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By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: April 16 - The voluntary projects for the fifth edition of Sultan Qaboos Award for Voluntary Work can be submitted between May 1 and August 30, according to the main...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: April 10 - The Food and Water Security Committee at Majlis Ash’shura on Monday hosted Saif bin Amer al Shaqsi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Housing, and...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: April 9 - A workshop on ‘activation of administrative authorities’ roles towards people with disabilities’ was inaugurated on Sunday at the Child Care Centre in...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: April 10 - Shaikh Mohammed bin Said al Kalbani, Minister of Social Development, issued amendments to the law regulating establishment of community clubs. The...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: April 4 - Proving their gains, blood donation campaigns contribute 60 per cent of blood units that go to hospitals and sub-clinics aiming at saving hundreds of lives,...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: April 2 - A number of farms and veterinary institutions were raided as they were found to use expired medicines and fertilisers during an inspection campaign conducted...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: March 28 - The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries said that it has taken all precautionary measures to ensure the safety of all food products imported from Brazil...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: March 27 - The Ministry of Tourism on Monday launched Risk Management and Safety in Adventure Tourism (RMSAT) programme, as part of its 15 initiatives aimed at...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: March 27 - During the past five years, fish production has gone up as the growth on an average stood at 11.5 per cent. Figures show that fish exports also increased...

Zainab al Nassri - MUSCAT, MARCH 23 - A total of 151 differently-abled individuals were hired in private sector in 2016, according to the Disabled Care and Rehabilitation Centre at Ministry of...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: March 20 - Nine cases of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), of which three cases were detected in one week, were reported in the Sultanate during the first...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: March 19 - A new safety system invented by an Omani engineer protects children from being forgotten inside school buses. Abdualziz al Abri, a graduate from Caledonian...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: March 12 - The National Committee for Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances launched the mobile bus to raise awareness about harmful effects of drugs. The initiative...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: March 8 - Within the framework of partnership between the government and private sector, an agreement for purchasing headphones and alarm devices was signed yesterday...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: March 7 - Along with other countries of the world, the Sultanate marks on Wednesday the International Women’s Day that fall on March 8 every year. The day is...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: March 5 - The Public Authority for Electricity and Water concluded yesterday training of 83 employees of operation and maintenance from all over the Sultanate within...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: March 5 - The number of offender juveniles decreased to 455 in 2016 compared to 506 registered in 2015, of which 21 were expats, according to the Juveniles Affairs...

Zainab al Nassri - Muscat, March 2 - The first package of Batinah Expressway project linking Barka and Rustaq will be opened for traffic on March 5 by the Ministry of Transport and Communications...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: Feb 27 - The groundwater salinity has increased 65 per cent along the Batinah coast in 2016 as against the salinity levels in 2010, according to a study conducted by...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: Feb. 27 - Researchers from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries have said there is potential for growing a large quantity of garlic in the Sultanate in a...