15 dead as 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan

Foreign A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan early Monday, killing at least 15 people and injuring around 320 others, according to initial figures from the country’s public health ministry. Meanwhile, the health ministry...

Uzbek Ambassador Furqat Sidikov on the US-Uzbekistan Relationship

Over the last two decades, relations between the United States and Uzbekistan have undeniably improved. Rising from a nadir in 2005, the relationship took significant steps forward with the ascension to power of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in...

Uzbekistan's Pharma Agency Views Investment Shots With South Korea's Sang-A

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, October 6. Uzbekistan's Agency for the Development of the Pharmaceutical Sector held a meeting with a delegation from South Korea's Sang-A Pharmaceutical to discuss potential investment and...

Toxic cough syrups linked to child deaths in India spark global health warnings

PRODUCTION at three pharmaceutical manufacturing sites in India has been suspended after state authorities confirmed at least 24 children had died after taking contaminated cough syrups. India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)...

India Set To Face Uzbekistan on the Cusp of History, One Step Away From First-Ever AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Qualification on Merit

Mumbai, October 17: The Indian U17 women's team are a step away, or to be precise, a point away, from scripting history by becoming the first-ever batch to earn a place in the AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup on merit. The Young Tigresses will face...

Italy may recruit 3,500 mid-level medical workers from Uzbekistan following pilot labor program.

The first group of 10 specialists has departed as part of a pilot program. Photo: Agency po migratsii Uzbekistan has sent the first group of medical professionals to Italy under a pilot project for organized recruitment, the Migration Agency...

Uzbekistan’s Priorities in the Organization of Turkic States: A Factor Ensuring Sustainable Development of Turkic Countries

Fourth, alongside deepening cooperation in humanitarian, economic, and legal spheres, Uzbekistan consistently develops avenues of interaction related to coordinating responses to threats to regional stability. For example, at the Shusha Summit in...

Uzbekistan Sets Stage For AI Innovation With Major Multimillion Investment

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, October 6. Uzbekistan has allocated a total of $50 million for the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) projects in the economy and social sectors, Trend reports via Press Service of the...

Justice Ministry acts to cancel unlawful GPP fee for pharmacies.

Following an investigation published by Kun.uz, the Ministry of Justice declared the order introducing a mandatory payment for the GPP certificate illegal and submitted a proposal to the Pharmaceutical Industry Development Agency to cancel and...

From Uzbekistan to France: The Environmental and Geopolitical Fault Lines of Exporting Uranium

In late 2022, Uzbekistan’s state-owned uranium producer Navoiuran signed a contract worth nearly 9 million euro with the Kazakh logistics company TOO Logistic Centre to supply Uzbek uranium to France via Russian territory. The deliveries are...

Uzbekistan Hires Italy's Fabio Cannavaro For Debut World Cup Appearance

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In partnership with GOAL.com World Cup-winning captain and Ballon d'Or winner Fabio Cannavaro has taken charge of Uzbekistan, leading the Asian underdogs into uncharted territory ahead of their...

Swisshotel Hotel Review, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

350 The recent boom in international hotels opening in Tashkent is a very tangible sign of Uzbekistan’s growing popularity as a tourism destination. Though Tashkent is less famous than the country’s photogenic UNESCO World Heritage Sites in...

Tashkent tops global air pollution ranking.

As of 10:00 a.m. on October 6, the concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Tashkent’s air reached 158 µg/m³ – a level classified as “unhealthy.” According to IQAir, the amount of harmful PM10 particles in the capital’s air was recorded...

UN-monitored CITES hails world-class animal care at Vantara, praises Indian norms

The CITES Secretariat conducted a comprehensive review and mission to India, preparing a report for the upcoming seventy-ninth meeting of the CITES Standing Committee in Samarkand, Uzbekistan In a major endorsement of India’s commitment to...

Tax revenues in Uzbekistan surge as shadow economy shrinks.

Cashback programs and other measures have helped legalize 10–20% of the informal sector across industries. Tax revenues in Uzbekistan’s regions have increased by more than a quarter since the beginning of the year due to measures aimed at...

Patralekha Chatterjee | Is India’s Reputation in Pharma Starting to...

Three-year-old Usaid’s last words, “Anaar ka meetha daana”, a nursery rhyme, trailed off unfinished. He died hours later, one of several children in rural Madhya Pradesh, under five, killed by a cough syrup contaminated with diethylene glycol...

Afghanistan's earthquake death toll climbs to 20, hundreds wounded

Electricity supply lines from neighboring Uzbekistan and Tajikistan cut off ISTANBUL At least 20 people were killed and hundreds of others wounded after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan at around 1 am local time on Monday...

WHO issues health alert after death of 20 children linked to Coldrif cough syrup: Here’s what to know

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a health alert after identifying three contaminated cough syrups in India that may be linked to the deaths of at least 20 children in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district. The global health agency has...

Infographics: Trade and Investment Cooperation Between Uzbekistan and Qatar

In 2024, bilateral trade amounted to $6.7 million, including $1.4 million in exports and $5.3 million in imports. Uzbekistan’s main exports to Qatar included copper products ($580,000), construction materials ($110,000), textiles ($70,000), and...

Pakistan, Uzbekistan agree to boost coop in health sector

Islamabad - Ambassador of Uzbekistan met with Pakistan’s Health Minister, Dr. Mustafa Kamal, to discuss strengthening collaboration in the health sector and other areas of mutual interest on Monday. Dr. Kamal highlighted the deep and brotherly...