Awareness campaign needed before launch of COVID-19 vaccine
Muscat: The National Bioethics Committee urged the need for an awareness campaign on COVID-19 vaccine. The committee is necessary to
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Oman, India bilateral trade grew 8.5% in 2019-20
Muscat: The 9th Session of the Oman-India Joint Commission meeting (JCM) was held on October 19, 2020 through the virtual
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Coast Guard Police foils attempt to smuggle infiltrators
Muscat: Coast Guard Police boats of North Al Batinah Governorate Police Command in cooperation with the Royal Air Force of
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SAI chairman takes part in GCC Audit Bureaus meeting
Muscat: Shaikh Nasser bin Hilal al Mawali, Chairman of the State Audit Institution (SAI), participated in the 17th meeting of
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Man held over attempt to smuggle drugs
Muscat: The Directorate-General for Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances arrested an Asian infiltrator after arriving in the Sultanate via the
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Two arrested for attempting to smuggle alcoholic beverages
Muscat: Coast Guard Police boats of Musandam Governorate arrested 2 people of an Asian nationality for attempting to smuggle a
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Boeing has got a bigger than Max problem
Boeing finally has a silver lining. Europe’s top aviation regulator told Bloomberg in an interview published on Friday that the
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New postal stamp commemorates 40 years of Oman-China relations
Muscat: A new postal stamp commemorating the establishment of modern time Oman-China relations was inaugurated at the Foreign Ministry here
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UK to start one-hour Covid-19 tests at Heathrow
Passengers traveling to Hong Kong and Italy from Britain’s Heathrow Airport will undergo a one-hour coronavirus test before flying out
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SC will decide on extending lockdowns in Oman: Minister
Muscat: The decision to extend the ban on movement or to introduce a complete lockdown has been left to the
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141 village schools to get internet via satellite
Muscat: The government has started the process of connecting high-speed Internet via satellite in 141 schools located in rural areas.
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Oman reports 439 new cases, 8 deaths
Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday reported 439 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases
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Virus, what virus? India gets back to work
India is on course to top the world in coronavirus cases, but from Maharashtra’s whirring factories to Kolkata’s thronging markets,
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VAR call denies Liverpool derby win
Jurgen Klopp was mystified as to why Jordan Henderson’s late strike against Everton was ruled out by a VAR review
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Players may withdraw from tours due to burnout
England’s players can withdraw from tours if they feel playing in bio-secure bubbles during the COVID-19 pandemic will take a
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Mud-brick palace is Yemen’s latest heritage site facing disaster
Yemen’s Seiyun Palace, one of the world’s largest mud-brick structures, has become the war-torn country’s latest heritage site facing the
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British artist Banksy claims hula-hooping girl street art
NOTTINGHAM, England: The elusive British street artist Banksy confirmed on Saturday that a new artwork that appeared on a wall
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Oman Avenues Mall to launch IKEA in 2022
Muscat: Al Taher Group, a diversified business group in the Sultanate, signed on Tuesday a strategic agreement with the UAE based
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Hungarian restaurant reinvents the wheel for social distancing
BUDAPEST: Hit by a plunge in turnover after foreign tourists vanished, Michelin-starred Hungarian restaurant Costes has staged a skyline dining
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A short history of VAT and indirect taxes
Muscat: 2020 has certainly been the year of Tax Reform in Oman with several significant enhancements being announced to the
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Sultanate participates in GCC Interior Undersecretaries meeting
Muscat: The Sultanate took part in the GCC Interior Undersecretaries’ meeting held via video-conferencing on Monday. The Sultanate was represented
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