Soumyarendra Barik is Special Correspondent with The Indian Express and reports on the intersection of technology, policy and society. With over five years of newsroom experience, he has reported on issues of gig workers’ rights, privacy,...Read More
Soumyarendra Barik is Special Correspondent with The Indian Express and reports on the intersection of technology, policy and society. With over five years of newsroom experience, he has reported on issues of gig workers’ rights, privacy, India’s prevalent digital divide and a range of other policy interventions that impact big tech companies. He once also tailed a food delivery worker for over 12 hours to quantify the amount of money they make, and the pain they go through while doing so. In his free time, he likes to nerd about watches, Formula 1 and football.
Mar 27, 2022 03:59 IST
Urban Company has now decided to expand into manufacturing water. There are plans to launch more...
Sun, Mar 27, 2022Mar 25, 2022 11:21 IST
Google has announced a pilot to explore alternate payment methods for in-app purchases. Why is this...
Fri, Mar 25, 2022Mar 21, 2022 22:03 IST
Zomato will run a pilot project in Gurugram to test delivering food in 10 minutes. How will its...
Tue, Mar 22, 2022Mar 19, 2022 16:18 IST
The passing of the law could see top executives at big-tech companies facing jail time, sooner than...
Tue, Mar 22, 2022Mar 16, 2022 03:50 IST
The two companies are learnt to have signed a term sheet for the all-stock merger, and are expected...
Wed, Mar 16, 2022Mar 15, 2022 14:30 IST
The government is proposing a new policy to reduce India's dependence on import of high-end medical...
Thu, Mar 17, 2022Mar 14, 2022 16:33 IST
Blinkit is learnt to have shuttered 50 of its dark stores across the country, resulting in hundreds...
Tue, Mar 15, 2022Mar 12, 2022 01:44 IST
The funding was led by Sumeru Ventures, Vitruvian Partners, and...
Sat, Mar 12, 2022Mar 11, 2022 09:52 IST
The service is expected to benefit 40 crore feature phone users and is likely to increase digital...
Sat, Mar 12, 2022Mar 09, 2022 10:41 IST
The company, founded by Indian-origin Vishal Garg, had over 2,000 employees in India out of its...
Wed, Mar 09, 2022Mar 09, 2022 01:02 IST
Families not wanting to rely on public transport may opt for caravans and caravan...
Wed, Mar 09, 2022Mar 08, 2022 03:00 IST
Accusing Ashneer Grover of creating a “false narrative” about BharatPe, Shashvat Nakrani...
Tue, Mar 08, 2022Mar 07, 2022 03:57 IST
The round was led by Insight Partners, B Capital Group and Dragoneer Investment Group, and...
Sun, Mar 06, 2022Mar 06, 2022 03:53 IST
The company is also looking to build a compliance framework by the end of this month, for its...
Sat, Mar 05, 2022Mar 06, 2022 03:33 IST
‘Delivered in 10 minutes’: from speeding to tackling residential societies’...
Sun, Mar 06, 2022Mar 03, 2022 04:20 IST
Tweaks sought on localisation of data storage , cross-border data flow...
Thu, Mar 03, 2022Mar 02, 2022 14:52 IST
Urban Company has announced a stock ownership plan worth Rs 150 crore for its service professionals...
Thu, Mar 03, 2022Mar 02, 2022 13:54 IST
BharatPe has removed Ashneer Grover from all positions in the company. Why? How has he responded?...
Thu, Mar 03, 2022Mar 01, 2022 10:46 IST
BharatPe said its board plans to consider the report submitted by PwC on Grover’s conduct in this...
Wed, Mar 02, 2022Mar 01, 2022 10:29 IST
Ashneer Grover has resigned from BharatPe. Why? Will he continue to hold shares in the company?...
Tue, Mar 01, 2022Feb 28, 2022 04:10 IST
According to internet consultancy firm RedSeer, even in a conservative scenario, the q-commerce...
Tue, Mar 01, 2022Feb 24, 2022 03:54 IST
The development comes as a warning note in India’s booming edtech ecosystem, home to the...
Thu, Feb 24, 2022Feb 23, 2022 14:59 IST
Madhuri is alleged to have used company funds for personal beauty treatments, buying electronic...
Thu, Feb 24, 2022Feb 23, 2022 11:08 IST
What does the draft of the India Data Accessibility and Use Policy propose? What are the concerns...
Wed, Feb 23, 2022Feb 18, 2022 12:42 IST
Google is adopting new privacy restrictions that limit tracking across apps on its Android...
Fri, Feb 18, 2022