Currently, drivers of taxi aggregators like, Ola and Uber are not allowed to wait within the premises at most of the airports.
According to sources, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the two parties last month.
"Many times, cab drivers, including those from other radio taxi companies would create nuisance for drivers of taxi aggregators. As a result of this, Ola and Uber drivers are not available within the airport premises," sources said.
Spokesperson from Ola was not available for comment, while response from KIAB could not be elicited.
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"Bharti Airtel today announced the launch of Connexion, direct private connectivity to cloud, and announced its collaboration with Microsoft Corp for Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute," a company statement said.
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BookMyShow enhances experience for cinema goers * Ticketing platform BookMyShow aims to partner restaurants and food chains across 25 cities to offer offers and discounts to enhance user experience.
The company has already partnered about 100 brands in two cities -- Mumbai and Pune, where the service is currently live.
"We found that after a movie, people would look for eating options near the theatre and that's a good point of engagement. We are partnering with restaurants near these theatres to offer discounts and special offers for our customers. This service is all about user experience," BookMyShow Vice President (Business Intelligence and Marketing) Marzdi Kalianiwala told PTI.
"The intent is to scale this up to 20-25 cities in the next one year and partnering 400-500 brands," he said.
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Currently, the service is available only to desktop users but the company will extend this to its app as well in the next few months.
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RBI shifts supervision of some urban coop banks to Nagpur
The supervision location for urban cooperative banks whose head offices are located in Dhule, Nandurbar, Jalgaon and Solapur districts has been shifted from Mumbai to Nagpur with effect from June 7, RBI said in a release.
It said any correspondence about these urban cooperative banks should be addressed to its Department of Cooperative Bank Supervision, Nagpur office.
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ICICI Bank adds new features to its mobile banking application * ICICI Bank has added new features under its mobile banking application to allow customers pay taxes, book rail tickets as well as clear cheque-based transactions.
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CreditVidya raises USD 2mn from Kalaari Capital * CreditVidya, a financial technology startup has raised USD 2 million in funding from Kalaari Capital.
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* Online education firm Coursera has launched 'Coursera for Business', an enterprise platform, to tap into the USD 31-billion global corporate e-learning market.
It has also roped in customers like L'Oreal, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as well as India's Axis Bank.
"Coursera for Business enables companies to utilise Coursera's learning content, created by 145 universities and other institutions, to help address the rapidly evolving training and development needs of their businesses," it said in a statement.
The launch marks Coursera's entry into the multi-billion dollar global corporate online learning market, which is growing at over 10 per cent a year, it added.
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EXL acquires IQR Consulting for undisclosed amount * BPM major EXL today said it has acquired IQR Consulting, a US-based marketing and risk analytics solutions provider to the banking industry.
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
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IQR will become part of EXL Analytics and maintain its delivery hub in Ahmedabad, India.
Uber launches new features in driver app * Transportation app Uber today said it has added new features in driver app, aimed at predicting, preventing and reducing number of crashes due to factors like rash-driving and fatigue.
These features will be rolled out for drivers in Bangalore over the next few weeks, with more cities coming soon, it said in a statement.
Among the new features, driver partners will now get daily reports about their driving pattern is compared to other drivers in their city with suggestions on how to provide a smoother, safer ride.
Also, display in the app will alert drivers about the speed of their vehicle, it added.