Mumbai saw an average 46 per cent decline in congestion during the morning rush hour on Tuesday. New Delhi's data also showed an average 34 per cent decline in congestion during morning.
The weekend lockdown will start from 8 pm on Fridays and last till 7 am on Mondays. Besides, prohibitory orders will be in force during daytime on weekdays, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said in a statement.
The cumulative loss of salaried jobs since the pandemic is even larger at 12.6 million, reveals Mahesh Vyas.
The pandemic has confined students across all ages to home and digital education is the only way to continue learning.
Banks may have to spend up to Rs 800 crore (Rs 8 billion) in training close to one million employees to comply with the Reserve Bank of India's proposed loan recovery norms. RBI has proposed that banks should tie up with the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF) or organise programmes in their own training colleges to ensure that every agent passes the exam conducted by IIBF during a one-year period. 'Agents' would include agencies as well as bank employees.
A broad-based humanities-oriented curriculum the answer for business schools
Heera Nawaz, 59 from Bengaluru, Karnataka writes about her late father Mohammed Khader Nawaz.
Results for the Class 10 Maharashtra SSC examination 2013 will be declared on June 7 at 1 pm. Students can get their results on rediff.com.
'I was no one. I am here today because I am a proud soldier of the Indian Army,' says Captain Mohammed Quamrul Zaman.
Nine candidates, including three women, from Jammu and Kashmir have qualified the prestigious UPSC Civil Service examination, the results of which were declared on Saturday.
Relations between an elected government of Delhi and the LG can never be cordial: It is just the way the relationship is structured.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra tells you how to pick the right international university and course for you
Shri BM Pail, Medical College, Bijapur is offering admissions for 2007-2008 courses.
The role of the youth is very important in achieving the goal of 'ease of living' to give a better life to the poor, he told students.
Talented students in small towns often don't get into national-level colleges simply because they don't get proper training to write entrance exams. Ignus is working to change that.
In an online chat, career counsellor Amit Bansal shared crucial career advice with readers on how to pick the right stream and college to study engineering.
In an online chat with readers, Amit Chaudhary from Sarkari Jobs answered queries on how to crack the SSC Combined Graduate Level exam.
The first phase of the single entrance test National Eligibility Entrance Test for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses across the country will be held on May 1 .
There are lots of viable career options out there if you're a young writer looking for a job. Sherin Mammen discusses them here.
Making an informed career choice will secure your life and future.
Get Ahead reader Santhosh K shares the remarkable story of his transformation from college dropout to UK-based MBA graduate.
'If Mr Modi believes in empowering the youth, he should definitely start a career cell in every college that will organise job fairs and guide youngsters on how to grow in their respective careers.'
Rediff reader Sherfudeen Mohamed, 41 from Canada shares his inspiring story:
The wave of enthusiasm for digital technology had faded as we'd grown more and more worried about what smartphones and social media were doing to society and to us as individuals. Now that switchback ride between hopes for the technology and fear of it seemed to have taken us on another upward path, as the virus made us fall back in love with it. Read on for an intriguing excerpt from Rory Cellan-Jones's Always On: Hope And Fear In The Social Smartphone Era.
The biggest challenge all three faced was that they had had no prior experience in taking an online test, Roshni, Manish and Karan tell Geetanjali Krishna.
Educational institutions in Canada offer courses ranging from eight months duration to two years, says Sushil Sukhwani
The Madras high court on Monday said there would be no holiday for schools and colleges on Tuesday and warned Tamil Nadu government that it would be held responsible for any untoward incident and breakdown of law and order in connection with agitations against the conviction of All India Dravida Munetra Kazhagam supremo Jayalalithaa.
Sarvesh Agrawal tells Shobha Warrier about how he built a start-up "of the interns, by the interns and for the interns."
"The provisions of the said bill are nothing short of draconian and promote gross incompetence and mockery of professionals currently working day and night and sacrificing their youth for this broken system," said the protesting doctors.
In an online chat with readers overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions.
'Many who have experimented with online education will adopt a blended model once things return to normal,' edX CEO and founder Anant Agrawal tells Anjuli Bhargava.
Shanghai's largest taxi company won't carry students in cabs whose license plate ends in the number four, which is pronounced the same way as the word "failure."
Saurabh Sarda who holds the All India Rank 3 for GATE 2014 in Computer Science Engineering shares his study secrets.
Mahesh Londhe, son of a Pune bhel vendor cleared CA in first attempt. Londhe, who was sponsored by Thermax CEO MS Unnikrishnan, now wants to take up a corporate job in a manufacturing firm
Delhi-based Riticka Srivastav is bringing a smile on people's faces with her second-hand books.
Schools and colleges, closed since October 31, were shut on Saturday as well, while several universities postponed their exams.
