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Can we say we are just really happy with where we are in life? Why is it that whenever we become happy about something, the opposite of it always happens? Sometimes, most things in our lives are good,...

Muslims around the world are on fast during the holy month of Ramadhan, marking a period of religious reflection, spiritual development, family get-togethers, and community service.Still, the power of...

It’s no hyperbole that flowers are the most beautiful things in the world and that everyone, from poets to writers, has made mention of them for decades.Flowers have always been an integral part of...

Over the years, countries across the world have been experiencing extreme weather events occurring on a frequent scale, leading to tragic losses of life and damage to properties.In fact, several major...

Every business has a story with different starting points and endings. In their journey, some perish, some just survive, and some succeed. Some even grow into major corporate giants in their...

As we go through life, we put a lot of emotional memories in the library of our minds. The older we get, the more nostalgic we become with those memories, and the emotional attachment to them is...

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...