It is big time for universities to elect their rectors, Termez State University rector Abdukodir Toshkulov told journalists on Wednesday at the Central Asia Education Forum in Tashkent.

Ozod Hamidkhodjayev, a prominent reported and host of the Tahlilnoma (Analysis) program and former chief of the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel, has died.

A court has sentenced a 41-year-old man to 300 hours of compulsory community service for throwing a 4-year-old girl into a spring in Baliqchi district, Andijan province.

Families of children harmed by the medicines Doc-1 Max and Ambronol will receive full compensation, the Health Ministry said.

Air quality today in Tashkent on Oct. 28 is expected to reach the Unhealthy level on the international Air Quality Index (AQI), the National Committee for Ecology and Climate Change of Uzbekistan said, citing data from the Republican Special Commission for the Implementation of Urgent Measures to Improve the Environmental Situation.

Azerbaijani company AzerGold will carry out comprehensive geological exploration at the Akba gold deposit in Kashkadarya province, the company’s press service said.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, said on Iran’s relations with Uzbekistan that they have deep historical roots, responding to a protest note from Uzbekistan’s Foreign Ministry and to posts by diplomatic missions about Samarkand and Registan.

Freight carriers will have to pay a guarantee deposit of 86,500 tenge (about 2.26 million soums) to book an electronic queue slot at three border crossings between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan from Nov. 9, the Turkestan Province State Revenue Department said.

Uzbekistan recorded 123,400 deaths in the first nine months of 2026, 6.7% fewer than a year earlier and the lowest figure for the period in five years, the National Statistics Committee said in a report published Tuesday.

Average air temperatures in November are expected to be near the climate norm, and 1-1.5 degrees Celsius above it in some places, according to a monthly forecast for Uzbekistan.

Six people died in Tashkent’s Mirzo-Ulugbek district on Oct. 25, apparently from gas poisoning, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry said emergency services received a call at 9:53 a.m. about nine people found unconscious in a house in the Alisherobod mahalla, or neighborhood. The two-storey residential building, on an 800-square-meter plot, was under construction and connected to natural gas, the ministry added.

The Thai Ministry of Tourism and Sports is preparing to propose a 15-day visa exemption for travellers from Colombia, Mexico, and Uzbekistan, aiming to resolve severe processing delays and boost long-haul arrivals, officials announced on Monday (October 27).

The average monthly gross wage in Uzbekistan reached 7,274,100 soums in January-September 2026, up 18% from a year earlier, the National Statistics Committee said in a report.

Competition Committee found 65 violations in a review of 116 promotions and discounts at 58 retail and service outlets and is proposing digital mechanisms to monitor such offers, the committee said.

Uzbekistan will cap white sugar imports for food-industry companies at 300,000 tonnes a year from Jan. 1, 2027, under a Cabinet of Ministers resolution that has not been made public.

Uzbekistan plans to attract doctors who have worked at foreign clinics, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said today at a meeting with health care and pharmaceutical workers, according to his spokesman, Sherzod Asadov.

Signs of an imminent Apple Pay launch appeared in Uzbekistan on Oct. 27, when iPhone users gained access to a list of eight local banks and fintech services whose cards can be added to Apple Wallet.

Iran’s embassies in Armenia, Bulgaria, Zimbabwe, Finland and China removed politically charged posts about Uzbekistan’s historical and cultural heritage from their pages on X on Oct. 26, Foreign Ministry spokesman Omonulla Fayziev said.

Minister of Digital Technologies, Sherzod Shermatov, said legislation alone will not solve the problem of children’s social media use, commenting on a possible ban for those under 16.

The implementation of new rules governing entry to Egypt for citizens of Uzbekistan has been postponed until March 1, 2027, Uzbekistan’s Foreign Ministry press service said.