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Paytm Bank partners with Ola, Uber, for FASTags to 100,000 drivers

PPB has set up 12 camps at Uber Green zones across different cities for drivers to purchase and use FASTags

Goodbye, apolitical corporations

The private airlines' heavy-handedness in the case of comedian Kunal Kamra raises discomfiting questions

Police, Uber launch Himmat Plus app at IGI airport for passenger's safety

In case of an emergency, the police headquarters will receive the real-time location of a driver or a rider through this app so that a PCR van can be assigned to provide assistance

Paytm extends payment service partnership with Uber

Earlier, passengers were able to pay for their rides through Paytm wallet and other modes like cash and cards separately

Ola takes on Uber with its safety pitch as it drives operations to London

Safety is high on its mind and Ola is bringing in an AI enabled safety feature, 'Guardian'

Rivals Uber and Lyft are driving down different roads in search of profit

Uber and Lyft, both based in San Francisco, are ride hailing's odd couple

Uber lost $1.1 billion by investing in food delivery, driverless cars

Analysts polled by FactSet predicted Uber would lose $1.18 billion, or 67 cents per share, during the quarter

To increase driver's earnings, Uber brings in-app tipping feature in India

One of the persons said during the pilot phase, it was found that riders had tipped Rs 25 on an average

Top headlines: SC agrees to hear telcos' pleas, Uber sells India food biz

From the latest on telcos' AGR pleas to Uber's sale of India food delivery business to Zomato, here are the day's top headlines

No consensus on India's concerns over taxing digital firms at OECD meet

This could result in missing the January 2020 deadline set by global peers to finalise structure of the new digital tax on companies like Google, Netflix, Amazon, Facebook and Uber

PIN-verification to RideCheck: Uber India announces new safety features

Uber will also be experimenting with audio recording as a safety feature in the Indian market this year

Uber to roll out PIN verification, RideCheck for enhanced user safety

Uber Senior Director of Global Safety Products Sachin Kansal said the feature is under pilot and should be rolled out to users in the next few weeks

Uber teams up with Hyundai Motor to develop small electric-flying cars

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc and South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor <005380.KS> have teamed up to develop electric air taxis, joining the global race to make small self-flying cars to ease urban congestion.

CES 2020: Hyundai, Uber announce partnership to build flying taxis

Under the agreement, Hyundai will be responsible for the manufacture and deployment of the air vehicles, while Uber will provide logistics so that the service can operate

California's bid to protect Uber drivers likely to hurt freelancers

Vox Media cut more than 200 California freelancers, citing the new law. The transcription service Rev told its freelancers that it would be leaving California

Tricky predictions: How users, producers may adapt to shared consumption

In collaborative systems, the role of the users may switch between ''consumers'' and ''producers''

Uber, delivery firm Postmates sue California over gig-economy labour law

Drivers are divided between those who want the same security as employees and those who want the flexibility of being able to choose the hours they work

A 2020 shopping list Masayoshi Son: K-pop band, Aramco for investor?

A list of investments Masayoshi Son ought to consider after after an awry year for SoftBank Vision Fund.

The decade saw its fair share of brand bashing, bans and boycotts

The decade is defined by globalised consumption patterns and a tetchy consumer-brand relationship

Former Uber CEO Kalanick to resign from company's board next week

Uber turbocharged the gig economy and since 2010 has logged 15 billion trips. Kalanick was ousted as CEO in the summer of 2017 with the company mired in numerous lawsuits