Delhi auto drivers at crossroads: AAP's loyal vote bank grapples with rising challengesAuto drivers in Delhi are dealing with rising CNG costs and the push for electric vehicles. These issues, along with competition from app-b...
14 Jan, 2025, 03.28 PM IST
Uber raises prices by about 5% in London to attract more driversPrices will increase across the country at different rates depending on the city, Uber said in a statement on Monday.
16 Aug, 2022, 03.05 PM IST
SC seeks response of Centre, Uber, Zomato on plea for social security benefits for unorganised sector workersJaisingh said a declaration is sought by the drivers or delivery workers that they are workmen under the schemes of the Unorganised Workers...
13 Dec, 2021, 02.50 PM IST
The future of work in India: Contracts, not jobs, but with benefitsU-Work, launched as a pilot in the UK in January 2020 by Unilever, has been brought here, and so has Open2U, a programme for gig workers sp...
11 Dec, 2021, 11.40 AM IST
Uber to roll out pension plans for UK driversUber said it would contribute 3% of a driver's earnings into a pension plan, while drivers can choose to contribute a minimum of 5% of thei...
24 Sep, 2021, 12.34 PM IST
Plea in Supreme Court for social security for gig workersThe petition alleged that denial of social security like pension and health insurance to them is a violation of their right to life and rig...
22 Sep, 2021, 02.14 PM IST
Uber to recruit 20,000 UK drivers on post-lockdown demandThe San Francisco-based ride-hailing company said Thursday it aims to sign up the additional drivers by the end of the year, adding to the ...
29 Apr, 2021, 05.13 PM IST
Drivers on the stormWe take a closer look at UK's Supreme court ruling and its implications for Uber and its drivers in India.
20 Mar, 2021, 08.43 AM IST
Koo app severs China links, Nazara IPO beginsIn today's ETtech Evening Briefing, Twitter rival Koo app severs China links; Nazara IPO gets subscribed 3.8 times on Day 1 of offering; an...
17 Mar, 2021, 08.30 PM IST
Social security schemes may soon cover gig workers tooThe labour ministry may soon include gig workers under the existing social security schemes of the government, which would make them eligib...
06 Aug, 2020, 12.21 AM IST
In a first in India, Karnataka is drafting separate labour law for gig workersBengaluru — home to many buzzing tech startups — is working on a law the likes of Swiggy, Zomato, Uber and Ola may be deeply concerned abou...
19 Feb, 2020, 12.47 PM IST
Violent customers add to the burden of ecomm cos and their staffFollowing assaults from customers, soldiers of ecommerce giants have more than just traffic to worry about.
04 Apr, 2018, 08.22 AM IST
What Indian startups should learn from the ouster of Uber's Travis KalanickIn the tech industry, VCs brag about their "pattern recognition" capabilities. The pattern always resembles Zuckerberg, Gates, Bezos, or th...
25 Jun, 2017, 10.31 AM IST
Ola raises Rs 670 crore from Ratan Tata-backed fundWhile UC-RNT Fund has pumped in Rs 267.99 cr, another Rs 402 cr has been infused by FO Mauritius I Ltd, according to a regulatory filing by...
10 May, 2017, 03.56 PM IST
RNT Capital, Falcon Edge Capital set to invest $100 mn in OlaRNT Capital is expected to lead the round with an investment of $60 mn with the rest coming from New York-based hedge fund Falcon Edge Capi...
03 Apr, 2017, 12.34 AM IST
Ola, Uber keep ex-Army men driving happilyOla helped ex-servicemen with training and educated them about technology to be able to both use and respond to clients via the mobile phon...
25 Mar, 2017, 08.00 AM IST
How Uber is driving change among India's armed forces with UberFAUJIWith service tenure of most military men ending at 35 years on an average, surviving on a puny pension may not be easy. Uber had stepped in...
03 Jun, 2016, 10.52 AM IST