Archive for February, 2019

Two Asian expatriates were injured following a fire that engulfed a commercial centre at Suhar in North Al Batinah, reported the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance (PACDA) on Friday. Emergency care was provided to the injured at the site. Experts attributed such incident to the use of poor quality electrical equipment and wire […]

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Musandam: The Royal Army of Oman (RAO), represented by the Musandam Security Force and the Sultan of Oman Parachutes (SOP), executed the Omani-British joint exercise (Mountain Storm) with the participation of British Royal Army units under the auspices of Maj Gen Matar bin Salem al Balushi, RAO Commander. The joint training exercise took place at […]

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A team of Japanese researchers will carry out an unprecedented trial using a kind of stem cell to try to treat debilitating spinal cord injuries, the specialists said on Monday. The team at Tokyo’s Keio University has received government approval for a trial using so-called induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells — which have the potential […]

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A total of 309 expats were arrested for violating the labour law and another 459 were deported in one week, Oman’s Ministry of Manpower announced. This information was made available when the ministry released its weekly indicators of expat workers who were arrested in a joint operation with the Royal Oman Police. The workers were […]

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The Sultanate along with the rest of the world marked Safer Internet Day on Tuesday under the slogan “Together for a better Internet”. The Safer Internet Day falls on first Tuesday of February every year. The ITA, represented by the Oman CERT is organising the “Challenge” competition as part of child online protection programme; targeting […]

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