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PTI
Over 2 Lakh Ola, Uber Drivers Go on Strike in Delhi-NCR
01 Sep 2020
The striking cab drivers are to assemble at Mandi House on September 1 to press for their demands, including fare hike and extension of time for loan repayment in view of the pandemic.
Ronak Chhabra
Survey Reveals App Drivers’ Misery: ‘60% Report Back Problems, 90% Sleep Deprived’
26 Aug 2020
Nearly half of the surveyed drivers, the study found, are driving customers in their vehicle for close to 20 hours a day.
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.