Gig workers are the backbone of India’s booming e-commerce and quick commerce sectors. As the demand for gig workers skyrockets, Vahan.ai, a Bengaluru-based startup, is using AI to help blue-collar workers find jobs, making it one of the country’s largest recruitment platforms. Founded in 2016 by Madhav Krishna, Vahan.ai helps agencies discover jobs, match candidates, […]
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Kapil Sharma and Shahana Goswami in a scene from Zwigato. Being your own boss and working flexible timings is perhaps the biggest selling point of the app-based gig economy. It also remains its biggest myth, because those who have worked in the sector would perhaps tell you how they are always at the mercy of […]
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Director-General of the International Labour Organisation Gilbert F. Houngbo said that a new law is needed to help gig, platform workers. | Representative image | | Photo Credit: K. Bhagya Prakash 56% of the population in the Asia Pacific and 60% in the Arab States have no access to any social protection benefits, said Gilbert […]
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Nandita Das’ new film Zwigato recently premiered at TIFF and the actor is clear where her interest lies — filmmaking Nandita Das’ new film Zwigato recently premiered at TIFF and the actor is clear where her interest lies — filmmaking In the mid-90s, Nandita Das was working with an NGO, after doing her masters in […]
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Though still in the design stage, a host of features aims at boosting driver efficiency and cutting carbon emissions Though still in the design stage, a host of features aims at boosting driver efficiency and cutting carbon emissions E-commerce platform Amazon is working with the electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian to develop and deploy a fleet […]
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