Comoros delegation visits Military Technological College
Muscat: General Youssouf Idjihadi, Chief of Defence Staff of the Union of the Comoros and his accompanying delegation on Tuesday visited the Military Technological College (MTC).Upon their arrival,...
Heart transplants soon in Oman
MUSCAT: The Ministry of Health (MoH) has initiated preparations to localise the ‘heart transplant services’ as part of the National Organ Transplant Programme from 2023 to 2025.In this context,...
Oman set to enhance local content
MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the General Secretariat of the Tender Board, aims to enhance local content, including the workforce, national and local products, fixed assets, and the...
Royal Opera House Muscat unveils 2024-2025 season
Muscat: The Royal Opera House Muscat has unveiled details of its season 2024-2025, a season of highlights and exciting moments, with world-class performances for everyone to enjoy. The season is built...
Manufacturing among top performing sectors under the five-year plan
MUSCAT: The Ministry of Economy has stated that the performance of the manufacturing sector during the first quarter of this year was the highest among the sectors targeted under the economic...
Nizwa Industrial City pulls in RO 474 million worth of investments
NIZWA: Nizwa Industrial City, affiliated with the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (Madayn), successfully localised four projects during the first half of 2024, with an investment cost...
Oman issues around 2,800 e-commerce licenses in H1 2024
MUSCAT: The Oman Business Platform of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion (MoCIIP) has completed 487,300 transactions in the first half of 2024, while the number of automatic...
Non-oil sector gives a boost to economic growth
MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data for the first quarter of this year showed continued expansion in non-oil activities, which were a major source of economic growth,...
Ministry of Labour achieves 54% of 2024 employment goals
MUSCAT: The Ministry of Labour has reported a significant boost in Oman’s employment landscape during the first half of 2024, reflecting the nation's continued efforts in national employment and...
First Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor studies completed
Muscat: The University Medical City, represented by Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Department at Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre (SQCCCRC), has announced the successful...
Khareef Dhofar attracts over 413k visitors by End of July 2024
Muscat: The number of visitors to Khareef Dhofar (Monsoon Season) from the beginning of the season until July 31, 2024 amounted to 413,122 visitors, an increase of 4.3 per cent compared to the same...
Hotel revenues exceed RO 108 million by end of 2024
Muscat: The revenues of 3-5-star hotels in the Sultanate of Oman stood at RO 108.379 million at the end of May 2024, up by 10.2% compared to the same period in 2023, according to data issued by the...
Real estate deals up by 1.3% till end of May 2024
Muscat: The value of traded property in the Sultanate of Oman increased by 1.3% to RO 1,237.0 million till the end of May 2024, compared to RO 1,220.6 million in the same period of 2023, according to...
HM sends written message to Emir of Qatar
Doha: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik has sent a written message to Shaikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar. The message deals with the bilateral relations and means of...
Royal Hospital conducts 8 complex operations using modern technology
Muscat: A specialized medical team from the Royal Hospital’s National Centre for Cardiac Medicine and Surgery (NCCMS) performed eight complex operations using the Orbital Atherectomy technique for...
His Majesty heads to Europe
Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik left on Monday heading for Europe on a private visit.May the Almighty Allah protect His Majesty the Sultan in his journeys and grant him good health,...
OMAN, GCC ink pact on HQ
MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman and the GCC signed in Muscat on Wednesday an agreement on the headquarters of the GCC Supreme Council's Advisory Board, as well as the Office of the Gulf Network for...
Royal Hospital makes history in treating combination of Down syndrome, bone marrow failure
Muscat: A specialized medical team from the Royal Hospital’s department of Paediatric Haematology made history by using Romiplostim drug to treat a patient suffering from a combination of Down...
Oman Across Ages Museum joins International Council of Museums
Manah: Oman Across Ages Museum (OAAM) has joined the International Council of Museums (ICOM), headquartered in Paris. The step places the museum on the map of global museums and allows it to benefit...
OAS receives documentation from NASA upon detecting aurora borealis phenomenon
Muscat: Oman Astronomical Society (OAS) received first scientific documentation from NASA observing the phenomenon of aurora borealis in the skies of the Sultanate of Oman.The NASA statement was in...