TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — NASA has honored two scientists from the Mirzo Ulughbek Astronomical Institute for their contributions to an international space mission that successfully altered the orbit of an asteroid. According to the Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Otabek Burkhonov, head of the Galactic Astronomy Laboratory, and Kamoliddin E...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Uzbekistan’s diplomatic missions will host Ramadan iftar gatherings for compatriots in more than 50 cities across 10 countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan announced. The initiative is being carried out under a Feb. 16, 2026 presidential decree titled “On the Worthy Observance of the Holy Month o...
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (MNTV) — Tajik doctors have performed the country’s first incision-free oral endoscopic cystogastrostomy on a patient with a pancreatic cyst, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Republic of Tajikistan said, according to Avesta. The procedure was carried out at the State Institution “Republican Scientific Ce...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — Kazakhstan is considering transferring authority to ban or restrict smartphone use in schools to the Ministry of Enlightenment of Kazakhstan, according to Qazinform. Majilis deputy Askhat Aimagambetov said several leading institutions, including Bilim-Innovation Boarding Lyceum and Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools, h...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — A draft law submitted to the Zhogorku Kenesh would, for the first time, establish legal procedures for the inheritance of electronic money in Kyrgyzstan, according to 24.kg. The bill proposes amendments to several laws to formally recognize electronic money as an object of civil rights and ensure its transfer to he...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Uzbekistan is making significant strides in its national space program, assembling its first scientific satellite in Japan while preparing to send the country’s first astronaut into space, officials announced. Deputy Director of the Agency for Space Research and Technologies of Uzbekistan, Muhiddin Ibrohimov, told...
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (MNTV) — Tajikistan has officially recognized halal certificates issued in Russia, granting certified producers direct access to the Tajik market without the need for additional local approval, Russian state news agency TASS reported. The announcement, citing Russia’s quality assurance body Roskachestvo, said that Tajikist...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — An international research laboratory has opened at Utebayev University in western Kazakhstan in partnership with Turkish scientists, with a focus on developing environmentally friendly packaging materials, the country’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education said. The laboratory, based in Atyrau, will work on prod...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — Kyrgyzstan’s Cabinet of Ministers has submitted for public discussion a draft resolution approving a Climate Education and Awareness Development Program for 2025–2030, seeking to establish a unified national system to address mounting environmental challenges. According to Asia-Plus, the proposal includes an action...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — Women founders worldwide face steeper hurdles in securing startup funding, and Kyrgyzstan’s young tech ecosystem is no exception. In emerging markets, only 11% of seed funding goes to startups with women on their founding teams, according to the International Finance Corporation. Despite those odds, a new generatio...
