Month: August 2022

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Several schools were opened in Dushanbe with the participation of the President and the Mayor

Today, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and Mayor of Dushanbe Rustam Emomali took part in the opening of several schools in the capital.

In particular, a new school building No. 12 was put into operation in the Somoni district.

The new school building, built with funding from the city administration, is designed for 1,500 students in two shifts.

In the main building of the school, which consists of three floors, there are 30 classrooms and modern technical laboratories. All classrooms, including those in chemistry, biology, physics, geography, mathematics, the basics of working with a computer, learning foreign languages, learning crafts, are equipped with technology and teaching aids.

In the Shohmansur district, with the participation of Emomali Rahmon and Rustam Emomali, an additional building of school No. 48 was opened.

The constructed facility is designed for 1280 students in two shifts

Another educational institution was opened today in the Sino district of the capital. The State Educational Institution «Lyceum of Omar Khayyam» was commissioned.

The facility built on Jabbor Rasulov Street is designed for 1200 student places in one shift. Lyceum consists of 8 buildings in 3 and 4 floors.

Source: Asia-Plus

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Which universities and specialties do Tajik students choose?

As in previous years, Tajik applicants most often choose medicine.

This year, 43,998 applicants entered the universities of the republic, 15,740 students entered colleges on the basis of 11 grades, and 7,745 thousand students with general basic education (based on 9 grades).

Initially, 82,718 people applied for participation in the testing on the basis of grade 11, that is, applicants with general education and applicants with primary vocational and secondary vocational education. More than 13,000 people applied for admission among applicants with general basic education on the basis of 9 grades.

According to the Center for National Testing, among Tajik students, specialties of the first and second clusters (natural and technical, economics and geography) are less in demand, and the fifth cluster (medicine, biology and sports) is most in demand.

The most popular professional areas for young Tajiks are: Epidemiology, Taxation, Forensic Science. The competition in these specialties reaches more than 364 people, 388 people, more than 364 people per place.

Source: Asia-Plus

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Three Athletes Will Represent Tajikistan at the World Wrestling Championship

Tajikistan will be represented by three athletes at the World Wrestling Championship, which will be held from September 10 through September 18 in Belgrade.

According to the United World Wrestling, more than 800 people from 73 countries have registered for the championship, which will be held in 10 weight categories in freestyle wrestling, 10 weight categories in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 weight categories in women’s wrestling.

Tajikistan will be represented by three freestyle wrestlers, including Muhammad Ikromov (-57 kg), Hikmatullo Vohidov (-61 kg) and Shuhrat Bozorov (-79 kg).

Source: National information agency of Tajikistan

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Half of the World’s Health Care Facilities are Unhygienic and Infection Incubators

A World Health Organization-UNICEF global study of health care facilities finds half lack basic hygiene services, putting around 3.85 billion people at risk of infection and death.

The study is based on data from 40 countries representing 35% of the world’s population. It presents an alarming picture of health facilities that lack water and soap for handwashing, have dirty toilets, and are unable to manage health care waste.

It says the lack of safe water, sanitation, and basic hygiene services, known as WASH, in health care facilities can lead to many preventable deaths. Rick Johnston is WHO lead WHO-UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program for WASH. He says sepsis, a major cause of mortality globally, could be prevented by improving WASH services in health care.

“It causes about 11 million avoidable deaths each year. And we know that in health care settings, sepsis mortality is linked to poor quality of care, including inadequate WASH… Still today, 670,000 neo-natal deaths occur due to sepsis. So, there is a huge burden that could be improved right there,” he said.

Data show the situation tends to be better in hospitals than in smaller health care facilities. The WHO reports the 46 least developed countries lag most behind in hygiene services, with only 32% of health care facilities providing WASH services.

Johnston says sub-Saharan Africa is the geographic region with the lowest coverage of basic services, about a third lower than globally.

“I mentioned hand hygiene services at 51% globally. It is only 38% in sub-Saharan Africa… Water services 78% globally, only 52% in sub-Saharan Africa… In sub-Saharan Africa, only 13% of health care facilities met the requirement for a basic health care service. So, lots of work to be done in sub-Saharan Africa,” he said.

The WHO estimates the cost of achieving universal basic WASH services in the 46 least developed countries at less than $10 billion between now and 2030. While that sounds like a lot, WHO officials say it comes to just under $1 per person per year. Officials say that is a fraction of what currently is being spent on health care services in those countries.

Source: Voice of America

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Death of a scooter passenger in a traffic accident

On August 29, 2022, at approximately 7:30 p.m., the driver of the Opel-Zefira car, Hamidov Akmaljan Duriboyevich, born in 1991, a resident of B. Gafurov district, while driving on the "Gafurov-Konibodom" highway, at the roundabout the rural community of Histevarz failed to control the car and went against the direction of the road and collided with the Opel Vectra car, driven by Kudusov Izzatullo Abdughaforovych, born in 1987, a resident of Isfara city.

As a result, "Opel-Zefira" car collided with "Scooter" driven by Bobokalonov Ismon Rozikjonovich, born in 1970, a resident of this district.

As a result, the passenger of the scooter Boboev Abduvali Ghanievich, born in 1961, a resident of B. Ghafurov district, was injured and died in the hospital.

The investigation into this incident is ongoing.

Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan

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Last Soviet leader Gorbachev, who ended Cold War and won Nobel prize, dies aged 91

Aug 30 (Reuters) - Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said.

Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the United States and partnerships with Western powers to remove the Iron Curtain that had divided Europe since World War Two and bring about the reunification of Germany.

But his internal reforms helped weaken the Soviet Union to the point where it fell apart, a moment that President Vladimir Putin has called the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe" of the twentieth century.

"Mikhail Gorbachev passed away last night after a serious and protracted disease," said Russia's Central Clinical Hospital.

Putin expressed "his deepest condolences", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Interfax. "Today he will send a telegram of condolences to his family and friends," he said.

Source: Asia-Plus

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A resident of Isfara and her son ordered the murder of three people at once

For this they offered the killer $ 5 thousand.

In the Sughd region, employees of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs solved a «contract murder» ordered by a mother and son.

Akbar Sharifi, a press secretary of the Sogd militia, said in the next issue of the “Police Reports” program that both were arrested and are giving evidence.

According to the investigation, Mahfirat Kodirova, a 52-year-old resident of the Kulkand rural jamoat, and her son Nematjon Valiev ordered a killer to kill two relatives for $5,000 - Kodirova's brother-in-law Abdusalom Valiev and his wife Munira Madaminova who lived with them in the same house.

«Also, a 35-year-old resident of Khujand, with whose husband Kodirova had a love relationship, was supposed to die at the hands of the killer. Kodirova's husband is serving a sentence in a colony », - Sharifi said.

According to him, mother and son “ordered” relatives because of a dispute over the house that was inherited by the Valiev brothers from their parents.

According to Abdusalom Valiev, Kodirova demanded that he and his wife move out and leave the house to her.

«Nematjon Valiev transferred money twice to the killer's bank card - once 10 thousand somoni, the second time - 6 thousand somoni. According to the agreement, the killer was supposed to receive the rest of the amount after the murders. He was supposed to photograph the bodies of the dead and show Valiev», - says in the report.

However, the killer came to the police. After that, the police officers created a staging of the murder of one of the ordered victims of Abdusalom Valiev, photographed and sent the pictures to customers.

Immediately after the mother and son were detained, a criminal case was opened against them on charges of attempted murder of three people. Under this article, they face 15 to 25 years in prison or life imprisonment.

Source: Asia-Plus

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Tajikistan and Saudi Arabia Discuss Combating International Terrorism and Extremism

Prosecutor General of Tajikistan Yusuf Rahmon as part of his working visit to Saudi Arabia met with the Attorney General of this country Saud bin Abdullah Al-Mujib.

The meeting focused on issues of countering international terrorism and extremism, radicalism, human trafficking, drug trafficking, recognition in Saudi Arabia as terrorist some organizations and extremist groups, as well as other manifestations of transnational crime.

In order to implement the agreements reached and formalize them within the framework of international treaties, a Memorandum was signed between the General Prosecutor’s Office of Tajikistan and the Public Prosecution of Saudi Arabia on cooperation in the field of combating terrorism, its financing, legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime, and related basic crimes (predicate crimes).

Source: National information agency of Tajikistan

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Webinar dedicated to the presentation of investment opportunities of Tajikistan

On August 31, 2022, at the initiative of the Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan in Japan, in cooperation with the State Committee for Investment and State Property Management of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Office for the Promotion of Investment and Technology Development of the United Nations Organization for Human Development (ITPO Tokyo, UNIDO), a webinar will be held to present the investment opportunities of Tajikistan. was held in Japan.

Ambassador M. Jalolov welcomed the webinar with the opening speech, the representative of the State Investment and State Property Committee with a presentation on the investment opportunities of the Republic of Tajikistan, the representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Dushanbe for its activities in Tajikistan, as well as the representative of the joint venture "Avalin" performed.

Representatives of nearly 100 corporations, large enterprises and investment circles of Japan took part in the event.

Source: Ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan