The death toll from Cyclone Mekunu that hit Oman and Yemen over the weekend rose to at least 13 today, authorities said, as relief workers and aid arrived in hard-hit areas in the two Arabian Peninsula countries. Flooding and damage remain considerable after the cyclone, the strongest-ever recorded to hit …
Muscat: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs has informed that importing vehicles that have passed their expiry period or are about to is a sensitive issue for the environmental sector since such vehicles harm the environment. Hence, efforts should be made to limit their impact on the environment. In …
Muscat: The rate at which the world is losing its genetic diversity, from micro-organisms and plants to animals and marine life, is being further accelerated because of urbanisation, global deforestation, climate change, and overexploitation of the world’s fisheries and marine ecosystems along with industrial agricultural expansion. To combat this dangerous …
The deep depression in the Arabian Sea has intensified into cyclonic storm 'Ashobaa' and is expected to further develop into a 'super cyclonic storm' in next 24-36 hours, the weather office said. However, director of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Gujarat Jayanta Sarkar said the storm is not likely to hit …
Khulna Correspondent :A three-day international workshop on climate change, participated by 12 nations and 22 development partners, concluded here on Sunday.Organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the workshop was attended by the nations and representative of development partners of different countries including India, Pakistan, Maldives , Oman and Switzerland.Principal Secretary …
ABU DHABI // The level of renewable water resources in Gulf countries is among the lowest in the world, according to a recently released regional food security report. The seventh Arab Environment: Food Security report by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) qualified the water situation in the …
Malnutrition in children can manifest in different ways; malnourished children can be underweight or obese, or their height can be stunted. Global health experts used to measure progress toward meeting childhood malnutrition goals on the basis of improvements in weight. But now stunting is the top priority. That’s because children …
If you want to slow climate change, white meat may be the right meat, according to two studies that tally the environmental effect of the beef industry. Raising cattle in the US requires 28 times as much land and 11 times as much irrigation water, and pumps at least five …
MUSCAT — Mohammed bin Salim al Toobi, Minister of Environment and Climate Affairs, issued yesterday a decision to stop a factory for fish oil and powder at Al Rusayl Industrial Estate for one month renewable for similar periods for failure to comply with environment laws and regulations. The decision is …
MUSCAT — Oman Wastewater Services (Haya Water) yesterday signed contracts for the third and fourth packages of wastewater network project in the Wilayat of Al Amerat (A3, A4). Those RO 38 million contracts included establishment of networks for water treatment in the northern and eastern areas of the wilayat. Mohsen …
It’s impossible to prevent natural disasters completely but, their mitigation and adaptation are possible through accurate and timely forecasts Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said international cooperation for exchange of weather data and information is very essential for worldwide disaster management after urging the up-gradation of the traditional early …
Tehran posits itself as an attractive transit destination Seeking closer economic ties, Iran posited itself as an attractive transit destination to other countries and a net provider of energy security at a press conference by top official Saeed Jalili, who is being spoken as a presidential candidate to replace Mahmoud …
New Delhi: Nearly 25 years after HIV was detected in India, travel restrictions continue to bar patients from free movement through nations. HIV-related travel restrictionsexist in 45 countries. The Global AIDS Epidemic 2012 report, released by UNAIDS on Tuesday, says that the effects of such restrictions are severe for migrant …
Sultanate of Oman became the first country to ban poultry products from India since avian influenza commonly known as bird flu was reported a week ago from Bangalore. This is the second time this year that Oman has banned import of eggs from India. According to P Nallathambi, president, Tamil …
The current drug discovery paradigm in the West is constrained in what it can do, primarily due to the funding model. Here we envisage a hypothetical non-governmental, non-profit organization called the Centre for Affordable Medicine. By sourcing innovation from a network of academic and corporate partners, and working primarily in …
Move ensures uninterrupted urea supply to Indian market Govt not to drag Gulf nation to International Tribunal The government has accepted the proposal seeking hike in prices of gas supplied by Oman to an Indian fertiliser plant in the Gulf nation to $1.5 per mmBtu for this year, a move …
New Delhi Oman has halved the price at which it will sell natural gas to an Indian fertiliser plant in the Gulf nation to $1.5 per mmBtu but has added an annual escalation clause. Oman, which had previously proposed to raise rates of gas sold to OMIFCO’s urea manufacturing facility …
New Delhi Costlier gas to raise urea price; ministries differ over pros & cons of arbitration The Union Cabinet will soon take a call on the vexed issue of whether to go for international arbitration at a London tribunal against Oman, which raised natural gas price from 77 cents to …
New Delhi: A billion-dollar venture of public sector cooperatives Iffco and Kribhco in Oman is in jeopardy as Muscat has trebled the price of gas it supplies to India’s only overseas fertilizer plant ahead of schedule. Government officials told TOI that Oman has asked Omifco—Iffco and Kribhco’s joint venture with …
Talk of a Middle Eastern green energy boom is likely to prove no more than a mirage with little hope of the region saving clean technology companies from the shrinking project pools of Europe. Instead India, China and Latin America offer some hope for green energy companies struggling in a …
At least nine people in Oman were killed and 200 injured after a tropical storm swept through the Arabian Peninsula state, causing at least $50 million-worth of damage, officials said on Thursday. The storm, which began on Tuesday, flooded many parts of the country, prompting 60 patients to be evacuated …
