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Indian Uber driver sentenced to a year in prison for transporting illegal aliens in US

Jaswinder Singh, a resident of Philadelphia, previously sought and received asylum in the US and now faces possible deportation as a result of this offence.

Mumbai BJP chief ‘honours’ cab driver who took passenger to police over ‘anti-CAA’ chat

Rohit Gaur took a passenger to the police station after overhearing a phone chat about anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests.

Talking to cab drivers about politics is the oldest cliché. Now Uber is no more a safe space

When poet-activist Bappadittya Sarkar was discussing anti-CAA protests with a friend over the phone, he had no idea his Uber driver would take him to the police.

Uber partners Hyundai to unveil flying car model for future air taxi service

Uber and Hyundai outlined their partnership at the CES technology conference and plan to show off a full-scale model of the vehicle this week.

Uber reports 3,000 sexual assault claims in US last year in its safety review

The assault claims reported to Uber ranged from unwanted kissing to forcible penetration. Experts say the attacks are widely under-reported.

The secret to startups like Uber, Airbnb succeeding is in their playbook

Startups such as Uber, Airbnb and Gojek are armed with centralised knowledge as opposed to smaller players who are dependent on fragmented expertise.

Uber CEO calls Khashoggi’s murder ‘a mistake’, sparks calls for boycott

In an television interview, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi called compared Jamal Khashoggi's murder to Uber’s accident with a self-driving car that killed a woman.

Uber CEO promises to make company profitable, with some help from India

Uber suffered a $5.2 billion loss in the second quarter of this year, but India offers a potential bright spot with untapped market that can help Uber grow.

Maruti Suzuki, hit by automobile sector slowdown, reports lowest profits in 4 years

The festive season sales may not be enough to overcome the 39% slump in profit Maruti Suzuki India has suffered since last year.

Uber ex-CEO Kalanick invests in India’s cloud kitchen market with Rebel Foods

Cloud kitchens, much like cloud-computing services, have become a popular business model for food-delivery providers minus the expense of real estate and service staff costs.

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Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.