Newsmakers: Over 10-lakh new jobs in 2016, WhatsApp near-crash and more

Job market eyes over 10-lakh hiring in New Year: Good news awaits the job market in 2016 with the companies expected to add more than 10 lakh employees to their payrolls and dole out hefty salary hikes in the range of 10-30 per cent for right talent.

Odd-even car scheme kicks in: As the clock ticked eight, the odd-even vehicular restriction policy of the Delhi government came into effect today with thousands of volunteers taking to the streets to assist traffic police in enforcing the pilot plan that will stay in force in the national capital till January 15.

WhatsApp nearly crashed on New Year's eve: Users across the globe complained that their WhatsApp messages aren't going through. Some of them thought that their phone has some connection, but a WhatsApp spokesperson confirmed that the Facebook-owned service indeed experienced an outage. The spokesperson said that some people had trouble accessing WhatsApp for a short period on Thursday.

Gold begins 2016 with a glitter on jewellers buying: Gold prices rebounded by Rs 120 to Rs 25,510 per ten grams on the first trading day of 2016 at the bullion market today on revival of buying by jewellers and retailers.

Maruti Suzuki December sales up 8.5% at 1,19,149 units: Country's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India reported a 8.5 per cent increase in total sales in December at 1,19,149 units as against 1,09,791 units in the same month in 2014.