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Recyclekaro partners with TMK for recycling facility in Uzbekistan

Recyclekaro will establish a facility in Uzbekistan for e-waste and battery recycling. This strategic collaboration aims to recover critical minerals from across Central Asia. Feasibility studies are currently underway to determine the facility's operational scale. This move aligns with India and Uzbekistan's vision for industrial cooperation. The partnership will accelerate…

The Economic Times

Eurasian nations gather in Bishkek to forge stronger ties, new alliances

Heads of 21 global and rising powers gather in Bishkek for the SCO summit as wars strain the global order. China and Russia have previously used the SCO to project their influence and their stand against the West, but the middle powers are now there to seek new economic and…

Euronews

Banni Grasslands of Kutch: What India's Largest Grassland Holds and What Is Erasing Its Wildlife

A Grassland That Doesn't Look Like OneMost people picture a grassland as something lush and open, rolling green, the kind of place that announces itself. Banni does the opposite. It sits on the northern edge of the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, a flat, sun-baked plain that looks, to an…

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Putin, Xi set for Central Asia summit as Russia and China seek to counter Western influence

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for a two-day summit, joined by the leaders of Iran and India. The gathering comes as the group seeks to project a united front amid wars in Ukraine and Iran and growing tensions with the…

France 24

Forging strategic bridges: Check PM Modi's agenda for 4-day Central Asia visit, from Tashkent talks to SCO Summit in Bishkek

Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a four-day visit to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyz Republic. He will hold talks with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent. Modi will then attend the 26th SCO Summit in Bishkek. India aims to boost security and connectivity cooperation across the region. The visit seeks to deepen civilizational…

The Economic Times

PM Modi to begin 2-nation Central Asia visit to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin a four-day visit to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan on Saturday, seeking to strengthen India’s ties with Central Asia and advance regional cooperation. In Tashkent, he will hold talks with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on trade, defence, energy and education before attending the SCO Summit in Bishkek.

The Economic Times

GMR Group to explore opportunities for airports, adjacent biz in West Asia, Eastern Europe

GMR Group chairman G M Rao sees significant international airport opportunities. The company will explore growth in West Asia and Central Asia. Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia also present expansion possibilities. GMR Airports aims to scale up its asset-light portfolio globally. This strategy supports sustainable growth and financial discipline for…

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Chilika Lake's Hidden Biodiversity: The Aquatic Species Living in India's Largest Coastal Lagoon

A Lake That Is Not Quite a LakeChilika is a brackish water lagoon, not a freshwater lake, and that distinction is the biological engine behind everything that lives in it. Spread across roughly 1,100 square kilometres along the Odisha coast, it sits at the meeting point of the Mahanadi river…

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Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan deepen alliance with $1bn trade target and stronger Trans-Caspian links

Presidents Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Ilham Aliyev signed a Treaty on Eternal Friendship in Tashkent and launched new projects in banking, energy, tourism and mining. The two countries will also co-host the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2027.

Euronews

The Fergana Valley Reveals a Central Asia That Silk Road Tourism in Uzbekistan Cannot Show You

What Samarkand doesn't tell youYou arrive in Samarkand and the architecture does its work on you. The Registan is genuinely overwhelming. The tilework at Shah-i-Zinda is the most concentrated beauty you may ever stand inside. But after two days, you begin to notice that Uzbekistan's monument cities have been curated…

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Kazakhstan Travel Guide for Indian Travellers: Visa, Almaty, Steppe, and Budget Tips

The visa situation that changes everythingKazakhstan extended visa-free access to Indian passport holders in 2023, valid for stays of up to 14 days. No e-visa form, no appointment queue at an embassy, no letter of invitation. You land at Almaty International Airport or Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport in Astana, show…

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Uzbekistan for Indian Travellers: Your First-Timer's Guide to Samarkand, Bukhara and the Silk Road

The Visa and Getting There: Easier Than You ThinkIndian passport holders get a visa on arrival at Tashkent's Islam Karimov International Airport. No prior application, no embassy visit. You pay USD 50 at the counter, show your return ticket and hotel booking, and you're through in under 30 minutes on…

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Central Asia and Caucasus companies adopt AI at twice the global rate

Companies in the region are rapidly scaling AI across business operations, driven by rapid experimentation and digital readiness, but lag in formal AI strategy and governance.

Euronews

Mount Meru Is Not a Myth: How Ancient Hindu Cosmology Maps the Architecture of Human Consciousness

The bead you are not allowed to crossPick up a mala. Run your fingers along the 108 beads and you will arrive, eventually, at one that is different, larger, often with a tassel, set apart from the rest. This is the meru bead. Every teacher will tell you the same…

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How Ukraine’s strikes on Russian warehouses became a problem in Kyrgyzstan

Ukraine’s campaign to target Russia’s e-commerce giant Wildberries has had impacts far beyond the Russian federation. For Russia, Wildberries is comparable to Amazon, accounting for about 50% of the country’s online retail market. But its market place is used by manufacturers as far afield as Central Asia.

Euronews

Comic Con Astana brings global stars and thousands of cosplay fans to Kazakhstan

Comic Con Astana, Central Asia's biggest pop culture festival, has celebrated its fifth anniversary with international film stars, elaborate cosplay, gaming tournaments and one of the region's largest cosplay competitions, drawing thousands of visitors to Kazakhstan's capital.

The Economic Times

The story of Kazakhstan's lost Turan tigers: Hunted to extinction, now making a comeback after 70 years

Tigers are returning to Kazakhstan's wilderness after a 70-year absence. An adult female Amur tiger named Umit was released into the Ile-Balkhash State Nature Reserve. This ambitious wildlife restoration project aims to re-establish the apex predator in its former habitat. Endangered prey species and anti-poaching measures have been implemented to…

Euronews

Moment rare Amur tiger is released into Kazakh wild

Kazakhstan released the Amur tiger Umit into the Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve, marking a key step in a project to restore a wild tiger population to Central Asia for the first time in more than 70 years.

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First rare tiger in 70 years released in Kazakhstan to restore extinct species

A female Amur tiger has been released into the wild in Kazakhstan as part of a reintroduction project to restore the extinct Caspian tiger to Central Asia.

Euronews

First tiger released into the wild in Kazakhstan 70 years after Turan tiger extinction

More than 70 years after tigers disappeared from Kazakhstan, a female Amur tiger named Umit has been released into the wild. The release is part of a programme to restore the species to its historic range in Central Asia.

Bangkok Post

Amur tiger released in Kazakhstan under reintroduction project

A female Amur tiger named Umit sprinted out of her cage into the wilds of the Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve in Kazakhstan and disappeared in the tall grass. Her release is part of a long-developed reintroduction project to restore the extinct Caspian tiger to Central Asia, according to Kazakh Ecology Minister…

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The Bar-Headed Goose Flies Over the Himalayas at Altitude That Would Kill a Human in Minutes

The verified record no other bird matchesThe bar-headed goose holds the verified altitude record for a bird crossing a mountain range under its own power. Radar tracking published in Science in 2011 by researchers at Bangor University recorded individual geese flying at 6,400 metres above sea level during their Himalayan…

The Times of India

Dordoi Bazaar: How a shipping container market became the commercial heart of Central Asia

On the outskirts of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, sits Dordoi Bazaar, a sprawling 100-hectare market built almost entirely from stacked shipping containers, now recognised as the largest wholesale and retail trading hub in Central Asia. What began in the chaotic years following the collapse of the Soviet Union has…

The Times of India

In 2021, Kyrgyzstan’s water crisis forced officials to watch mountain glaciers melt as farms ran short of water

In 2021, Kyrgyzstan confronted a severe irrigation emergency as low reservoir levels diminished water supplies. Rivers that typically sustain farmland struggled to deliver, highlighting the nation's heavy dependence on snow and glacial melt. The combination of decreasing snowpacks and rising temperatures is disrupting the vital natural water cycle, affecting millions…

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How Horse Domestication Reshaped Civilization, Warfare, Trade, and Human History

The Moment Everything AcceleratedAround 3500 BCE, on the Pontic-Caspian steppe, the grasslands stretching across what is now Ukraine and Kazakhstan, humans first began riding horses rather than just eating them. The evidence comes from bit wear on the teeth of horses excavated at Dereivka, a site studied extensively by archaeologist…

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