Uzbekistan's Umida Omonova won the championship at the Asian Blitz Championship among youth and teenagers, which is being held in the UAE. This is reported by the press service of the Chess Federation. As specified, Omonova distinguished herself in the G-18 group. She scored 8½ points in nine rounds among 31 participants from 14 countries.
In addition, Uzbekistani Davron Sharipov took second place, Malikakhon Jumayeva, and Khusnorakhon Khusnitdinova rounded out the top three.
Earlier it was reported that grandmaster from Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattarov closed the top three in the final of the prestigious super tournament Champions Chess Tour Finals 2023, losing to a chess player from the United States.
The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, departed for Astana on July 3 to attend the next meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the SCO Plus format meeting.
Electric vehicles produced in Uzbekistan will be significantly cheaper than imported counterparts. This was stated by Shafkatbek Alimov, General Director of the BYD Uzbekistan Factory, in an interview with Uzbekistan 24 TV channel.
On July 2 of this year, as part of the visit of the Afghan delegation to the Republic of Uzbekistan, Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade Laziz Kudratov held a meeting with the Minister of Industry and Trade of Afghanistan Nuriddin Aziziy.
First Deputy Chairman of the Senate Sodik Safoev met with members of the delegation headed by Chairman of the Interparliamentary Friendship Committee "Saudi Arabia-Uzbekistan" of the Shura Council of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Jarba.
At least 107 people, mostly women, were victims of a stampede that occurred on Tuesday at a religious event in the city of Hathras in Uttar Pradesh in northern India, the Hindustan Times reported, citing state police.
On July 2, 2024, Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan Laziz Kudratov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Uzbekistan Hatori Takashi signed Exchange Notes of the "Economic and Social Development Program" in the amount of 3 billion yen ($6.3 million), implemented as part of gratuitous assistance from the Government of Japan.
"Men Uzbekistanlikman - qonimda g’alaba" - under this motto, the national football team, which won an Olympic ticket for the first time in the history of Uzbekistan, will compete at the Paris 2024 Games.
