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Uber Cuts 600 Jobs in India Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic By Techtonic group Cab aggregator and ride hailing giant, Uber has announced that it's laying off 600 employees in India. That's about 25% of the company's workforce in the country as it tries to cut costs. The company's job cuts in India affect customer support, marketing, legal, policy, and other departments. Apparently, the cuts are a part of the company's global restructuring process that laid off 6,700 employees this month. "These reductions are part of previously announced global job cuts this month. Today is an incredibly sad day for colleagues leaving the Uber family and all of us at the company. We made the decision now so that we can look to the future with confidence," said the company's President for India and South Asia businesses. According to Uber, the company is providing certain benefits to laid off employees. Uber says it's giving them 10 to 12 weeks of salary...

Uber's New 'Uber Connect' Lets Users Send Packages Locally By Techtonic group Cab-aggregator Uber has today launched a new service in India to facilitate local package delivery. The service, called 'Uber Connect' will allow users to send packages to friends and family in their city. Uber Connect will allow users to send and receive  packages that can be transported on a two-wheeler, and are under 5kg in weight . The company has also said that it will not deliver prohibited items including recreational drugs and alcohol. The  list of prohibited items  includes a variety of things, as well as some rather weird inclusions: people, human corpses, and urine being on the list. The company is launching the service in four cities right now:  Jaipur, Gurgaon, Kolkata, and Guwahati . Users can download the Uber app, log into their accounts and fill in the pickup and drop-off address as usual. Thereafter they should see 'Uber Connect' as an option in the ve...

Uber to Use "Selfie Tech" to Verify if Drivers are Wearing Face Masks By Techtonic group Uber is one of those companies that has taken numerous steps to curb the spread of COVID-19 through social contact. We have seen  the company deliver essentials  amidst the global lockdown. Now, as the company is starting to operate in some countries after it suffered major loses due to the lockdowns, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that they will be using Uber's "selfie technology" to verify if the driver-partners are wearing face masks or not. The announcement comes from Khusrowshahi himself during the company's earnings call last week. Earlier,  the company shipped millions of face masks  to driver-partners all around the world for safety measures. "We’re shipping millions of PPE and masks, cleaning supplies etc., to our drivers to make sure that first drive, and the second, and the continuing drives, that our riders are safe and they feel safe,” , said Kh...