Knowledge Oasis Muscat (KOM) rolled out the red carpet recently when His Royal Highness the Duke of York visited Oman's flagship technology park. The Duke of York, who was visiting KOM in his capacity as The UK’s Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, was met by His Excellency Maqbool bin Ali Sultan, Minister of Commerce & Industry and presented to key KOM Management...
As part of their on-going online and offline initiative to raise awareness about the H1N1 virus, Omani bloggers organized a new roadshow event in which sanitizers and information leaflets were given to the visitors of a mall in Muscat. One blogger posted some footage on YouTube.
CHENNAI: A Royal Oman Air Force aircraft with personnel on board landed at the Chennai airport on Friday for refuelling. Airport sources said the flight, which was on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Muscat, landed around 12.30 p.m. after ...
Nedumbassery: Security personnel at the Cochin international airport seized a live bullet from an Oman national, who had arrived here to board a flight to Muscat on Monday. Officials said that the passenger, identified as Al Abu Saidi ...
Nedumbassery: Central Industrial Security Force personnel at the Cochin international airport on Monday seized a live bullet from an Oman national who had arrived to board a flight to Muscat. Officials said the passenger, Al Abu Saidi ...
Oman looks to solar and wind for power plants Kuwait Times - 18 June, 2009 Oman is looking into building solar and wind power plants to meet rising demand as the Gulf oil exporter faces a gas shortage, a government energy official said yesterday. "We are now turning to renewable energy like wind and solar to reduce the reliance on gas as the major fuel for power stations," Zahir Al-Suleimani,...
MUSCAT, June 13 (Reuters) - Non-OPEC producer Oman posted a 50.5 percent drop in net oil revenues in the first four months of 2009 as oil prices weakened, but raised spending by 7.2 percent, official data showed.
Mumbai: Passengers on a Chennai-bound flight from Oman were stranded at the airport here for the better part of Monday after their flight had to make an emergency landing because of security concerns. Oman Air’s Muscat-Chennai ...
MUSCAT, Oman: Singapore's President, SR Nathan, said bilateral ties between Singapore and Oman are set to grow stronger as both countries mark their 25th anniversary of diplomatic ties next year.
MUSCAT, Oman: Singaporeans in Oman play an important role in strengthening the friendship between both countries, said President S R Nathan at a gathering of Singaporeans on the second day of his state visit to the Gulf country.