Director Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer won the Best Picture category at the 69th Academy Awards. The film was presented in 13 nominations, seven of which won – for best editing, best cinematography, best soundtrack, RIA Novosti source reports.
According to statistics, about 424 million trips were made across China's borders in 2023, up 266.5 percent from the previous year. Of these, 206 million trips were taken by residents of the mainland, and 183 million by residents of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, representing an increase of 218.7 and 292.8 percent respectively. The number of foreigners traveling across borders increased by 693.1 percent compared to the previous year to nearly 35.48 million, People's Daily reported.
The first round of the II integrated Olympiad “Talented Generations of Oguz Khan”, held by the Oguz Khan University of Engineering and Technology of Turkmenistan, started in Ashgabat and all regions of Turkmenistan. The interest of schoolchildren in the integrated Olympiad “Talented Descendants of Oguz Khan” was very high. About 25 thousand students who took part in the first round completed tasks on IQ tests, mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology courses in Turkmen or in English, depending on their language abilities. Let us recall that at the beginning of this year, methods for solving problems of the integrated Olympiad, held for the first time in 2023, were posted on the university website.
The holy month for all Muslims - Ramadan has started. This is the ninth month of the lunar Muslim calendar, during which Muslims observe strict fasting.
The Cabinet of Ministers of India has approved the government initiative IndiaAI, the goal of which is to make artificial intelligence work for the country.
Minister of Energy Ziad Ali Fadel spoke about the ministry’s plans to increase energy production, including those related to the import of energy resources from Turkmenistan and Qatar.
A festival on the occasion of Novruz will again be held on the Turkmen-Iranian border. The Director General of Provincial Affairs of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran announced the holding of a joint Iranian-Turkmen festival in the area of the city of Bajgiran in the Khorasan Razavi province in northeastern Iran, IRNA reports.
Turkmenistan Airlines plans to introduce a flight from Ashgabat to London Gatwick in the spring of 2024, which will replace the existing flight landing at London Heathrow Airport. From April 3, the Boeing 777-200LR aircraft will operate weekly flights on this route, according to AeroRoutes, a company that specializes in updating and daily changes to airline schedules/networks around the world.
At the auctions of the State Commodity Exchange of Turkmenistan over the past week, representatives of the business circles of Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and other countries purchased polypropylene, jet fuel, gasoline of various brands, lighting kerosene produced by the enterprises of the state concern Turkmennebit and carbamide from the plants of Turkmenhimiya for foreign currency.
Representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) paid a visit to the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan on March 7. The Japanese delegation at the meeting was headed by Kenji Ogasahara, Director of the JICA Department for East and Central Asia and the Caucasus.
From March 5-7, Ashgabat hosted a national seminar on various transit systems, their requirements and applications, which was organized by the European Union's Program for Border Management Assistance in Central Asia - Phase 10 (BOMCA 10) in cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The seminar was attended by 10 employees of the customs service.
The Iranian Embassy in Ashgabat organized an event on Saturday dedicated to Nizami Ganjavi, a classic of Persian poetry, one of the greatest poets of the medieval East.
National teams of Turkmenistan, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, Mexico and Luxembourg gathered in the capital of Kyrgyzstan to participate in the World Hockey Championship in the third division of Group A. The Kyrgyz Ice Hockey Federation reports this.
The President of Turkmenistan signed a decree on holding the 15th meeting of the Council of Elders in Ashgabat. The document prescribes the relevant structures of the country to ensure the organization of this event at a high level during March 11-13 of this year.
The city is waking up, and they have been on their feet for a long time. Even before the opening of shops, boutiques, shopping centers and markets, from the very early morning, men, boys, boys and grandfathers are on duty at their entrance. And with the opening of retail outlets, something incredible begins. Moreover, no, it's not Black Friday at all! Rather, it is white, red, pink, fragrant... in a word, "floral" Friday.
