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Money exchangers and bankers in Muscat said that non-resident Indians have started resorting to personal loans as rupee touched an all-time low of 62.03 against the US dollar on Friday, Times of Oman reported.
Little over 1 million barrels were exported to India in February, 794,200 barrels were exported in March and none at all in January.
An Indian ship sank off the coast of southern Oman, drowning five Indian sailors and leaving nine others missing.
Six Indians were killed and two Omanis seriously injured when two pickup trucks collided and one carrying six workers caught fire, local media quoted a policeman as saying.
The MV Suez's 22-member crew, including six Indians, were on Sunday transferred to a Pakistani warship when the Egyptian merchant vessel, which was recently released by Somali pirates after payment of ransom, began taking on water in the Arabian Sea.
Strongly rebutting the charges, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the Gulf countries are deeply committed to friendly relations with India and they are even seeking bilateral talks on the post-COVID-19 economic recovery. Talking about India's close and traditional ties with the Arab countries, he said New Delhi is ensuring uninterrupted supply of food and essential commodities to the region during Ramzan as part of its deep-rooted friendship.
A Jet Airways flight, traveling from Kuwait to Mumbai and carrying 160 people, made an emergency landing at Muscat airport on Friday after a bomb scare on board that turned out to be a hoax. Omani authorities received a tip off that a bomb might be aboard the Boeing 737-800 aircraft, following which they alerted the crew. The crew then decided to divert to Muscat where the airplane landed safely at 1 am local time, about two-and-a-half hours after departure from Kuwait.
Brazil rounded off a very good pre-World Cup year with a lacklustre 2-0 win over Oman in a friendly on Tuesday to take their tally to 14 victories in 17 matches.
Thayil, the author of 'Narcopolis' and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award, will join his fellow judges to look for the best works of translated fiction, selected from entries published in the UK and Ireland between May 2019 and April 2020.
Shaikh Saif bin Mohammed Al Shabibi, country's housing minister, said the recent royal decree amending the government land entitlement system was part of measures to revise the land law to cope with the housing development services being provided to the citizens. The ministry is coordinating with the authorities concerned to launch an electronic residential land application system using website and is also studying the possibility of receiving applications for land.
Nearly 80 Indian workers of an Oman-based construction company with operations in Doha have staged a demonstration in the Qatarian capital, seeking Indian embassy's help in repatriating them.
The workers complained of low salaries and not being allowed to return to India.
He praised the recent gesture of Oman in facilitating the smooth exit of thousands of Indian expatriates whose labour cards and visas had expired.
Striker Pipat Tongkanya scored twice in eight minutes to lift hosts Thailand to a convincing 2-0 win over Oman and top spot in the Asian Cup Group 'A' on Thursday.
Six sailors, including two Indians, died while 13 others were rescued after an UAE company owned cargo vessel sank off the Yemeni island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean due to bad weather.
'It's about experience. My players were fit, in fact fitter than Oman, but they were more experienced.' Coach Stimac rues India's one-man attack after Oman agony
India suffered yet another defeat in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Oman to allow over 5,000 Indians on expired work permits to leave
This closure has led to increase in flight duration and has put a strain on Mumbai's air traffic controllers, who are working extra shifts to handle the increase in traffic.
Iranian Ambassador to India Ali Chegeni said his country is 'not for war'. "We are looking for peace and prosperity for everybody in this region," he said.
Almoez Ali scored a spectacular overhead kick for a record ninth goal of the tournament to set Qatar on their way to a first Asian Cup triumph with a stunning 3-1 win over four-times champions Japan on Friday.
Indian agencies have been engaged in countering Pakistani cyber-attacks on social media platforms for a very long time. But just like the fight against the coronavirus, only through the active participation of ordinary citizens that this war on fake news can be won, suggets Colonel S Dinny (retd).
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He also thanked Oman for its support in anti-piracy operations.
Indian prefer to buy expensive properties in Dubai.
India on Sunday evacuated 670 more nationals, including 488 from Sanaa by three Air India flights, taking the total number of Indians rescued from war-ravaged Yemen to nearly 2,300 after the "largest" evacuation in a day so far.
Karnik was mandated to oversee commercial and sales functions of the airline. He took over from Hameed Ali, who joined the airline's board.
Indian Air Force aircraft carrying 452 Indians evacuated from strife-torn Yemen have arrived in Mumbai.
Surinder Pratap, whose Twitter handle carried the tweet, was neither detained nor arrested by Jaipur police since it said no case was registered against him in the city.
Changes being driven by Etihad, says a source, after a V-P quits
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An acid test awaits the Indian football team as they host higher-ranked Oman in the second round opening match of the AFC qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Ahead of the International Fleet Review being held in Vizag, Naval chief Admiral RK Dhowan spoke of the changing perception of the navy and the many challenges it faces.
'Please mention my phone number in your article: +97-144479988.' And if you know of a person who is stuck in a UAE jail, then tell his relatives to call me.' 'I will help them for sure.'
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