MUSCAT - Oman Tourism College (OTC) celebrated the season of giving, commemorating the blessed month of Ramadan and its associated values of kindness and generosity, by organising the ‘Iftar Sayim’ programme recently. This is the third consecutive year that OTC has...
MUSCAT - The skies above Muscat are slowly darkening and while many office-goers plod wearily home, there is a group that have showered themselves with enthusiasm, scrubbed themselves clean of any fatigue and are raring to unleash their creativity.This is Muscat’s own...
MUSCAT — On the occasion of the Blessed Eid Al Fitr 1442 AH, the Ministry of Labour decided that the holiday for Eid Al Fitr for employees of the departments of the State Administrative Apparatus and other legal entities and private sector’s establishments will begin...
MUSCAT - The late Saleh bin Khalifa Al Khusaibi, former advisor, private organisations, ministry of youth, culture and sports affairs, was a man with an amazing clarity of mind and someone who could remember names, people, and incidents of the past as though it...
MUSCAT - The Main Committee for Moon Sighting of Ramadhan 1442 AH issued a statement on Monday declaring that Ramadhan moon could not be sighted today. Therefore, the first day of Ramadhan 1442 AH will be on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 in the Sultanate.
MUSCAT (ONA)— The Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic held a meeting as part of its ongoing session under the chairmanship of Sayyid Hamoud Faisal al-Busaidi, Minister of Interior, to discuss...
MUSCAT - The Supreme Committee decided to impose nighttime closure of commercial activities and a ban on movement of people and vehicles from 8 pm to 5 am with effect from Sunday 28 March 2021 till the morning of Thursday 8 April 2021. A glimpse of Ruwi area...
MUSCAT (ONA) – The Sultanate is currently experiencing an alarming rise in Covid-19 infection cases, causing an influx of patients admitted to hospital wards. The epidemiological curve is spiking steadily.Dr Faryal al-Lawati, Senior Consultant of Infectious Diseases...
MUSCAT - The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2019 is being conferred on (Late) His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman.Gandhi Peace Prize is an annual award instituted by Government of India since 1995, the 125th Birth Anniversary commemoration year of...
MUSCAT - Indian Ambassador Munu Mahawar, along with Defence Advisor Capt Nilesh L Khokle visited Bharat Electronics Limited (Govt of India Undertaking under Ministry of Defence) Commercial Representative Office in Knowledge Oasis Muscat (KOM-4) recently.Bharat...
Reju Mathew Zacharia Freelance corporate trainer/consultant (INDIA)This COVID is a real worry. Just when we thought that we are going to see the less (of course NOT the end of it) of it, the virus suddenly unleashes its renewed fury in a new, much more potent, form.A...
Give him a block of wood and Mohamed Al Khaifi transports himself to another world, downright content. And, within no time, a wooden miracle would be carved right in front of your eyes. As unique as the wood from which it was crafted.But would Khaifi call his woodwork...
