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Uber hires scribe

Hires television news anchor Shweta Rajpal Kohli as its first head of public policy and govt relations

Uber launches UberSHAAN to create one million livelihood opportunities by 2018

The initiative will also support the entrepreneurial ambitions of licensed drivers through vehicle financing and leasing solutions

Uber ties up with Maruti to add more drivers

Maruti Suzuki will assess and train 30,000 commercial drivers for Uber, over the next three years

Uber's self-driving cars debut in Pittsburgh

Up to 1,000 Uber customers will be part of the first real-world test in the US for regular people

Uber partners NSDC, Maruti to skill 1 million by 2018

Uber will also support driver training, delivered through NSDC's training centres nationwide that promote skill building in automobile sector

Uber launches first driverless car service

The service is expected to reduce the number of traffic accidents and free up to 20% of space in cities currently used to park

How Pittsburgh became Uber's testing ground for self-driving cars

Uber will introduce a fleet of self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, making it the world's first city to let passengers hail autonomous vehicles

Uber launches new features in 'Driver App' to improve road safety

It will also provide speed display in the app, which in turn will alert the drivers about the speed of their vehicle

Uber launches new driver app features for road safety

This includes daily reports to drivers about how their driving patterns compare to the other drivers in the city

Uber says Didi Chuxing deal frees resources for key Indian market: Letter

Three years after it launched in India, Uber now operates in 28 cities and is completing 5.5 million passenger car trips per week

Uber says Didi deal frees resources for key Indian market

Uber, co-founded in 2009 by Travis Kalanick, has gone on to become the world's most valuable start-up worth $70 billion

Justin Fox: Uber still trying to figure out its real business

It is not known how much of Uber's growth is the result of real technological and network advantages of smartphone-enabled ride hailing and how much is due to the big subsidies that Uber and its competitors have been handing out

India fastest growing market for us: Uber

Uber started its business three years ago in India and is now operating in over 20 cities with thousands of cab drivers

India fastest-growing business for Uber, company commits more

Uber Asia Head Eric Alexander said company started its business 3 years ago in Bengaluru and is now operating in over 20 cities

Uber to lose at least $1.27 bn in first half of 2016

Uber lost about $520 million before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation in the first quarter this year

Uber lost at least $1.27 billion in first half of 2016 - Bloomberg

Subsidies Uber grants its drivers was the main reason for the loss, finance head Gautam Gupta told investors in a quarterly conference call

Uber says limited licences curb growth in Kolkata

Lack of cars are joining Uber platform because state transport department has issuing commercial licences in a restricted manner, said Ashwin Dias

UberEats launching in Tokyo

Launched in March this year, the delivery service is currently available in 28 cities across the world, reports Tech in Asia

Uber driver arrested in Mumbai for molesting foreigner

When she refused to sit in front seat with him, he came to the rear seat to clean the seat and touched her inappropriately

Uber acquires truck startup Otto, plans test run of driverless SUVs

Travis Kalanick said his company would put about 100 self-driving SUVs onto the streets of Pittsburgh