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Topic: Blinkit

India’s Dark Store phenomenon. Blinkit, Swiggy, Zepto are changing rentals, neighbourhoods

In Delhi's Sant Nagar, what were earlier clinics, tuition centres and kirana stores are now dark stores.

Lesson from gig workers, 10-min delivery row—the fuss is necessary

Just as some companies exploit gig workers only because they can, consumers make them run around needlessly only because we can.

Blinkit CEO warns India’s quick commerce bubble may be close to bursting

Global investors have poured billions into the sector, making it the world’s most closely watched experiment in rapid deliveries. Similar ventures across US, Europe and Asia have unravelled.

Blinkit’s ambulance service wins AIIMS doctor’s praise. Why he sees it as ‘healthcare revolution’

New Delhi: Acknowledging the impact of Blinkit’s ambulance service on public healthcare, a professor in neurosurgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences...

Bengaluru police says 10-min delivery is causing accidents. It’s becoming a headache

When delivery persons attempt to report their concerns, their communication is limited to pre-recorded messages—making it feel like they have no one to reach out to.

Grapes & condoms—what else did Indians order most on Swiggy & Blinkit on New Year’s Eve?

By 5:30 pm on 31 December, Swiggy Instamart had delivered 4,779 packs of condoms. Blinkit later revealed that it had shipped 1.2 lakh packs before the clock struck midnight.

SubscriberWrites: Comforts come with costs

The sedentary lifestyle and overdependence on doorstep services made the urbanites lazy and lethargic.

Bengaluru woman’s social experiment: delivering for Blinkit to test 10-minute promise

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Bengaluru woman delivers for Blinkit to test 10-minute deadline. ‘Chaos on stores & roads’

The Blinkit store didn't even have a drinking water filter for delivery partners. With only one small fan in the room, it became suffocating during peak hours.

Instant delivery doesn’t work outside India. Zepto, Blinkit are a success here for a reason

Adoption of quick commerce is highest among those aged 18-35. People aged 36 and above are also adopting digital channels, with more than 30% preferring instant delivery.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.