35 new coronavirus cases, 1 death reported in Oman
By: Times of Oman
Muscat: As many as 35 new cases of coronavirus were registered in two days in the Sultanate of Oman, in addition to one new Covid-19-related death.
This brings the total number of positive Covid-19 cases to 304101 in Oman.
The total number of Covid-19-related deaths reached 4107, the Ministry of Health said.
The Ministry added that 46 new cases have been recovered, bringing the total number to 299480 recoveries.
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By: Times of Oman
His Excellency Eng. Said bin Hamoud Al Maawali, Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology
Muscat: The Council of Ministers has approved the National Programme for the Digital Economy.
"The Council of Ministers approves the National Programme for the Digital Economy, through which the Sultanate of Oman seeks to achieve several goals that will contribute to building and developing a prosperous digital economy that responds to the requirements of the future," Oman News Agency ...
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Muscat: The horse racing season for the year 2021-2022 will start on Thursday October 21, 2021 at the Al Rahba Racecourse in the Wilayat of Barka, South Al Batinah Governorate.
"In implementation of the royal directives of His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik , the horse racing season (2021-2022), which is organised by the Royal Horse Racing Club, will start tomorrow, Thursday, at the Al Rahba Racecourse in the Wilayat of Barka," Oman News Agency (ONA), said in a statement.
Dr. Sarhan bin Salem Al ...
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On behalf of HH Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham bin Tarik al-Said, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Sayyid Said Sultan al-Busaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth for Culture yesterday took part in the 25th meeting of the GCC Culture Ministers.
Held via video-conferencing, the meeting discussed means of enhancing the GCC joint cultural action. It also reviewed the existing cultural cooperation and the partnership relations between the GCC countries, the regional and international organizations. The meeting also approved the recommendations at meetings of the GCC culture undersecretaries ...
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The Sultanate's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 10.1% to reach at market prices RO 15,301,900,000 at the end of the second quarter of 2021 compared to RO 13,898,300,000 at the end of the second quarter of 2020, according to the data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
There was also a rise in petroleum activities by 8.7% at the end of the second quarter of 2021, registering RO 4,428,400,000 compared to RO 4,074,200,000 at the end of the same period of 2020.
The share of crude petroleum from petroleum activities was RO 3,723 billion, which is an ...
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