Oman Current Affairs, GK & News
India’s Export of Fresh Fruits
Fresh fruits export from India has witnessed a major growth. The major destinations of exports of fresh fruits include the Netherlands, Bangladesh, the UK, the UAE, Iran, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar, and Oman. Overview: In April-January 2021-22, guava exports have risen to USD 2.09 million against USD 0.58 million recorded in April-January 2013-14. Paneer ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Bangladesh • Bhutan • Fruits • Indonesia • Malaysia • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Singapore • Vegetables
Oman-India Friendship Association- Key Facts
Oman recently announced to establish Friendship association with India. This will the first of such initiative in West Asia. It was announced during a bilateral discussion held between the foreign ministers of the country. The bilateral discussion was held virtually on the backdrop of recent trip by the External Affairs Minister of India Shri S ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Bilateral dialogue • Gulf of Oman • India-Oman • Indo-Pacific • Oman
UAE: First Arab Country to generate electricity from coal
The United Arab Emirates recently became the first and probably the last Arab country to generate electricity from coal. The coal plant, Hassyan is to be set up in Dubai at 3.4 billion USD. The capacity of the plant will be 600 MW. Later, the capacity of the plant is to be increased to 2,400 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Clean Energy • Dubai • Gulf Countries • Nuclear energy • oil and natural gas • Oman • Power Plants • Solar Energy • United Arab Emirates
Haitham bin Tariq Al Said sworn in as the New Sultan of Oman
The Royal Family of Oman named Haitham bin Tariq Al Said as the new Sultan of Oman following the death of his cousin on Friday 10th January 2020- the longest-serving monarch of the Arab world –Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said. Haitham bin Tariq Al Said was serving as the Minister of Heritage and Culture ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Haitham bin Tariq Al Said • Minister of Foreign Affairs • Minister of Heritage and Culture • Oman • Qaboos bin Said Al Said
EAM to visit Sultanate of Oman on 24th December
The External Affairs Minister(EAM) of India, Dr. S JaiShankar is completing his visit to Iran on the 23rd of December from where he will head towards the Sultanate of Oman on Tuesday, 24th December 2019. The Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, Yousuf Bin Alawi bin Abdullah invited the Indian External ..
Topics: Dr. S Jaishankar • External Affairs Minister(EAM) of India • Iran • Muscat • Narendra Modi • Oman • Prime Minister of India
Abu Dhabi named World’s Leading Sports Tourism Destination 2019
The capital city of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi has been named as the World’s leading sports tourism destination for the seventh time in a row. The award was declared at the 26th edition of the annual World Travel Awards(WTA). The World Travel Awards was founded in 1993. Awards were presented in over 50 ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Abu Dhabi • Chile • Kenya • Oman • Peru • United Arab Emirates • World travel awards