'Finding a job during the lockdown was not easy.' S Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com S Balakrishan, 59, is an Ola bike driver. He zips around Chennai for 10 to 12 hours......
Bike taxi services operated by app-based aggregators came to a standstill in Karnataka on Monday following the high court's directive to suspend operations. IMAGE: A view of the Karnataka high......
Rising inflation and stagnant wages are forcing a number of salaried professionals to venture into the bike taxi service as part-time riders. Kindly note the images in this report have only been......
Social media was shocked recently by a video that revealed an Audi owner (a journalist, by the way) assaulting, then picking up and hurling an Ola driver to the ground in a horrific instance of......
The Bharat Taxi platform is already positioning itself as the world's largest driver-owned mobility network, with more than 51,000 drivers across cars, autos, and bikes registered in New Delhi and......
Bike-taxi drivers are also left stranded as many depended on the service. IMAGE: Rapido driver. Photographs: Kind courtesy Rapido/Facebook.com Commuters across Karnataka are feeling the pinch......
Clearly, some of the bullishness of the early days has gone missing. Ola's market share is slipping amid rising competition from incumbents like Bajaj Auto and TVS. IMAGE: The OLA Roadster X......
The launch of a range of electric motorbikes (e-bikes) by Bengaluru-based Ola Electric, a first for the company, has disconcerted the industry because the low price the firm claims to be offering......
While mobility aggregators such as Rapido and Uber have welcomed the decision, gig workers associations and unions remain concerned. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for......