An employee walks inside the office of ride-hailing service Uber in Gurugram, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, April 19, 2016. — Reuters pic
Last week, Uber said it would focus on its core businesses of ride-hailing and food delivery, and cut staffing by more than a third globally in an attempt to become profitable despite the coronavirus pandemic. The company’s rival in India, SoftBank Group-backed Ola said last week it would cut abut 1,400 jobs as a lockdown brought down revenue by 95 per cent in the last couple of months.