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H H Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers on Tuesday received Hamad bin Nasser al Misnad, President of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority in Qatar and his delegation.

Around 2,700 medical and paramedical staff from The Royal Hospital, health institutions in the sultanate, the private sectors, civil associations, as well as from the GCC countries attended the second Royal Hospital International Conference at the Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Oman Air has cancelled 478 flights between March 28 and April 30, as a result of Public Authority for Civil Aviation’s (PACA) directives on suspending operations of Boeing 737 Max. Some of the affected destinations are Salalah, Bahrain, Dubai, Riyadh, Doha, Kuwait, Kenya, Karachi, Amman, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Calicut and Goa.

The sultanate ranked second in the Arab region in the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2018-19.

Hussain Mohammed Ali, Oman’s former ambassador to the UK, hosted a reception in honour of a visiting delegation of members of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, and world-renowned art collectors, at his residence in Madinat as Sultan Qaboos, on Sunday.

The sultanate will be affected by a trough of low pressure starting from Wednesday until Thursday with isolated rains over the governorates of Musandam, Buraimi, Dhahirah and North Batinah, the Met department stated.

Oman is among the 50 countries whose citizens can avail tourist visa-on-arrival in Pakistan. The country has also launched a new e-visa scheme that will facilitate visitors from 175 countries. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan launched the e-visa scheme last week to open the country to tourism and the world.

The prices of tobacco products, alcohol, energy drinks and pork products will go up by 100 per cent from June, while carbonated drinks will go up by 50 per cent.

Football fans in Oman are going gaga over the prospect that the country stands a chance of hosting few Qatar 2022 World Cup matches if it’s made a 48-team affair from the current 32.

The first-ever Haute Route Oman is all systems go, with a sold-out entry of 265 road cyclists set to take on the challenging course through the sultanate which starts on March 1.