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The pressure of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and being in shape is forcing many people to resort to dietary supplements nowadays, a worrying trend say nutritionists. They doubt the efficacy of such supplements and even think may come with side-effects.

The Ministry of Tourism (MoT) has done its best to ensure that all facilities are ready for the khareef season in Dhofar governorate. The ministry has set up 44 mobile lavatories and announced the opening of a number of new hotels.

Muscat will bounce back after suffering one of the largest falls in hotel valuations in the Middle East, according to hotel and hospitality analysts, HVS.

After taking part in the activities of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting for 2019, Dr Sausan al Riyami, renewable energy researcher, at the Institute of Advanced Technology Integration (IATI) and EJAAD, joined the Baden-Wurttemberg Post Conference Program for Young Scientists in Germany.

Gone are the days when WhatsApp used to be mainly for texting and calling friends. Going forward, WhatsApp nailed it with the feature of status update causing an addiction among the majority of its users. But, that is not all.

Though fresh water lakes are tempting, experts advise to avoid swimming in them because they are unchlorinated and can be breeding ground for mosquitoes and other insects who thrive immensely during the khareef season in Salalah.

Are you planning to fly drones near the Muscat airport area? Think twice.

Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) and Omantel have inked an agreement on a cooperation programme that will contribute to the establishment of a state-of-the-art Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at the varsity. The agreement was signed last week by Dr Rahma Ibrahim al Mahrooqi, deputy vice chancellor for Postgraduate Studies and Research at SQU, and Talal bin Said al Mamari, CEO of Omantel.

In an effort to sustain the environment, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs (MECA) has planted 100,000 mangrove seedlings in North Batinah.

Sultanate’s cargo operations handler at Muscat International Airport, Oman Air SATS Air Cargo has won the award for the best enterprise and business at the Achievements Forum 2019, Milan, Italy.