of Regional and International Relations of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Saudi Arabia Khalil al-Afra.

By 2030, Uzbekistan wants to double the size of its GDP. To do that, its officials must balance the interests of the US, Russia and China.

Uzbekistan’s entire infrastructure is ready for gas imports from Russia transiting through Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Energy said on Monday.

The Minister of Defense, Lieutenant-General Bahodir Qurbonov today hosted the Commander of the United States, General Michael E. Kurilla, the ministry said.

According to the Prosecutor General's Office, a criminal case has been launched into the poisoning of children in the Namangan province under Violation of sanitary legislation or rules for combating epidemics of the Criminal Code, with investigation underway.

In Tashkent, an 18-year-old boy was electrocuted with 27 thousand volts when he climbed onto a freight train car to take a selfie, the Milliy TV channel's Millar program reported.

Barno Odilova, 46, an Uzbek national, in Düzce region was killed by cutting his throat by A.G., 68, whom she lived with through a religious marriage. A.G. went to the police station after the incident and surrendered.

The Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization Khusrav Noziri in New York.

At the talks in Astana, the First Deputy Chairman Uzbekistan Railways Kh. Rakhmetov and Managing Director for Production Processes of Kazakhstan Railway B. Urynbasarov discussed the bilteral ties.

In the cereal yield per hectare ranking by countries, Uzbekistan took 6th place. Ireland topped the ranking on 100.8 t/ha, followed by New Zealand (97.1 t/ha) and Great Britain (78.1 t/ha).

ADB has improved its economic growth forecast for Uzbekistan for the current and next years, the bank said in its September 2023 outlook. According to the forecast, the Uzbek economy will grow by 5.5% annually in the next two years. In April, the bank forecast 5 percent economic growth.

The delegation of Fergana province, led by governor Khairulla Bozorov, signed 32 documents during their visit to China, including 29 investment and trade agreements worth of $1.37 billion, the provincial governor office reported.

Mass poisoning of children occurred in Chust district of Namangan province. Users of social networks were the first to report this. Parents reported that their children were given iodine (as of this week, Uzbekistan launched a weekly program for iodization of children).

Households are provided an average of over 14 trillion soums, or $1.15 billion in from the state budget, for subsidized electricity and gas price, the Ministry of Energy said.

The Chinese Sinomach may be involved in the construction of a water pipeline from the Andijan (Kampir-Obod) reservoir to Fergana. The delegation led by the Fergana province governor, Khairulla Bozorov, previously agreed on this with the company as part of a visit to China, the press service of the provincial governor's offic said.

The draft Amendments and additions decree to the Additional measures to ensure the openness of the activities of government bodies and organizations, as well as on the effective implementation of citizens oversight Decree, prepared by the Anti-Corruption Agency, was posted for public input.