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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicUber cabs

Topic: Uber cabs

Caste disparity, fear of violence & no family time — survey puts numbers to gig workers’ troubles

'Prisoners on Wheels?' report surveyed over 10,000 cab drivers & delivery persons on apps across 8 cities. Mental and physical health issues, dissatisfaction with fares also among findings.

Gig dream is fading for Uber, Ola drivers. They are forming picket lines & support groups

The gig sector is booming, but policy inaction, declining incentives from app-based companies, and skyrocketing fuel prices have trapped gig workers in a spiral of diminishing returns.

‘Our job is not just to pacify’— meet men & women handling Uber’s 24×7 safety helpline

Hundreds of Uber safety agents in Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad field calls from riders and drivers across India, tackling complaints, disputes, and emergencies round the clock.

Western commode, TV, broom, dumbbells — things Indians leave behind in their Uber

In 2023 edition of Uber’s Lost and Found Index, company revealed Delhi was 'most forgetful city', followed by Mumbai, Hyderabad & Bengaluru.

Australia fines Uber $14 mn for misleading on inflated estimated fares & cancellation fees

The court fined the American ride-sharing app Wednesday for breaking consumer law, decieving customers with cancellation fee threats & overstating fare estimates from 2017 to 2021.

Uber blamed rape by Delhi driver on ‘flawed Indian system of background checks’, finds report

A trove of documents leaked to UK-based The Guardian reveals how the tech giant broke rules while trying to expand to the world.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

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.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.