Dubai / WAM School bus trips account for 13 percent of the total volume of traffic during the morning rush hours in Dubai, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), revealed on Sunday. Statistics show that the number of students in public and private schools in Dubai in 2016 reached some 295,000 young people. “The school transport centre witnessed a rapid ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) has announced the installation of 100 solar-powered lamp posts in the Yarmouk District of Khor Fakkan, as part of its plans to replace traditional street lighting with a solar-powered system on all the roads of the emirate. Traditional bulbs will be replaced with energy-saving LED bulbs to protect the environment ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, will work with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on six new practical research projects at EGA later this year. MIT is the leading research university in the United States. The new projects extend EGA’s partnership with MIT’s David H. ...