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With the digital transformation taking the driver seat in the growth path of most sectors, success also comes at a heavy and expensive price, as cybercrime is increasingly becoming worse every year,...

Smoking isn’t just suicide; it’s murder! Smoking causes premature aging! Second-hand smoke is first-hand death! Smoking kills! So go many of the emotionally evocative anti-smoking advertisements...

The global community is celebrating International Day of Education on January 24. The day aims at helping decision-makers prioritise education as a tool for promoting societies that value human...

Social reform or development is a term that is always thrown around us. It is almost everywhere, almost all the time. They are happening, and we accept them. However, too often, we talk about reform...

Does it matter why we are getting so many new words and phrases each year, irrespective of the language that we use? No surprise, words don’t stop coming, and dictionaries go on adding hundreds of...

We’re in 2024 after a sad and happy, good and bad, 12-month season. We look forward with more optimism that the year ahead will be better than the year that just ended!However, even when sparklers...

As we are closing out the calendar year 2023, for millions, it may have been an exciting year, while for millions of others, it might have been a bizarre year faced with financial and health issues...

It was yet another historic day in the relations between India and Oman as His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik undertook a state visit to India last week. This is also the first visit by an Omani...

How many of us are aware that there is hardly any space on earth that is safe from pollution? For many of us, pollution is something that happens far away in some industrial zones.But why then we face...

Although the editors of the Collins English Dictionary chose “permacrisis” as the word to refer to the state of affairs in 2022, it suits 2023 as well, given the turn of events in the world this...

Our food habits have changed over the years, with our diets becoming almost distorted when compared to those of our ancestors. The way food is prepared and eaten has seen a dramatic change in recent...

At a time when screen time for children is a topic for debate, learning programmes are becoming more advanced in the form of AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning.Although not new, AI has...

Come November, the global community joins hands with a myriad of activities, including in-person events and awareness campaigns, to shine a spotlight on the escalating prevalence of diabetes, its...

Every war brings out very brutal consequences. The longer the war continues, the more there will be deaths and tragedies among the innocent.Although wars directly destroy basic infrastructure like...

The role of media in conflicts and wars has always been a sensitive topic because providing anything other than accurate news and images on what is happening in those countries can hinder...

Armed conflicts or wars destroy dreams of hope for the future. From physical wounds to emotional scars, children are the worst hit, with profound and enduring impacts. Each year, thousands of children...

Even as human beings around the world have worked hard to maintain peace for generations, it still remains elusive. There is war, conflict, and violence in many parts of the world!Although we all long...

Receiving a personal letter was, for the alumni of my age, an event rather than a feature of ordinary life. It was a wonderful experience that would incite excitement!Till a few decades ago, the...

Of the many changes that have taken place during the 21st century, one of the negative aspects has been in the form of an emerging and increasing trend toward a sedentary lifestyle.The more we become...

“It is difficult for me to forget Oman and its people. They are very close to my heart. The period of my stay in Muscat was blessed for me and my family. There was no second thought about the name...