Your Uber rides to get safer: Apollo hospitals to train driver-partners, provide first-aid kits
Posted on 10th January 2016 |
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| Taxi-aggregator Uber on Tuesday announced a partnership with Apollo Hospitals to engage in a road-safety training programme for driver-partners in 29 cities across the country. In a press release, the company stated that the hospital will equip Uber's 8000 drivers who have received a 'five-star' by customers, with first aid medical kits. It also stated that as a part of this partnership, the company has created a series of training videos on handling road accidents which will be provided in English and one regional language. Along with this, the Hospital will conduct a 2-week training sessions the Partner Support Centres in Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai over the next few weeks, and certify driver partners who successfully complete the training. "The partnership with Apollo Hospitals will allow everyone on the Uber platform to develop the competence for providing essential first-aid and medical assistance to those in need,” said Shweta Rajpal Kohli, Head of Public Policy, Uber India. “More than 1200 accidents occur every day in India. Road Traffic accidents are as grim as any other medical emergency and one should know how to handle it.” said, Dr Hari Prasad, President, Apollo Hospitals. Speaking at the Session on Road Safety organised by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and CII, Kohli said that Uber is working towards towards building telematics-powered features to help drivers mitigate driving risks posed by the “four D’s” identified by road-safety experts as most common reasons for crashes on the road – ‘Drunk’, ‘Drugged’, ‘Distracted’ and ‘Drowsy’ driving. |
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Bharti Airtel defers Q2 results till Nov 14 over ambiguity on AGR verdict
Posted on 29th October 2019 |
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Bharti Airtel said on Tuesday it has postponed its second-quarter earnings report to mid-November, as the wireless operator sought clarity on the court ruling asking telecom firms to cough up overdue payments to the government.
Shares of the company, which was expected to release its quarterly numbers later in the day, dropped 3.3 per cent in early trade. |
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Rupee slips 8 paise vs US dollar in early trade amid drop in oil prices
Posted on 7th October 2019 |
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The rupee on Monday opened eight paise lower at 70.96 against the US dollar amid drop in crude oil prices and rise in Asian equities. The domestic unit on Friday closed almost flat at 70.88 against after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a widely expected move cut key interest rates by 0.25 percentage point. On a weekly basis, the local unit slumped by 32 paise. |
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LIC pips private insurers in first-year premium growth during April-August
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In the first five months of the current financial year, first-year premiums of life insurance companies grew by 39.84% (year-on-year) at Rs 1.05 lakh crore as compared to Rs 75,588.35 crore in April-August of 2018-19. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) continued to grow at a faster pace compared to private insurance players, shows the data from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai). |
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Apollo Hospitals rules out further stake sale
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (AHEL) has ruled out further dilution of promoters’ stake in the company. The company also said its Rs 1,337-crore stake sale of Apollo Munich Health Insurance with mortgage major HDFC will be concluded by October. Following these stake sales, the promoters’ pledged position will come down from a high of 76% to 54% by October and eventually to 20% by November or December, company sources said here. |
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World trusts India on Kashmir, not us: Pakistan minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In a major embarrassment for Pakistan and its Prime Minister Imran Khan, the country's Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah, a retired brigadier, said the international community didn't believe Pakistan's narrative on Kashmir; instead it is India whose version is trusted. |
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