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Oman Air welcomes Eng. Hamood Al Alawi as Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Times of Oman
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Muscat : Oman Air has announced the appointment of Eng. Hamood Al Alawi as Deputy Chief Executive Officer. This strategic appointment marks a significant step in the airline’s transformation journey and underscores its commitment to building a...
Oman: Electronic platform to boost disaster response launched
Zawya
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Muscat – A new electronic platform to improve national emergency response and coordination has been introduced marking a key step in strengthening Oman’s disaster management capabilities. The launch was announced during the first meeting of...
Oman Air appoints Eng. Hamood Al Alawi as Deputy CEO
The Arabian Stories
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July 1, 2025
MUSCAT: Oman Air has announced the appointment of Eng. Hamood Al Alawi as Deputy Chief Executive Officer. This strategic appointment marks a significant step in the airline’s transformation journey and underscores its commitment to building a...
Oman: Majlis A’Shura reviews law to boost GCC industrial integration
Zawya
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Muscat – The Economic and Financial Committee of Majlis A’Shura held a meeting on Monday where it reviewed the draft Unified Industrial Regulation Law for GCC member states in the presence of officials from Ministry of Commerce, Industry and...
Oman yet to get acquainted with ‘Dubai chocolate’
Muscat Daily
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July 1, 2025
‘Dubai chocolate’ is a chocolate bar filled with pistachio and knafeh – a traditional Arabic dessert – that instantly became a rage in the gulf and has now gained popularity in other parts of the world. First created in 2021 by Fix Desserts...
Oman’s Education Ministry launches student summer program in North Batinah
The Arabian Stories
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July 1, 2025
Muscat – Organised under the slogan ‘My Summer: Connection and Growth’, the programme involves 600 male and female students from various wilayats, distributed across six summer centres. Issa Saif Al Shamsi, head of the local committee for the...
Oman’s expat workforce rises slightly to 1.81 million in May
Oman Observer
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June 30, 2025
MUSCAT, JUNE 30 The number of expatriate workers in Oman edged up to 1,810,354 in May 2025, compared with 1,808,940 in April, according to the latest figures released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI). The data shows a...
Omani Rial to Pakistani rupee rate; June 30, 2025
ARY News
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June 30, 2025
The Omani Rial (OMR) is trading at a rate of Rs 749.5 against the Pakistani Rupee (PKR) in the open market on Monday, June 30. The buying and selling rates for OMR were recorded at Rs 740.5 and Rs 749.5, respectively. The exchange rates for Omani...
Oman Investment Authority reviews corporate governance, investment strategies at State Council meeting
The Arabian Stories
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June 30, 2025
MUSCAT – Chaired by His Excellency Abdulsalam bin Mohammed Al Murshidi, Chairman of the Authority, the meeting highlighted the OIA’s strategic direction and its contributions to strengthening the Sultanate’s investment landscape. His Excellency...
Oman: CAA unveils user-friendly weather app with real-time forecasts
Zawya
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Muscat – Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has launched an upgraded Oman Meteorology website and mobile application offering real-time weather data and improved forecasting tools across the sultanate. The announcement was made during the authority’s...
Oman launches upgraded weather app and website to boost accuracy, enhance public safety alerts
The Arabian Stories
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June 30, 2025
MUSCAT – The launch aligns with the goals of Oman Vision 2040, emphasising smarter services, improved community engagement, and technological advancement. The newly enhanced platform offers a host of user-friendly features aimed at providing...
Oman: Barka 4 desalination plant sets global benchmarks
Zawya
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The Sultanate of Oman continues to leverage the Barka IV desalination plant as a cornerstone of its national development and a model for sustainable water management. Operational since 2018 under a 20-year Build-Own-Operate (BOO) agreement with...
Oman: 24 integrated aquaculture farms granted MAFWR licences in 2024
Zawya
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Muscat – Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (MAFWR) gave licences to 24 integrated aquaculture farms across the sultanate in 2024 with expected total output of 498 tonnes of tilapia at estimated RO746,000 market value. The...
Swissport wins ground handling contract for Oman Air...
Aviation Business News
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July 4, 2025
Oman Air Cargo has appointed Swissport as its new ground handler at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS), the Netherlands. It follows the cargo carrier’s first flight between Muscat (MCT) and the Dutch Capital on July 1, which was carrying...
Oman emerges investor friendly destination
Oman Observer
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June 29, 2025
MUSCAT, June 29 In a rapidly evolving regional economic landscape, Oman has emerged as one of the Gulf’s most promising and investor-friendly destinations. Anchored by Oman Vision 2040, a stable business environment, and a suite of progressive...
Oman showcases cultural heritage at Chechen University
Oman Observer
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June 29, 2025
MOSCOW: A special corner dedicated to Omani publications was inaugurated at the Chechen State Pedagogical University, as part of ongoing cultural cooperation between Oman’s National Museum and the university. The event also marked the 40th...
Empowering Educators and Advancing Nuclear Science Education
IAEA
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After witnessing lectures conducted at China’s Harbin Engineering University, trainees exercised their lecturing skills by delivering presenting practice lessons to an audience of international secondary school students. (Photo: T. Iimoto/UTokyo)...
Oman launches lantern-fish development pilot
Oman Observer
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June 29, 2025
MUSCAT, JUNE 29 Fisheries Development Oman (FDO), the government’s investment arm for the fisheries sector and a subsidiary of Oman Investment Authority (OIA), has launched a key initiative to tap into the Sultanate’s vast stocks of lantern-fish –...
Why Oman Air Took 3 Years To Join The oneworld Alliance
Simple Flying
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July 4, 2025
On Monday, Oman Air became the 15th member airline of the oneworldalliance. The airline announced its intention to join back in 2022, meaning that the entire process took around three years. I sat down with the CEOs of Oman Air and oneworld to...
Ooredoo launches AI cloud in Qatar using Nvidia tech
RCR Wireless News
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July 4, 2025
In sum, what to know: Sovereign AI cloud goes live – Ooredoo launched Qatar’s advanced sovereign AI cloud service, powered by Nvidia Hopper GPUs and hosted in local data centers to comply with national data policies. Built for national priorities...