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Muscat: When social media is panned as a nuisance these days here is a WhatsApp group that helps its members to share their joy for literature and steer through these pandemic times of stress,...

MUSCAT: While more than half of Omanis donated to charity work during the coronavirus pandemic, many individuals were willing to do volunteer work. According to a survey by National Centre for...

Despite coronavirus showing no signs of loosening its grip over our life, a new normal is slowly emerging. With or without a vaccine to combat COVID-19, the life after the pandemic will be...

MUSCAT: Coral reef habitat in the Sea of Oman faces an imminent threat as the fishes are adapting to extreme environmental conditions. This is revealed in a study that examined 'cryptobenthic' fishes...

MUSCAT: Less exercise, snacking junk food, work from home due to lockdown have led many of us to gain weight. Call it corona fat or lockdown belly, expanding waistline poses a health risk, say...

MUSCAT: Unlike the past, most garbage bins across the capital during  Eid al Adha this year were found to be without much animal waste. Despite repeated pleas by the authorities, dumped animal waste...

Muscat: Homes replaced mosques as places of worship as the Sultanate celebrated Eid al Adha – the festival of sacrifice -- on Friday. The second socially distanced Eid of the year passed off in the...

Coronavirus has thrown our tiny tots into a state of fear as they do not have the maturity to understand what the situation is except seeing the anxiety in the faces of their parents. There is no way...

Muscat: Photographing the movement of military or security vehicles and posting them on social media platforms, according to the law in Oman, is an illegal act that can attract hefty fines. With the...

MUSCAT: The historic Habta marketplace in the Wadi Kabeer area in Muscat, which is used to be thronged by Eid shoppers, is wearing a ghostly look due to the ban on gatherings as part of the government...

MUSCAT: Even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to paralyse normal life, technology has kept traditions alive during the Eid al Adha celebrations. Instead of family gatherings in houses with...

“Some are hard and fast rules… but some are rules for your guidance only”, wrote British journalist A G Gardiner in his short story “All About a Dog”. I was reminded of this moral when I...

MUSCAT: Muscat Municipality has warned landlords who lease their properties without registering the agreements to evade the five-per cent administrative fee. “This kind of tax evasion is affecting...

MUSCAT: The National Employment Centre (NEC) reiterated that both public and private sectors should notify job vacancies in their respective institutions to the centre without any delay. The move...

MUSCAT: The number of people wanting to travel back to India by the repatriation flights as result of the COVID-19 crisis is witnessing a slowdown. According to a senior official at the Indian...

Covid-19 has wrecked the lives of people across ages especially youth in aspects of education, employment, mental health, and income. They are increasingly anxious about the shape of the...

MUSCAT: Water dispensers installed at public places and residential neighborhoods are the best methods of making cool water accessible, especially, to people in the lower strata of the...

MUSCAT: Despite the fact that there is no proven treatment for COVID-19, there is no shortage of online advertisements that offer cure for the pandemic. Quack doctors and con men have been...

MUSCAT: As the government is trying to control the spread of coronavirus, the infection count has spiked in the recent weeks raising an alarm in the Sultanate. According to the Ministry of Health,...

Muscat: The frequent orders and fervent appeals by the authorities to follow social distancing guidelines are falling on deaf ears. A drive around the downtown Ruwi and its adjoining areas reveals...