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While LMMs (Large Multi-modal Models), a type of fast-growing generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology can be used for specific health-related purposes, the question of how ethically they...

Muscat: The number of Omani children aged between 0 to 17 is expected to touch 1.5 million children in 2040, while the number of Omani women is expected to reach 2 million and 62,045 (20,62,045),...

Faisal bin Abdullah al Rawas, Chairman of Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI), has reiterated Oman's stand in Palestine issue describing that the Palestinian cause is the foremost cause for...

MUSCAT: Ministry of Social Development will be organising the closing ceremony of the Laboratory for the Development of Services and Programmes for Persons with Disabilities on Wednesday.The...

As many as 53,000 Umrah pilgrims from Oman visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last year, marking an increase of 207 per cent compared to 2022, according to Dr Tawfiq Fawzan al Rabiah, Minister of Haj...

For the first time, Oman launched the national training programme for psychological first aid under the auspices of Dr Said bin Harib al Lamki, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health, at Al Masarra...

School children in the country will be receiving their flu vaccines, the schedule of which will be announced soon.The Ministry of Health's Department of School Healthcare had earlier urged parents to...

Elections for the Board of Directors of the Oman Journalists Association (OJA), the body of journalists working in the Sultanate of Oman, will be held on February 12.Nominations were invited from...

The Sultanate of Oman represented by the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs (MoARA) and the Ministry of Haj and Umrah (MHU) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are poised to enhance relations in terms...

Dr Hilal al Sabti, Minister of Health inaugurated the Oman International Pharmacy Congress and Exhibition (OIPCX), at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Center on Sunday in the presence of a large...

Electric bikes have replaced bicycles as a cheaper and greener mode of transport. But ROP has warned the users not to use them on main roads as they can choke traffic and cause accidents. Doctors...

As part of instilling the importance of farming, a competition for children was held by a Facebook group to get them acquainted with all the stages of agriculture including preparing the soil,...

Smitten by Oman, an Indian writer is jotting down her notes to author a book on her maiden visit that made her feel home away from home.Fehmida Zakeer, an independent writer with bylines in several...

MUSCAT: The Oman International Pharmacy Congress and Exhibition (OIPC) will be launched on Sunday at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre (OCEC) under the auspices of Dr Hilal bin Ali al Sabti,...

The 11th edition of the Muscat International Film Festival, which will be held from March 3 to 7, is seeing wide global participation. As the cut off date to submit films is January 31, there has been...

Sultan Qaboos Higher Centre for Culture and Science announced that the Sultan Qaboos Holy Quran competition winners for the 31st session will be feted at the lecture hall of the Sultan Qaboos Grand...

Omani-British Art Group, a body of art aficionados from both countries, was launched with an aim to nurture art as a medium that binds nations and people, last week.The group being set up as a part of...

For the tender feet of these girls, ascending the gruelling path of Mount Kilimanjaro was rather strenuous as they inched towards the highest mountain in Africa.But sleeping in the tents, passing...

Yousuf al Housni, Oman’s budding actor, will soon be seen sharing screen space with some of the acclaimed names in Hollywood, making his country proud of being the first to have been selected to be...

Muscat: The mysterious Empty Quarter or Rub al Khali, the sand desert encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula covering some 650,000 km2shared by the Sultanate of Oman and the...