By Dhwani Pandya and Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) -Heavy rains flooded roads and railway lines on Monday in India's financial capital Mumbai, disrupting flights and forcing the closure of schools and colleges.

India's financial capital has been inundated after intense rainfall overnight. Rains hit India's financial capital Mumbai early on Monday morning, disrupting travel and forcing schools to close. "There is heavy traffic on the roads and rail lines too have been affected,

India provisionally created 46.7 million jobs in 2023/24, taking the country's total employment to 643.3 million, a Reserve Bank of India report showed on Monday.

The Reserve Bank of India on Monday said India added 46.7 million jobs in the fiscal year ending March. Notably, this is far exceeding numbers in private surveys that point to high unemployment rates in the South Asian nation.

The employment growth rate for the fastest growing major economy stood at 6% in FY24 against 3.2% in the preceding fiscal, the central bank said Monday in a report on measuring productivity on industry level.

Abhishek Sharma has scored his first Twenty20 century as India crushed Zimbabwe by 100 runs in the second T20 to level the five-match series at 1-1.

Abhishek Sharma's blistering 100 off 47 balls led India to victory by 100 runs in the 2nd T20I against Zimbabwe. Yuvraj Singh, his mentor, praised Sharma's performance, calling it just the start of many more successes.