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Ronak Chhabra
Delhi: App-based Workers Get Short Shrift in Gig Companies’ Charity Stunt
16 Jun 2020
This is in addition to the mass layoffs in the wake of virus-triggered lockdown that has already spurred a bloodbath within the country's tech sector.
Newsclick Report
Service Aggregators Uber, Ola, Swiggy and Zomato Continue to See Layoffs
28 May 2020
On the other hand, Zomato and Swiggy have taken up grocery delivery and home delivery of alcohol.
PTI/NewsClick Report
COVID-19 Hits Taxi-aggregator, Ola to Lay Off 1,400 Employees
20 May 2020
‘We had all hoped in the beginning that this would be a short-lived crisis and that its impact would be temporary,’ said Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal in an email to their employees.
Ronak Chhabra
Profit Above All Else: Ola, Paytm Next in Line to Dismiss Staff
30 Nov 2019
A pattern can be established between both the companies trimming their staff – aiming for IPO in the coming years, focus on increasing profits and a common foreign investor changing its strategy.
Amit Gupta and Vidhi Goel
Should Competition Commission Seize Online Discounts?
03 Nov 2019
Amazon and Flipkart are just two in the long list of e-commerce websites selling everything and anything under the sun and offering discounts to attract consumers.
Newsclick Report
3000 Ola, Uber Drivers to Go on Strike in Bengaluru on September 30
26 Sep 2019
Namma Chalakka Trade Union is demanding that the Karnataka government allow drivers to install digital metres—similar to that of Mumbai’s black and yellow taxis.
Newsclick Team
What Are the Implications of India's Economic Crisis?
14 Sep 2019
Any process of economic growth or transformation is not good enough unless it has adequate employment as one of its central objectives.
Ranjini Basu
Economic Slump: Busting Official Myths on Consumer Preferences
14 Sep 2019
Data confirms an acute demand crisis in rural India and beyond.
Prabir Purkayastha
The Big Decline: Sales of Biscuits, Briefs and Bikes Have All Dropped
13 Sep 2019
Economists and business heads are wondering if it’s time to use the dreaded R-word: Recession.
Newsclick Report
Ola, Uber, Foodpanda are Some of the Worst Employers, Finds Study
02 Apr 2019
Twelve of India’s most successful technology-based startups were ranked on the overall working conditions for their drivers and delivery persons. The results indicate they do not care much about…