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Friday, November 1, 2024
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Topic: Blinkit

SubscriberWrites: Comforts come with costs

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

iPhone16 now available on Blinkit, BB Now; doorstep delivery in minutes

Long queues were seen outside Apple’s flagship stores in Delhi & Mumbai on Friday, the day it was launched in India.

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.

Delivery agent with ‘criminal past’ cleared Blinkit background check. All eyes on Noida rape-attempt case

Accused Sumit Singh was hired via third party, was booked in connection with sale & purchase of illegal liquor in 2019, and his brother is a 'history sheeter', according to police.

Blinkit deliverymen would rather work for Uber-Ola, run YouTube channels. Dignity comes first

Young delivery executives brave more than just heatwaves and traffic. They also deal with dismissive family members, indifferent employers, hostile guards, and rude customers.

Why hundreds of delivery partners in Delhi-NCR are on strike over Blinkit’s new payout structure

Delivery partners face cut in minimum compensation to Rs 15 per order. Blinkit says it has 'implemented new payout structure which compensates partners proportionally to effort'.

Zomato says most Blinkit stores reopened after wage protests

The disruptions have no material impact on the operations and financial performance of the company, the food delivery firm said in a regulatory filing.

Blinkit-like approach to reduce cost hurting economy and workers. Innovate, increase revenue

Investing in more capital than in employing labour can work in most countries. But India can't blindly emulate developed economies and reduce the amount of labour employed.

On Camera

16th BRICS Summit was about building dollar-free world order. India can use it to expand trade

For New Delhi, a USD-free system is not an immediate priority nor an existential necessity to unconditionally support the China-Russia agenda.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.