68% of Tashkent’s heating networks are in a dire state, the CEO of Veolia Energy Tashkent Sevara Pardaeva said at a meeting of the city council of people's deputies on Tuesday.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in a telephone conversation. At the beginning of the conversation, Shavkat Mirziyoyev cordially congratulated the Prime Minister and the friendly people of India on the upcoming national holiday - Independence Day of India, sincerely wishing peace, well-being and prosperity.

The speed limit on five streets in Tashkent could be changed. Announced today the deputy chief of the Traffic police at the Tashkent police department, Elmurod Alimov at a meeting of the city council of people's deputies.

The new Tashkent international airport is planned to be built in Urtachirchik district of the Tashkent province on 1,200 hectares. This was announced on August 11 during the "Mayor Office Hour" by the province governor Zoyir Mirzayev.

The Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted the Ambassador of Ukraine Mykola Doroshenko Tuesday, who is ending his posting in Uzbekistan.

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev familiarized himself with a presentation on improving the system of combating the shadow economy on Monday.

At a government meeting on Monday, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved a business stimulus package aimed at easing doing business for sole entrepreneurs and the self-employed.

From September 1, administrative liability for employers for refusing to hire persons sent by employment agencies to vacancies will be abolished. This is stated in the presidential decree of August 4 on measures to improve the system of labor relations and professional training, as well as incentives for employers.

The president Mirziyoyev signed decree raising unemployment benefits from November 1, while the eligibility terms changed Monday.

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan will send 600 million cubic meters of water to Kazakhstan to handle the irrigation deficit in the south of the country, the 24.kg said.

Fire broke out at the Uch Kakhramon market on the night of August 11, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

Uzgidromet posted the Tashkent city weather forecast for the business week. Mostly partly cloudy weather is expected in the capital city. Temperatures at night will be within 21-23° Celsius range, during the daytime on August 11-12 it will reach 38-40°, while on August 13 it will be 36-38°, and 34-37° on August 14-15.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at a government meeting familiarized himself with the presentation of measures to provide Tashkent with stable energy resources and prepare for the autumn-winter period Friday.

Three cars were damaged in a fire in Dzhambay district of Samarkand province, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said on Monday.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev over the telephone Saturday, the presidential press service said.

On August 7, while trying to save a drowning girl from Ukraine on the Kavatsite beach in Sozopol (Bulgaria), a 22-year-old national of Uzbekistan, Zh. M., died. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

During a government meeting on the nuclear energy projects on Friday, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev gave a dricetibe to elaborate a project for a large-scale nuclear plant, the Director of the Atomic Energy Agency, Azim Akhmedkhadjaev told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel.

The South Korean Korea District Heating Corporation (KDHC) will implement its heating technologies in Uzbekistan, The Korea Times said.

Remediation work on the former uranium mine has been completed in Yangiabad, Tashkent province, the press service of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change said.

Mostly partly cloudy and dry weather will persist across Uzbekistan over the weekend, Uzgidromet said. Partly cloudy weather will prevail in Tashkent. Temperature at night will be withing 21-23° Celsius range, while during the daytime on August 8 will be 35-37°, on August 9-10 - 37-39°.