In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 18th June 2017 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: E2E for their support. As Ola and Uber tweak their incentives, drivers say that it is driving them to suicide “I used to earn around Rs 5000 to Rs 6000 (per day) now I earn Rs 1700 maximum. My income has reduced drastically, actually I have no income at all. I have not paid four EMIs on my car,” says Shankar Mishra, an Uber driver in the Delhi NCR region. Read it here MTNL confirms real estate asset sale to cut debt Loss making state owned telecom provider MTNL has confirmed that it is “considering” lease/sale of real estate, buildings, towers, cables ducts, etc. to reduce its debt, in a reply to stock exchanges. It will use the of the proceeds of sale for cutting debt. It has also sent in an application to the DoT for approval. Read it here Flipkart plans to add a suite of services to its app by December By December this year, Flipkart plans to add services on its app that will allow users to book a cab, order food or plan their vacation, reports ET Tech. The company is currently in talk with food delivery, cab and travel aggregators for this. Flipkart’s senior director of monetisation and new initiatives, Prakash Sikaria told the publication that they will be following the same model as WeChat. Read it here Sun TV…
