Family Affairs Committee meets to boost child protection, social cohesion
MUSCAT: The National Committee for Family Affairs held its second meeting of 2025 on Sunday, chaired by Dr Laila bint Ahmed al Najjar, Minister of Social Development and Chairperso…
Rains likely from today
Muscat: Thunderstorm activity continued on Sunday over the Sea of Oman with varying intensity of rainfall accompanied by active descending winds.The latest forecasts and analyses f…
Jadeer programme trains 1,800, pushes Khaznah into top 30 innovations
MUSCAT: The Jadeer programme, launched by DotNext in March and concluded early in December, attracted around 1,800 participants from diverse backgrounds, including students, job-se…
SQCCCRC achieves international radiotherapy audit milestone
MUSCAT: The Radiotherapy Department at the Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre (SQCCCRC), has achieved internationally accepted results in the IAEA’s radiat…
Orientation prepares internal scholarship students for varsity life
MUSCAT: The Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MoHERI) held orientation meetings on Sunday for new internal scholarship students at the Grand Hall of the Cultur…
Muscat Municipal Council reviews Muscat Nights 2026
MUSCAT: The Muscat Municipal Council held its tenth meeting for the year, under the chairmanship of Sayyid Saud bin Hilal al Busaidy, Governor of Muscat and Chairman of Muscat Muni…
Multicultural UK town bids to turn a new page
One of Britain’s most multicultural towns, long tarnished by extremist links, is increasingly seeking to celebrate its identity, despite a bitter immigration debate and US Presiden…
Even hands covered in dust build dreams
Dreams don’t only live in glass buildings or quiet offices. They wake up before sunrise, and they ride buses and bikes. They pull on worn gloves, tie up heavy boots and step into t…
Why humans and animals never see the same reality
Sometimes I forget that what I see feels obvious only because I have seen it for so long. Blue looks blue, a wall looks still, and light feels reliable, so the mind settles and mov…
How algorithms are reshaping reading habits
The pursuit of reading as a hobby has seen contradictory impulses in the last few years. While we assume that people are reading less because of multiple distractions, facts prove…