Uber
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 18 2023 - 4 min readIndia’s first Driver Advisory Council (DAC), formed as a pioneering effort to provide gig workers a platform to discuss important issues and improve their platform experience, has expanded to nine cities, Uber said on Sunday. According to press statement, the council is a flagship initiative led by Aapti Institute, a Bengaluru-based ...
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Opportunity India Desk Oct 07 2022 - 2 min readThe Karnataka government is again in headlines due to its recent declaration of App-based cab and bike aggregators as “illegal”. Services from major names in the industry like Ola, Uber, and Rapido have been barred under this order. An order has been passed by the Karnataka transport department order calling autos services provided by these ...
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Vaishnavi Gupta Aug 27 2020 - 1 min readUber has introduced an on-demand 24x7 ‘Auto Rentals’ service. This service has been launched in six cities including Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Pune. With Auto Rentals, riders can book an auto and its driver for a maximum of eight hours with permission to make multiple stops along a journey. Nitish Bhushan, Head of Marketplace & Categories, Uber ...
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Vaishnavi Gupta Apr 27 2020 - 2 min readUber has introduced ‘Uber Essentials’ in five cities. This service has been launched to facilitate travel for essential services such as visiting a hospital or a pharmacy. Currently, Uber Essential is available in Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Nashik, and Hyderabad, in order to facilitate the essential travel needs of citizens. Uber said in a statement, ...
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Vaishnavi Gupta Apr 20 2020 - 1 min readAmid the ongoing national lockdown, Uber has tied up with online health platform Medlife to offer residents across Kolkata, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, and Pune access to prescription and over-the-counter medicines. Earlier, the ride-hailing platform had collaborated with Flipkart, BigBasket and Spencer's Retail to make deliveries on behalf of these players. Shiva Shailendran, General Manager ...