Drivers of app-based ride services like Uber are protesting in several Indian cities, demanding higher commissions in the face of rising fuel prices. To show their discontent, some drivers are not turning on their air conditioners during rides despite the intense heat, Shaikh Salauddin, general secretary of the Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers, told dpa. App-based taxi drivers in Hyderabad and Kolkata stopped switching on the air conditioning almost a month ago, he said. The protest appears to have widened with a more recent increase in fuel prices. He said they would continue …