Rajasthan MBBS student airlifted from Kazakhstan after brain stroke, admitted to SMS hospital Jaipur

Rajasthan: A 22-year-old MBBS student from Rajasthan, who was battling for life in Kazakhstan after suffering a brain stroke, was airlifted to Jaipur on Monday evening for further treatment. The step was taken after the medico’s parents made an...

Pastor suffers traumatic brain injury after torture in Kyrgyzstan prison

The Rev. Pavel Shreider at start of trial at Birinchi May (Pervomaisky) District Court, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on April 17, 2025. | Vera Shreider-Forum 18A pastor who has been tortured in a prison in Kyrgyzstan, according to U.N. special rapporteurs,...

More than 90 percent of children in Kyrgyzstan suffer from dental caries

16:51, 21 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anastasia BENGARD 16:51, 21 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anastasia BENGARD The Ministry of Health has analyzed the prevalence of dental caries among children in Kyrgyzstan....

Tortured Kyrgyzstan pastor suffers traumatic brain injury

The Rev. Pavel Shreider in prison in Kyrgyzstan. U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Amid allegations by U.N. special Rapporteurs of prison personnel torturing a church leader in Kyrgyzstan, the pastor has traumatic brain injuries...

Kyrgyzstan, South Korea Forge Path Toward Enhanced Bilateral Investment And Co-Op

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, October 17. Minister of Economy and Commerce of Kyrgyzstan Bakyt Sydykov met with Bang Kyung-man, President of South Korea's KT&G, and discussed expanding the company's investments in Kyrgyzstan,...

Japan to provide grants to two medical institutions in Kyrgyzstan

14:52, 21 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Emiliya KENZHEGAZIEVA 14:52, 21 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Emiliya KENZHEGAZIEVA The Embassy of Japan in the Kyrgyz Republic will hold a grant agreement signing ceremony...

Epidemiological situation on ARVI and influenza in Kyrgyzstan remains stable

11:11, 21 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anastasia BENGARD 11:11, 21 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anastasia BENGARD The epidemiological situation regarding acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) in Kyrgyzstan...

Death penalty in Kyrgyzstan: Adilet Legal Clinic calls initiative premature

Lawyers from Adilet Legal Clinic have analyzed the draft law on amendments to the Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, initiated by the Presidential Administration, and deemed it premature and legally unacceptable. According to the Clinic, the authorities’...

Laboratory for testing lead levels in blood to be opened in Kyrgyzstan

14:07, 21 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anastasia BENGARD 14:07, 21 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anastasia BENGARD Kyrgyzstan will soon have a laboratory where blood lead levels can be tested. Zharkynbek...

First study of blood lead levels in children conducted in Kyrgyzstan

First national study of lead levels in children’s blood has been completed in Kyrgyzstan. Zharkynbek Kasymbekov, Director of the National Institute of Public Health, presented the findings at a press conference. «We are glad the problem is not as...

Kyrgyz officials warn of employment scams in the UK

14:04, 16 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA 14:04, 16 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA The Center for Employment of Citizens Abroad reported a growing number of fraudulent...

World news in brief: update on aid to Sudan, the death penalty in Kyrgyzstan, health crises in the DRC and Haiti

The warning from the UN aid coordination office, OCHAfollows continuous and repeated attacks against El Fasher, besieged by rapid support paramilitary forces. Ten days ago, the Daraja Oula neighborhood in the Darfur city was targeted by a drone...

Kyrgyz military participate in Indestructible Brotherhood 2025 exercises

10:45, 15 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA 10:45, 15 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA Units from Kyrgyzstan are taking part in the joint CSTO peacekeeping exercises...

Kyrgyzstan's GDP reaches 1.24 trillion soms in first nine months of 2025

13:52, 15 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Aibek SULTANOV 13:52, 15 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Aibek SULTANOV According to preliminary estimates, the gross domestic product for the period from January to September...

Kyrgyzstan needs $1.2 billion in investment to provide villages with clean water

14:21, 15 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA 14:21, 15 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA Kyrgyzstan needs $1.2 billion in investment to provide nearly 1,000 villages with clean...

World News in Brief: Sudan aid update, Kyrgyzstan death penalty, health crises in DRC, Haiti

The warning from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, follows ongoing and repeated attacks on El Fasher, which is under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Ten days ago, the Darfuri city’s Daraja Oula neighbourhood was targeted in a...

KYRGYZSTAN: Did torture cause jailed Reform Adventist pastor's brain damage?

The prison authorities transferred 65-year-old jailed True and Free Reform Adventist Pastor Pavel Shreider to the medical unit of Prison No. 31 near Bishkek on 25 September after the family raised concerns about his health. "As also seen from the...

Green Climate Fund Backs $250M ‘Glaciers to Farms’ Program for Central Asia and Pakistan

nCa Report The Green Climate Fund has approved $250 million in financing for the Asian Development Bank’s flagship regional initiative, “Glaciers to Farms,” which aims to build sustainable water and agricultural systems for vulnerable communities...

Incidence of acute respiratory viral infections on rise in Bishkek

14:04, 20 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anastasia BENGARD 14:04, 20 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anastasia BENGARD The Republican Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital reported an increase in the incidence of...

Construction of hospital with 380 beds for 1.35 billion begins in Uzgen

14:15, 20 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Turdubek AIGYROV 14:15, 20 October 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Turdubek AIGYROV Construction of a modern 380-bed hospital has begun in Uzgen. The total project cost is 1.35...