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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Exploitation of unskilled workers is at the heart of quick-delivery service businesses in India. They should be valued for what they are and not what they pretend to be, a trait that has taken a devious form of wanting it both ways.
The exploitation of unskilled workers by food delivery and quick-commerce companies in India has become a burning issue over the past week. Delivery workers across the country called a nationwide strike against Zomato, Swiggy, Blinkit, Instamart and Zepto on New Year’s Eve—the busiest day of the year for food and grocery delivery platforms. More than 200,000 workers logged out of these platforms in protest.
The Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) called the strike a success. “To start a movement like this is a huge challenge in today’s time,” says Shaik Salauddin, founder president of the union. “We can’t …
The contrasting approaches are driven by two very different strategies. One wants to capture more markets; the other is focused on discipline and profits.
The instant house help business has become the centre of focus and investment at the home services company. But another fight may be brewing in its core business.
India’s grocery and food delivery platforms are increasingly displaying misleading images of food using artificial intelligence, defeating the very purpose of buying online.
