Do You Know What to Do in Case of an Accident with Uber or Lyft?
By Mala Sharma With the advent of popular aps like uber and Lyft, there are more and more non-traditional drivers on the road. Not quite a taxi, but not an ordinary driver, these shared ride apps have created an entirely new category of commercial driving. So, what do you do when you have been in […]
Uber to increase headcount to 500 by year-end at Hyderabad facility
Hyderabad: Online taxi aggregator Uber will hire over 150 people over the next few months to ramp up its customer support operations in India as part of its efforts to enhance driver and rider experience on its platform. Uber, which counts India as its third largest market in terms of number of trips after the US […]
Unexpectedly, Uber and Other Ride Shares Spread the Wealth in India
By Jawahar Malhotra NEW DELHI: I took my umpteenth ride in an Uber cab the other night and was still marvelling at the way the system works in India when I got another important lesson when the system broke down. With headlights coming straight at him and the bumpy road suddenly becoming two lanes in […]
Uber opens its first Centre of Excellence in Asia in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Taxi aggregator Uber Technologies Inc. opened its first centre of excellence in Asia in Hyderabad as the San Francisco-based company centralizes several of India operations at a single location in its third biggest market. The facility will have staff providing round the clock specialized support for “critical incidents that require immediate attention.” Uber, the most […]
