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At 66, Ahmedabad man with ‘stable life’ turns Blinkit delivery partner, completes 10,000+ orders to travel the world

April 18, 2026 5:20 pm

Dinesh Thakordas works from 6 am until around 11.30 am, after which he decides whether to continue or call it a day.

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Fighting precarity and a phantom boss, gig workers join wider labour unrest

April 16, 2026 1:32 am

Platform workers say that the promise of flexibility cannot come at the cost of dignity and basic protections

He mentions that one of the deliveries was to his own neighbour

Watch: internet hails Blinkit delivery worker who earned Rs 65 on his first day using a cycle

March 22, 2026 3:46 pm

In a viral video, the Blinkit delivery worker is seen sitting in the cycle’s back seat while his friend pedals away.

Dressed in traditional attire and a turban, the man rides with a bright yellow Blinkit delivery bag

Watch: This man is ‘delivering Blinkit orders’ on a horse in Rajasthan

February 23, 2026 2:49 pm

With a Blinkit delivery bag strapped to his back, the man is seen riding a black horse.

Delivery executive stabbed to death in Delhi's Mayur Vihar, 3 held

February 03, 2026 9:14 am

According to the Delhi Police, a PCR call regarding a stabbing incident was received at the Pandav Nagar police station around 8.15 pm.

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The Indian gig economy is running on forced labour

January 16, 2026 6:15 pm

As India debates the future of work, the central question is not whether gig platforms are efficient, scalable, or profitable. It is whether technological innovation can be allowed to normalise constitutional violations

We, as consumers, know gig workers are exploited. So what do we owe them?

January 15, 2026 7:24 pm

Do gig workers have a special right to our moral concern, or are they simply part of the considerable number of overworked and underpaid maids, cooks, cab drivers, garbage collectors, chowkidars, and itinerant labourers?

Reuters reported on Tuesday that the government ordered Eternal's Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy ‍to ⁠stop promoting their grocery deliveries as a "10-minute" service. (File Photo)

Swiggy, Zepto rebrands '10-minute' delivery claim after government order

January 14, 2026 4:42 pm

The labour ministry raised the issue during a closed-door meeting on Saturday with representatives ‌from the three companies, asking them to stop promoting the business as a 10-minute service, the sources told ‌Reuters.

When I signed up to make deliveries on Zomato, Blinkit and Swiggy for a day

January 15, 2026 10:55 pm

The Indian Express’s Soumyarendra Barik spent a day each as a delivery worker for Zomato, Blinkit and Swiggy, completing 23 deliveries and earning Rs 782 or Rs 34/hour. That’s the cost of India’s convenience economy: long, punishing hours for precarious earnings

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Govt tells quick commerce firms to drop ‘10-min delivery’ deadline

January 14, 2026 1:55 am

On Tuesday, Union Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya met the representatives of leading platforms including Blinkit, Zepto, Zomato and Swiggy to discuss concerns related to the delivery timelines, sources said.