Uzbekistan

Kabul faces blackout as Uzbekistan's electricity to Afghanistan down by 60%

Officials in Afghanistan power body said that decrease in importing electricity from Uzbekistan has caused a shortage of electricity and blackout in 16 provinces including Kabul, the report said.

With focus on Afghanistan, NSA Ajit Doval holds bilateral talks with Tajik and Uzbek counterparts

NSA Ajit Doval held separate bilateral talks with Makhmudov and Rahmatjon Mahmudzoda, the secretary of Tajikistan's security council, with a broad focus on developments in Afghanistan including the looming humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country and the possible threat of terrorism from Afghan soil.

EAM S Jaishankar meets his counterparts from Iran, Armenia and Uzbekistan at SCO

In his meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, Jaishankar said the two leaders “positively reviewed” the bilateral cooperation and agreed to work together to expand it further.  

Two Uzbeki nationals hide 951-gram gold in mouth, nabbed at Delhi's IGI airport

During the search, 951 grams of gold in form of dentures and a metallic chain was recovered from them.

Afghan military plane crashes in Uzbekistan

An Afghan military jet crashed Monday afternoon after crossing the border into Uzbekistan.

Israel bans travel to Uzbekistan, Belarus

The new measure starting from July 12 will enlarge an existing list that bans travelling to Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, India, South Africa and Russia, reports Xinhua news agency.

Indo-Uzbekistan field training exercise 'DUSTLIK II' commences in Uttarakhand

The validation exercise will be a test bed for the soldiers of both armies as they would be undergoing the challenges of actual operations in such scenarios. 

Uzbek envoy briefs Indian observers going to monitor polls in Uzbekistan

"Expectations (from observers) is very simple. They will monitor the elections to make sure everything is in accordance with international practice, everything is open and transparent.

Delhi hospital gives voice to Uzbek man after 15 years

Khusan Saidov, who suffered from enlargement of the thyroid gland due to hypothyroidism, had got himself operated at a hospital in Uzbekistan in 2002. 

Certain humane considerations must influence grant of visa, HC tells Centre

The State has "unfettered discretion" while granting visas to foreign nationals, certain humane considerations must influence its decisions, the Delhi High Court has said.

Sushma Swaraj bonds with Uzbek woman over Raj Kapoor, Nargis starrer movie song 'Ichak Dana Bichak Dana'

Swaraj, who is on her first visit to Uzbekistan, was seen bonding with the Uzbek woman over this famous song sung by Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar for the 1955 movie.

Sushma Swaraj to embark on 4-day visit to 3 Central Asian nations today

Swaraj will be in Kazakhstan on August and 2-3, in the Kyrgyzstan on August 30-4 and Uzbekistan from August 4-5, a statement said.

Davis Cup: Ramkumar wins as India thrash Uzbekistan 4-1

PM Modi urges China for ‘fair and objective’ assessment of India’s NSG bid

Tashkent: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on Thursday and Friday. PM was received by his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoev at airport. PM Modi

At hault due to bomb threat, EgyptAir plane resumes flight to China

Cairo: A plane carrying 118 passengers and 17 crew members, enroute to Beijing from Cairo was forced to land in Uzbekistan after Egyptians officials received a threat about a bomb on the plane. All

India added 42 lakh modern-day slaves in two years, reveals study

Melbourne: India now has the dubious distinction of topping the global slavery index with 1.85 crore people of the nearly 4.6 crore people enslaved globally, a survey has found. The number is up from the

Asian Boxing Championships: Vikas Krishan Yadav enters final

Bangkok:  Former World Championships bronze-medallist Vikas Krishan (75kg) was the lone Indian to make the final while three others settled for bronze medals after losing hard-fought semifinal contests in the Asian Boxing Championships here on

PM Modi releases first Uzbek-Hindi dictionary

Tashkent: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that importance of Hindi was set to increase with India marching rapidly towards economic prosperity.In an address to indologists, Hindi language students and Indian community members in