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Rapido forays into rickshaw booking, eyes expanding to 50 cities by yr-end

Ride hailing app Rapido on Thursday launched auto rickshaw booking service across 14 cities

Our business in India is in very solid shape: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi

In an interview, KHOSROWSHAHI discusses with Surajeet Das Gupta the impact of the new social security code on the firm's driver partners and the performance of the firm after the lockdown in India

Uber partners with HelpAge to provide 1,000 free monthly rides to elderly

Uber announced a partnership with HelpAge India, an NGO dedicated to serving the disadvantaged elderly, for providing 1,000 free rides a month in 12 cities

Uber to hire 140 more engineers for Indian tech teams to expand products

These expansion plans are in line with itss vision to make mobility and delivery more accessible, and to become the backbone of transportation in thousands of cities across the globe, the company said

Uber installing screens and cockpits in 20,000 cars for safer rides

The ride-hailing firm has already fitted them in 8,000 cars; the cost of installation is borne by Uber, and it comes free of cost to drivers

Two senior Ola executives Arun Srinivas and Sanjiv Saddy step down

These exits follow that of Nitin Gupta, CEO of Ola Financial Services, who resigned in May.

Ola to focus on electrification of small vehicles, says Bhavish Aggarwal

The acquisition of Amsterdam-based electric scooter startup Etergo by Ola earlier this year, was a first step in that direction, Aggarwal said

Uber India chief Pradeep Parameswaran to lead Asia-Pacific operations

Parameswaran will take charge of the new job on June 19. He will oversee Uber's rides business in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand.

India test bed for key innovations: Uber India's Pradeep Parameswaran

Parameswaran talks to Surajeet Das Gupta about the challenges he faced and India's R&D capability.

Uber launches 'Hourly Rentals', a 24x7 on-demand intra-city service

Riders can retain a car with driver for several hours and make several stops on their journey, due to which they get greater flexibility as they restart their lives after a lengthy lockdown

Uber trims a quarter of its India workforce, lays off 600 employees

The move is part of a global restructuring plan announced earlier by Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in view of dwindling fortunes amid Covid-19 lockdowns in several countries, including India

Hail a ride now! Uber, Ola to resume services in key cities from today

With further relaxation of lockdown regulations and more powers given to states, Ola will be restarting services in over 60 cities across the country from Tuesday.

Uber cuts 3,000 more jobs, closes offices amid coronavirus outbreak

Combined with the 3,700 employees in customer support and human resources, Uber dismissed earlier this month, the cuts now total about 25% of the total workforce. A spokesman said more cuts could come

Covid-19 outbreak: Hailing an Uber ride on day one of lockdown 3.0

Nothing suggested it was a cab ride during extraordinary times except that the driver patiently waited at the gate without making any hurry-up calls

Maha govt approves fixing upper cap of fares to 3 times for app-based cabs

Maharashtra has nearly 75,000 black and yellow cabs and over 1 million auto rickshaws

Mobility company redBus launches car, bike pooling service in Delhi

The service, which was first launched in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune, caters exclusively to professionals and keeps commercial operators out

Govt's move to cap commission at 10% will put us out of business: Cab firms

The government is considering a proposal to cap the commission paid by drivers at 10%

Ola aims to double scale of business in Australia and New Zealand

A company source said the firm is looking to double the scale of business across parameters such as revenue, customers, driver-partners and the number of rides

Govt may cap Ola, Uber driver charges; industry calls it a bad idea

Though this will increase the earnings of drivers, a fear among industry players is that any meddling with natural market dynamics might cause more harm than good

How Ola bike is gaining rider confidence in small towns

Interestingly, around four out of every 10 Ola Bike trips are taken in small towns