The US embassy conducted a pre-departure orientation programme for four Omani female students who will be joining the US Department of State-sponsored programme, 'Study of the US Institute for Student Leaders on New Media Journalism'.
The students are Salwa Al Bulushi, Umaima Al Hosni, and Kifah Al Shuhaibi from Bayan College and Amira Al Maawali from Nizwa University. The students will be...
Professor Yasir Suleiman, holder of the Sultan Qaboos Chair of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge (UK), has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in Her Majesty the Queen's birthday honours list on Saturday.
He received the honour for his contribution to academics.
In July 2005, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said endowed the Professorship of Modern...
BOSTON: A US mother who was mauled by a frenzied chimp more than two years ago has been given a full face transplant, doctors said yesterday.
The patient, Charla Nash, also had two hand transplants but those operations were not successful and the hands had to be removed, said surgeons at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
"The hand transplants turned out to be very...
China: China on Tuesday executed a music student convicted of stabbing a woman to death after hurting her in a car crash, a crime that sparked national debate over China s "rich second generation."
Yao Jiaxin was executed after the high court in north China s Shaanxi province turned down his appeal over the April 22 death sentence, China Central Television reported.
The execution was...
Global typhoon warning centres and weather experts have clarified that it is too early to predict whether or not a storm will hit the Sultanate.
"It is much too early to predict that," experts at the Tropical Storm Risk Centre told Times of Oman.
"Some forecast models have it (storm) striking India. The Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC) has not actually upgraded it to a tropical...
The Ibra College of Technology, one of the premier institutions of higher education in the Sharqiyah region, will be inaugurating their new state-of-the-art physics and chemistry labs today.
The inauguration ceremony will be held under the auspicious of Dr Muna bint Salim bin Khalfan Al Jardani, undersecretary for education and curricula, Ministry of Education.
The new labs, funded by Oman LNG,...
Each time a college teacher in Sur plans a trip to Muscat for work, he has to hire a private taxi which costs him rather dearly. How much he wishes that there were good and efficient public transport available between Sur and Muscat. Not that there isn't any, but it is as good as none. There is a single bus that comes to Muscat from Sur in the morning and returns late in the afternoon. And the...
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The research paper of a Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) scholar has been selected for an international competition organised by the World Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
This is one of the international competitions on oil and gas projects for students and is held annually.
The research project of Omar bin Said Al Abri of College of Engineering at SQU was entitled...
Their sweetness, colour and look are working wonders. Omani mangoes are getting more popular, and fast emerging as the "real king of fruits" in Oman, and in the region as well.
The recent past has seen a marked rise in cultivation of Omani mangoes. According to statistics, 10,200 tonnes of Omani mangoes were produced in 2010, as against 6,373 tonnes in 2007.
"In 2000-2005, some 60...
Three international experts who were entrusted with the task of reviewing the academic programmes and research in various departments of the College of Agricultural & Marine Sciences (CAMS) at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), expressed their satisfaction over the standards of the programmes in the college.
The SQU has realised that external reviews of academic programmes are a useful and...
Muscat: Oman Football Association (OFA) and the British Company; Kickworldwide and Modern College of Business and Science (MCBS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for establishing football institute project in Oman.
The MoU was signed from OFA side by Sayyid Khalid bin Hamad bin Hamoud al Busaidi, OFA Chairman whilst it was signed from company s side by Steve Bellis, Chief...
Sohar: Seminar on Solar Energy in Oman was opened at Crowne Plaza Hotel Sohar on Saterday.
The seminar is being organized by University of Sohar in collaboration with Sohar Aluminium Company under the auspices of Dr Abood bin Hamad al Sawafi, Vice-Chancellor of University of Sohar.
In a speech, Dr al Sawafi stressed importance of these activities and their role in enhancing this vital sector....
Summer camps have become extremely popular in many countries across the world and their importance can hardly be undermined. It has its unique advantages, and foremost among them are character development, discipline and inculcation of core values.
In fact, by no means can we say that the environment in which a majority of children live in and grow up is a 'friendly' one for them. Problems such...
Muscat: Delegation from Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College (MAJCSC) in Kuwait yesterday visited Al Rusayl Industrial Estate affiliated to Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE).
During visit, Kuwaiti delegation was briefed on PEIE in and Al Rusayl Industrial Estate in particular through tracking its march and stages it went through since 1983, as well as, current...
Muscat: Mohammed Bin Nassir Al Rasbi, Undersecretary of Defence Ministry received in his office At Muaskar Al Murtafa ah yesterday a delegation of Mubarak Al-Abdullah college for Joint Command and Staff in state of Kuwait led by Commodore, Nassir Bin Abdullah Al Hasenan, who is currently on visit of Oman.
Meeting exchanged views on a number of matters of common concern.
Meeting was attended by...