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COVID vaccination: Uber India pledges Rs 10 cr free rides to senior citizens
Mar 5, 2021 12:18 PM

Cab sharing platform Uber said that it is offering free rides worth Rs 10 crore for assisting in the second phase of the vaccination drive in India.

CNBC-TV18’s Mugdha Variyar spoke to Prabhjeet Singh, President of Uber India & South Asia, to talk more about the initiative. They also discussed the recovery Uber is seeing in the country.

Also, edtech giant BYJU'S is planning to go global in 2021.Divya Gokulnath, co-founder of the company, shares the company’s outlook, going forward.

Finally, Rahul Sharma, co-founder of Micromax India, talks about the company’s new smartphone brand ‘IN’ and how it plans to make a comeback with it.

Watch video for more.

(Edited by : Bivekananda Biswas)

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