Govt issues guidelines for private schools in Oman
Muscat: Dr. Abdullah Khamis Ambusaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education for Administrative and Financial Affairs, issued circular 54/2020 regulating
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OMSB signs pact for Omani doctors to study abroad
Muscat: Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB) and the Al-Jisr Foundation signed an agreement to send doctors and assistive medical groups
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Manpower recruitment firm closed for violations
Muscat: The Court of First Instance in Seeb recently ordered the permanent closure of a manpower recruitment office for violating
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Fishing nets stuck in coral reefs removed
Muscat: The Environment Authority (EA) in cooperation with the Blue Water divers team removed fishing nets and ropes stuck in
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Moon richer in water than once thought
There may be far more water on the Moon than previously thought, according to two studies published Monday raising the
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More English cities face tightest lockdown rules
Britain announced wider coronavirus restrictions on Monday which will take the number of people under England’s highest category of alert
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Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response
One of the world’s leading COVID-19 experimental vaccines produces an immune response in both old and young adults, raising hopes
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New academic year: Technical preparations in full swing
Muscat: With the start of the new academic year in November just round the corner, the Ministry of Education, represented
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No respite from Covid-19 deaths in Sultanate
The number of COVID-19 related deaths continues to be major concern in the Sultanate. A total of 68 deaths, including
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Pakistan opens first metro line
Pakistan’s first metro line began operations Monday in the eastern city of Lahore following years of delays, in a country
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Residential plot allotment falls 44.1% in September
Muscat: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning allotted a total of 11,172 residential properties across the country until September
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Sayyid Theyazin opens Outward Bound Oman training centre
Muscat: His Highness Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham al-Said, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, today opened the training centre of
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Food poisoning cases in Dhofar after consuming shellfish
Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that a number of health institutions in the Governorate of Dhofar have registered several
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Pacts worth RO 183m signed for North-South grid interconnection
Muscat: Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC), member of Nama Group, signed on Monday a number of agreements for the implementation
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India records its lowest daily fatalities since July
Muscat: In a big respite, India recorded its lowest daily fatalities since July. India added 480 cases to its death
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Australia refers invasive search of women at Qatar airport
An incident at Doha’s Hamad airport, where Australian women were taken off a plane and subjected to an invasive search
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Diving deep into the heart of the oldest and deepest lake in the world
Sitting on a thick clear slab of ice, with nothing but stretches of white in sight, she inhaled the stillness
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Expat numbers drop by 16.4% in 9 months
Muscat: Even as the Ministry of Labour has been pressing ahead with more jobs for nationals, the number of expatriates
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Shortage of laptops over surge in online learning
Many of the parents of the students are worried over the shortage of laptops in the market due to a
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Work will never be the same
With companies, especially those in the IT sector, adopting WFH (Work From Home) strategy , a question of paramount is
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Integrated cement factory in Duqm by 2023
Muscat: The largest integrated cement factory in the Special Economic Zone in Duqm (SEZAD) will be operational in the first
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