New York: New York taxi drivers, many of them immigrants from dozens of countries, are notorious for being unkempt and even obnoxious. But in updating 20-year-old rules to set a new standard for drivers - that they maintain a "professional appearance" - the city's Taxi and Limousine Commissioner Thursday made sure to communicate sensitivity to the Big Apple's ever-growing collection of global ethnic and religious groups. Commissioner David Yassky took...
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The plan to replace Mumbai's ageing taxi fleet with spanking new air-conditioned cabs has run into rough weather. ...
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