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Journalism in Oman in the Digital Age
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How did my productivity evolve during the previous 7 weeks
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Date: November 23rd, 2021
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Mass shooting, Explained
Can mass shooting be stopped?
Date: Tuesday, November 9,2021
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Youth Kicks out the Olympics first skateboarding
Date: October 19, 2021
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Date: October 19, 2021
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Modern photography shifting into Remote shooting!
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Date: October 3, 2021
Who hasn’t received an overwhelming and thrilling feeling to know that in just less than a year, the covid crisis has brought up years of changes into technology more than ever! What’s more, to stay competitive companies are now competing to deliver new tech solutions; as a response to the new demands with people moving toward online, giving us more digital invention that are increasingly shown in the computing technology.
One of these technologies that gained popularity during the hight of the pandemic is what’s now introduced to the photography world as ‘remote or virtual shooting’, this has opened more possibilities for photographers who are not able traveling because of the crises, to continue pursuing their career or hobby and for photography schools to continue it courses.
This technology allowed Photographers to now view the in-camera setup, change the camera settings, and are enabled to explore the location their shooting in, set ups shoots without leaving their houses. The photographer starts a live stream using any app like Facebook, facetime or PetaPixel, with the client or the other side holding the camera is sharing their screen, to control the tethered camera that is connected to the phone or the laptop, the photographer will have full manual control over camera settings, and once captured, the shoots get displayed on his screen.
Remote shooting has become a part of the modern photography and photographer’s workingflow, showing us huge amount of powerful portraiture captured with smartphones that are even good enough to be in the cover of major fashion publication such as Vogue. Though, this new tech still did get it enough shares of complains and other professional issues.
Photographers has described it an intensely frustrating and inefficient process as the photographer can't increase the quality of the medium used, adding the difficulties of communicating with the other side.
The pictures are good, but the question is are they professional? Smartphone’s camera’s are designed to be convenient but not for professional use, any photoshoot like this require a huge amount of time and effort and the results are flat in most cases than being stunning.
As a technology that grew popular during the covid crisis, it's an interesting tool to try for a shortage of time. But something to be resumed in fashion publications and for photographers? I highly doubt it.
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A tour Inside the world of VALENTINO just from its site
September 28th, 2021
There is nothing more creative than businesses and brands shifting into the world of modern technology, aiming to advertise their brilliant and luxuries work all around the world.
Valentino website uses various types of technology with a designing pattern showed visuals, in it infographics with active images, animation, videos, and data's.
The content inside the site includes history of the brand, pictures of haute couture old and newer once, pictures of celebs wearing from the house of valentine in red carpets events. Videos in the site display the runway shows from fashion weeks, their advertisements and collaboration with celebs, the designer inspirations and art. It also include data's of the awards, feedbacks, their social media accounts and also other fun and interactive games and quizzes for visitors.
Noticing from the site creativity and coding and designing in modern technology had converge with art and fashion playing a major factor in creating and giving the technology a beneficial and a deeper meaning even it telling their stories.
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To mark a return into the new normal
Students are attending on campus classes at Sultan Qaboos University for the first time since March2020. Socializing and studying again on September 12, morning.
Pictures taken by @mohmedaldighaishi & @lama-s123285
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September 21,2021
Pegasus spyware is an Israeli project who attempted successfully to attack and hack smartphones, targeting politicians, journalists and even human right activities as a another tool to silence and control them.
The spyware had created a new fear with potential risks on cyber security and the safety of it targeted group’s.
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Date: May19, 2020
World News:
- India
India resumes purchases of Malaysian palm oil - traders
Photo by REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin
Indian buyers have resumed purchases of Malaysian palm oil after a four-month gap following a diplomatic row, with buying spurred by a fall in domestic inventories and discounted price. The renewed purchases come amid improving trade relations between the two countries after the formation of a new government in Kuala Lumpur, with Malaysia signing a deal to buy a record 100,000 tones of Indian rice last week.
Source:
Reuters
- Bangladesh
Bangladesh order evacuation of millions ahead of cyclone
Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA
Bangladesh have begun evacuating with India more than two million people as a cyclone barreled towards their coasts, with officials racing to ready shelters amid fears of coronavirus contagion in cramped facilities. The Cyclone Amphan had reached winds of up to 240 kilometers per hour with gusts of 265 kph over the Bay of Bengal late on Monday
Source:
Aljazeera
- Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Officials Stoke Covid-19 Communal Hate
Photo by Eranga Jayawardena
Eleven years since the end of Sri Lanka’s long and brutal civil war, the government has disavowed promised steps toward truth, justice, and accountability for war crimes. The country have witnessed a surge of discrimination and hate speech against the country’s Muslim minority with little official response. Now the government is using the Covid-19 pandemic to stoke communal tensions and violate rights to religious freedom.
Source:
Bloomberg news
Community:
- Bidiyah
Citizens are calling the government for radical solutions
People in Bidiyah are asking the government for quick solutions addressing the problems of high amount of accidents accruing in the Wilayat at the intersection of Bidiyah Hospital, to estabablish speed breakers.
Source:
@bidiyah_news
- Manah
An initiative in helping the affected expats in Manah
Manah Team started an initiative to help workers who lost their jobs and the one effected by the pandemics.
Source:
@Manah_App
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Date: May12, 2020
World News:
- India
Air-India flight brings 178 Indian nationals back from Dubai
Photo by PTI
An Air-India Express flight carrying 178 Indian nationals, including five children and an infant, from Kuala Lumpur. A part of the “Vande Bharat” mission of the government of India stranded in Dubai landed at the international airport on Monday. India has started returning its citizens from various countries, especially expatriates from Kerala in Gulf countries, since last Friday and around 1,900 people arrived in the state by air and sea.
Source:
The Hindu
- Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Killing of rare river dolphins’ sparks poaching fears
Photo by AFP
Freshwater dolphin has been found in a river sanctuary in Bangladesh, in the southeastern town of Raojan. Sparking fears fishermen and locals taking advantage of the virus lockdown to poach the endangered creatures. Between 1,200-1,800 Ganges river dolphin found in river systems of Nepal, Bangladesh and India.
Source:
Aljazeera
- Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka to lift lockdown as government devises ways to recover from pandemic
Photo by Reuters
Sri Lanka said it will lift its 49-day lockdown starting from May 12 , but the government has urged people to adhere to all anti-virus guidelines to ensure the curve stays flat. The Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said announced on it national tv that the curfew was being relaxed since the situation was under control due to the help extended by the health authorities, armed forces and the police.
Source:
The hindu
Community:
- Bidiyah
A crowd gathers over a 10,000 OR winning
A video of a social gathering in Bidiyah spread online during the lockdown in Oman. The video is showing people parting after Nasser Al-Wahaibi, from Bidiyah won 10,000 OR on a gulf poetry competition. The video caused anger since the state has many cases.
Source:
twitter account @AAIBULUSHY
- Manah
Manah team cancelled it 2020 Group wedding
Manah Team announces the cancellation of its seventh-year annual group wedding, due to the circumstances of Coronavirus pandemic.
Source:
twitter account @Manahnews
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Date: May5, 2020
World News:
- India
Coronavirus: India plans to evacuate citizens stranded abroad
photo by AFP
India has embarked on a massive operation calling on passenger jets and naval ships to bring back some of the hundreds of thousands of nationals stuck abroad due to coronavirus restrictions, India has banned all incoming international flights in since last March as it imposed one of the strictest virus lockdowns, leaving vast numbers of workers and students stranded.
Source:
Aljazeera
- Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Rohingya Refugees in Risky Covid-19 Quarantine
Bangladesh authorities have quarantined 29Rohingya without adequate access to aid on an unstable silt island in the Bay of Bengal, and the authorities said that they are holding the refugees, who had been adrift at sea for over two months, on Bhasan Char to prevent a Covid-19 outbreak in the camps.
Source:
The daily star
- Sri Lanka
COVID-19: Sri Lanka registers over 750 coronavirus cases, most from Naval facility
photo by Reuters
The infection of the virus is suspected to have spread in the Welisara Camp in Sri Lanka when officers came in contact with drug addicts infected by the virus during a raid of the 548 active coronavirus cases in Sri Lanka, 327 of them are Navy personnel, as the officials announced on Tuesday.
Source:
The hindu
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Date: April 28, 2020
World News:
- India
India and Pakistan ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions
photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP
India has announced on Friday allowing a limited reopening of retail shops in neighborhoods and residential areas, starting from Saturday a month after the the country lockdown to curb the spread of covid-19. Enforcing workers with physical distancing, wearing masks and gloves during work.
Source:
Aljazeera
- Bangladesh
Bangladesh garment workers return to work amid lockdown
Photo by AFP
Despite the nationwide lockdown, Thousands of workers resume work in clothes factories in Bangladesh on Monday amid coronavirus lockdown. After struggling of starvation and being desperate for money. Some workers haven’t been paid for two months. Raising fears of increasing the spread of the virus.
Source:
Aljazeera
- Sri Lanka
Over 40,000 people arrested in Sri Lanka for violating curfew and quarantine laws
40,095 citizens have been arrested for violating curfew and quarantine laws since the lockdown imposed in the country last month during COVID-19 pandemic. Deputy Inspector General of Police in Sri Lanka Ajith Rohana announced in national television that even after the lockdown lifted, people won’t be allowed to gather or hold parties or travel except for essential needs, and those who don’t observe the health practices like social distancing will be arrested.
Source:
www.colombopage
Community:
- Manah
Closure of Shop in Manah Violating SC health procedures
The municipality of Manah closed a commercial facility for violating the decisions of the Supreme Committee charged with examining the mechanism for dealing with developments resulting from the spread of coronavirus.
Source:
Twitter account @aldakhlia_MRMWR
- Bidiyah
Bidiyah Municipality completed building and streets sterilization
The vector control team of Bidiyah municipality intensified spraying sterilization, cleaning a number of places around villages, districts and regions in the Wilayah.
Source:
Twitter account @northshrmrmwr
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Date: April 21, 2020
World News:
- India
India coronavirus lockdown: Broke tourists rescued from cave
photo by Raju Husain
Indian officials have rescued six tourists after locals reported the police. The tourists are from different nationality and were found living in a cave in India following a lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, after they run out with money. They have tested negative for the virus and have been moved to a quarantine center paid by the government.
Source:
BBC
- Bangladesh
Turkish citizens leave Bangladesh on charter flight
At least 154 Turkish nationals Left the capital Dhaka after the coronavirus lockdown in the South Asian nation. The passengers left Bangladesh on Tuesday on a Turkish Airlines. The flight was arranged by Ankara. The Turkish Airlines plane also brought back 20 Bangladeshi students from different cities around Turkey
Source:
www.aa.com
- Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Easter bombings a “senseless and meaningless tragedy”
photo by AFP
2-minute silence across Church bells in Sri Lanka tolled on Tuesday, in commemoration of those killed in the suicide bomb attacks on 3 churches and 3 upscale hotels on Easter Sunday, a year ago on April 21, killing at least 279 people, including 37 foreign nationals, and injuring at least 500. The simplified version of the commemoration came after the event was cancelled due to coronavirus lockdown.
Source:
vatican news.
Community:
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DATE: April 14, 2020
World News:
- India
India extends world's biggest coronavirus lockdown till May 3
photo by Ajit Solanki/AP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces extension on the virus lockdown since it started on March 25. To be rescheduled to end at midnight on Tuesday May 3, being the biggest in the world as the South Asian nation reports more than 10,000 cases and nearly 340 deaths.
Source:
Aljazeera
- Bangladesh
Diaspora offers helping hand as Bangladesh reels from coronavirus
photo by Mahia Rahman
Bangladeshis abroad in the US are sending funds back home to help millions of poor people amid the outbreak after the government complete lockdown since March 26 causing hardship to it citizen. With the government revealing a$8bn financial package to stimulate the nation's economy and help poor people making ends meet.
Source:
Aljazeera
- Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka ignores Muslim protests, forces cremation for coronavirus victims
Despite Islamic tradition and protests from members of the community authorities in Sri Lanka are cremating the bodies of Muslim victims of the coronavirus pandemic even after the World Health Organization suggesting cremation or burial as an appropriate way in dealing with victims.
Source:
Trt world
Community:
-Bidiyah
A Relief Campaign to deliver Food Supplies for Low income citizens
Supporting by Bidiyah team with youth and women volunteers from the Wilayat. Bidiyah start distributing food supplies for low incomes families, widows, Orphans ,foreigner’s and citizens.
Source:
@MBidiyah twitter account
-Manah
Community Help Fund a Direct-Giving Buying Groceries for 290 families
Manah team for charity work started delivering a grocery packages each worth 25 riyals from community donation. The team delivered 78 packages with 212 packages reminding.
Source:
@Manahnews twitter account
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DATE: MARCH 10,2020
World News:
- India
Misinformation, fake news spark India coronavirus fears
India Through its vast social media networks, struggle with a wave of inaccuracy spreading on coronavirus offering unverified home remedies to tackle the virus, floating fake advisories asking people to avoid foods such as ice cream and chicken and sharing conspiracy theories. Indians' phones are being flooded with misinformation. Many obstacles are facing India's battling against the coronavirus with large crowds, inadequate infrastructure and a stretched health system as the number of infections rise to 47 on Tuesday.
Source:
CNN
- Bangladesh
Bangladesh confirms first case of coronavirus
According to officials Bangladesh announced the first confirmed coronavirus cases in the country after three people tested positive. They have recently returned from Italy, with two more quarantined for the infectious virus in the capital Dhaka on Sunday.
Source:
www.aa.com
- Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka security forces prepare quarantine facilities for expatriates and foreigners
Sri Lanka security forces close collaboration with authorities in the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Defense have finalized arrangements to quarantine foreigners and Sri Lankan expatriates arriving in the island from the COVID-19 coronavirus hot spots in the world.
Source:
Colombo news
Community:
- Manah
Manah celebrating Arab water day
The municipality of Wilaya granted a visit targeting school students to Falaj Al-Khatm under the occasion of the Arab Water Day,The trip included educational activities on how to measure the level of aflaj water.
Source:
Twitter account @aldakhlia_MRMWR
- Bidiyah
Lunching Bidiya youth club championship
Bidiya Youth Club Championship started this Friday at Al-Jazira Sports Team Stadium, for teams born between 2002 and 2003
Twitter account @Bidiyahnews
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Date: March 3rd, 2020
World News:
- India
Delhi sees worst communal violence in decadesThe suburbs in northeastern
photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Delhi have become a battleground in the fight over India citizenship amendment act, as "anti-Muslim". India has seen the worst communal violence to hit the national capital city in decades. Homes, shops and mosques have been vandalized and set on fire.People protesting against the CAA have accused the police of failing to stop Hindu nationalists attacking them and, some being involved in the violence. The police fired tear gas. And one person was shot in the chest and another one in the hand raising the death toll to 24 on Thursday.
Source:
Aljazeera
- Bangladesh
Bangladeshi researchers discover new frog that can fit on your thumb
photo by Hasan Al chayan/ Researcher
Named after one of the most prominent wildlife scientists and conservationist in the country, its A team of researchers determined the presence of a new species in the forest of Bangladesh of a frog describe the amphibian it mimics the sound of crickets and it is tiny. This discovery adds a new species to science.
Source:
The daily star
- Sri Lanka
Health experts refute new misleading claims about coronavirus prevention in Sri Lanka
A lengthy post on Facebook promoting several precautionary measures claims it will protect people from coronavirus has been shared tens of thousands of times by multiple users in Sri Lankan. Health experts in Sri Lanka have refuted many of the claims saying they are false or misleading. Health authorities in Sri Lankan have urged the public to refrain from sharing misleading information.
Source:
AFP
Community:
- Manah
Group wedding registration started in Manah
As an effort to help young couples from Manah with the cost of weddings, a group wedding registration started for a week in AlBashaer club the registration will be closed in the end of May.
Source:
Manah app
- Bidiyah
Civil Defense Putting out a fair in Bidiyah
photo shows one of the fire man after they put out the fair
The civil defense in cooperation with the citizens, put down a fire that broke out a local Mosque, the fire caused no human damages.
Source:
Twitter account @Bidiyahnews