Category: Oman
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Oman ministers meet Pranab
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President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said the bilateral trade between India and Oman has increased but still remains well below its potential and that both sides need to bring it to a higher level. India’s relations with Oman are built on the strong foundation of historical and civilisational linkages. India appreciates and values the strategic partnership…
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UAE for Arab strategic food reserve
The UAE minister for food and agriculture, Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahad, Friday said the Gulf Arab desert state is committed to support joint Arab efforts to set up a strategic food reserve in response to the world food crisis, WAM news agency reported. Bin Fahad also emphasised the need to establish and implement Arab-wide mechanisms…
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Arab countries support US on ISIS mission
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Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have promised to stand alongside the US “until the end” in its fight against the Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical group, a day after launching coordinated attacks on the group in Syria. US President Barak Obama received the support in a meeting Tuesday…
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Jordan confirms its part in Syria airstrikes
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Jordan announced that its warplanes took part in the US-led air operation against the Islamic State (IS) jihadis in northern Syria. In a statement reported by the official news agency Petra, a source at army headquarters said that the Jordanian air force destroyed “several targets”. Without mentioning Syria, the statement said that the strikes…
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More jobs in Gulf
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As more and more women in Middle East countries step outside their homes for work, the opportunities for Asians to work as cooks, nannies and drivers in the region are likely to go up, said a migration expert. S. Irudayarajan, who heads the migration unit attached to the ministry of overseas Indian affairs at the Centre…
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Ritz to get £ 1m from Omani gambler
The Ritz casino has won a court battle to recover £1m from a wealthy gambling addict who failed to pay money she owed. Noora Abdullah Mahawish Al-Daher, who is married to the foreign minister of Oman, lost £2m in the London casino during an evening of gambling but only paid half of the debt, leading to the…
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Portal to track mortal remains
To alleviate the mental trauma of families whose kin die abroad, especially among the millions of expatriates living in the Middle East, the government Tuesday launched an online system for “facilitating transportation of the mortal remains” of such Indians. Launching the portal, which can be accessed at the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) website…
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Oman to build 5 hospitals
Oman’s health ministry has signed agreements with a consultancy firm for designing and construction of five new hospitals across the sultanate, Muscat Daily has reported. The planned hospitals will be built in the wilayat of Suwaiq in North Batinah, Khasab in Musandam, Al Najat in North Batinah, Samail in Dakhliyah and Al Falah in the…
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Salalah tourism to grow exponentially
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The travel and tourism sector of Salalah will experience exponential growth, says Omer Kaddouri, president and CEO of Rotana. According to Kaddouri, more than 3,000 hotel rooms in the region are due for completion by the end of 2014. In 2013, 435,000 visitors from the Gulf region explored the Omani city during the Khareef (monsoon)…
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Oman minister meets Modi, Sushma
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Oman Foreign Minister Yousuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah, the first foreign dignitary to visit India since the Narendra Modi government came to power, met the prime minister Narendra Modi , as also External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, and discussed ways to boost trade and investment between the two countries, reports IANS. Abdullah, special envoy of…
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Oman journalist bags top award
Nishad Padiyarath, an Indian-origin journalist working with Times of Oman, bagged the ‘Best Journalist Award’ instituted by the Oman Football Association. The award was presented at glittering ceremony at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Muscat. The Times of Oman has also won the ‘Best English Newspaper Award’.
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Indians shine at Forbes’ ME list
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Asian Lite, the Global Voice of the South Asian Diaspora, looks in to the rise of Indian-origin CEOs on Forbes Middle-East list A poor cotton farmer’s son from Maharasthra’s Vidarbha region and a young doctor from Kerala have been named in the Forbes list of top 40 CEOs in Middle-East countries. Krishnakumar Taori, the group…
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Oman unveils mega rail plan
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in OmanOman Rail Company (ORC) received 34 quotations from 95 local and international companies to compete for the implementation of the infrastructure of the railway project in the Sultanate, while 14 local and international companies submitted 9 quotations to compete for the implementation of the technology systems for the railway project. The 109 applying companies represent…
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Modi spells hope for Indians in Gulf
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There have been mixed reactions among expatriate Indians living in the Gulf countries following the landslide victory of the BJP, led by Narendra Modi, in the Indian general elections. While some expressed hope and enthusiasm, for others, there was disappointment. The United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Kerala Muslim Cultural Committee (KMCC), which had anticipated a Congress-led…