AirBnb, the charmed travel startup at the helm of the international travel gig economy has taken one of the biggest hits. The company has just announced it is laying off 1500 people — nearly 25% of its entire workforce — around the globe
When Jio had first launched in 2016, Mukesh Ambani had described it as a “startup”. There had been some derision at his remark…
After almost 45 days of a country-wide lockdown and a complete prohibition on alcohol due to CoVid19, India decided to loosen some of the restrictions across zones as the country looks to scramble back to opening up. The first ostentatious beneficiaries of the partial relaxation were liquor stores as the govt. let individual states decide their status provided all social distancing norms were followed. It wasn’t long before that queues – even as long as kilometre – formed outside the alcohol stores that were open.
The strain is already beginning to show for companies that have been hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Fitness startup Curefit has reportedly laid…
Experts have been wondering how different industries would be impacted by the coronavirus, but one of the world’s most influential investors has just…
In a recent interview, Infosys co-founder and face Narayan Murthy suggested that Indians should work for 60 hours a week for the next 2-3 years to combat the economic damage caused by the CoVid-19 lockdown. Murthy’s well-meaning comment might have just normalised this culture that rewards longer working hours over efficiency.
Elon Musk has been tweeting again. Elon Musk unleashed a — even by his standards — bizarre tweetstorm yesterday, in which he claimed…
Reliance’s gradual transition into a tech company only appears to have accelerated after its recent partnership with Facebook. As the world works from…
There’s no shortage of views around how the coronavirus should be handled — everyone from politicians to policymakers have been debating around how…