After Her Husband’s Death, Shanno Begum Defied Odds to Become Delhi’s First Woman Uber Driver

“My name is Shanno Begum from Delhi.”

Thus begins a video telling the story of an extraordinary woman who overcame the impossible to become the first wo...

'Swarm Electrification' in Bangladesh Lets Neighbours Swap Solar Electricity

Ten households in Shakimali Matborkandi, a village in the Shariatpur district of Bangladesh, have seen a dramatic change over the past year in the way they light their home...

500 Women Who Are Manual Scavengers Soon To Become Cabbies

The project has been taken up by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment as a part of the National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation’s (NSKFDC) wor...

Government Uber To Install Breathalysers In Bars In Association With Mumbai Police

Safety is of utmost importance to Mumbai Traffic Police, and with the recent increase in ‘drunken driving’ cases in the cities, the traffic police have become m...

Uber Signs Agreement with Maharashtra Govt to Create 75,000 Jobs #MakeinIndia

Taxi-hailing application, Uber, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the Maharashtra Government to help in creation of 75,000JOBSacross the state over the nex...

Bumblebees Are Teaching Smart Cars How To Drive

A newly-awarded research grant from the National Science Foundation is devoting $300,000 to a project to study the ways that bumblebees navigate, and to apply tha...

Uber Invited 'Mr. Robot' Star Rami Malek To Teach Its Staff About Cybersecurity

In the last year only, Uber admitted suffering a data breach potentially affecting 50,000 drivers, accidentally left a lost and found database public, saw multiple cases of...

Airtel And Uber Announce First-Of-Its-Kind Strategic Partnership

Bharti Airtel Limited and Uber have recently announced a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership in India. As part of this partnership, Uber riders across India can now pay...

50 Shades of May

May was on to an encouraging start with Gabbar Is Back, which kicked up a storm at the box office. Theanti-corruption background in films has a way of gett...