Credit at the tap: The opportunities and risks of India’s digital lending boomIndia's digital lending is rapidly transforming credit access, with mobile apps now disbursing significant loan volumes, especially to youn...
13 May, 2026, 09.00 AM IST
Inside AI-led digital storefronts; Lalit Keshre’s big ET Awards winHappy Monday! Digital platforms and brands are building their own AI storefronts. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
27 Apr, 2026, 07.41 AM IST
Gig workers’ body writes to labour ministry to mandate heatwave protectionApp-based transport workers are demanding mandatory heatwave protection, including paid breaks and access to water, under the Code on Socia...
26 Apr, 2026, 06.40 PM IST
Swiggy rider drags food delivery box on road after being paid Rs 35 for 6.2 km trip. Video goes viralA Swiggy delivery partner allegedly dragged his food box after a 6.2 km trip for Rs 35, sparking online debate about gig worker pay. While ...
16 Apr, 2026, 03.15 PM IST
Nothing Dickensian about gig workGig work offers significant livelihood generation and worker agency in India. Platform companies are crucial for this ecosystem. While work...
12 Jan, 2026, 11.40 PM IST
Eternal CEO Deepinder Goyal enters new arena of debate: Capitalism, class divide and gig economyAmid backlash over gig worker strikes, Eternal CEO Deepinder Goyal sparked a wider debate by defending capitalism and the gig economy on so...
03 Jan, 2026, 11.27 PM IST
Social security code draft outlines insurance, pension for gig workers: ReportAccording to the draft rules, gig and platform workers should be engaged with an aggregator for at least 90 days in a financial year to qua...
03 Jan, 2026, 12.57 PM IST
Gig workers’ strike revives debate on 10-minute deliveryMore than 200,000 delivery workers operating for platforms such as Zomato, Blinkit, Swiggy, Instamart, Zepto, Amazon and Flipkart went on a...
03 Jan, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Internet splits over Deepinder Goyal’s comments on gig economy after strikeDeepinder Goyal's comments on the gig worker strike on Christmas and new year's eve went viral on social media and invited arguments both f...
02 Jan, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
Gig workers’ strike: Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal defends 10-minute deliveriesZomato CEO Deepinder Goyal defended the company’s 10-minute delivery model after gig workers’ strikes raised safety concerns. He said fast ...
02 Jan, 2026, 12.47 PM IST
50,000 gig workers participate in strike in Hyderabad, unions claimAbout 50,000 of the total two lakh gig workers in Hyderabad participated in the strike called on Wednesday by the unions demanding better p...
31 Dec, 2025, 10.00 PM IST
Celebrities, netizens show solidarity with gig workers as New Year's Eve strike intensifiesWhile the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers' Union (TGPWU) and Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) claimed that lakhs ...
31 Dec, 2025, 09.44 PM IST
Rajya Sabha MPs Manoj Kumar Jha, Raghav Chadha urge PM intervention as gig workers intensify nationwide strikeAs gig workers intensify their protests across the country, the two parliamentarians flagged issues of fair wages, unsafe delivery models, ...
31 Dec, 2025, 08.42 PM IST
Gig workers from Maharashtra likely to join strike, police monitoring developments: OfficialsGig and platform workers from Mumbai and Maharashtra are expected to join a nationwide strike. This action is planned for New Year's Eve. W...
31 Dec, 2025, 06.41 PM IST
Ecommerce, food delivery services largely unaffected by gig workers' strikeWhile at some places gig workers staged demonstrations, firms like Zomato, Swiggy offered more incentives to delivery partners, a standard ...
31 Dec, 2025, 06.25 PM IST
Gig workers from Maharashtra likely to join strike, police monitoring developments: OfficialsAmid the strike call by gig workers' unions, police are closely monitoring developments to prevent any untoward incidents on New Year's Eve...
31 Dec, 2025, 04.57 PM IST
Gig workers begin strike in Hyderabad, over 1.7 lakh set to join pan-IndiaHyderabad gig workers' strike: Several workers in Hyderabad gathered with placards and shouted slogans demanding better pay and safer worki...
31 Dec, 2025, 04.30 PM IST