Long time residents and newcomers have a little help navigating India's main roads and backroads, with new directions and traffic updates added to Google Maps [3] India. Google Maps Navigation and turn-by-turn directions are now available for "thousands of towns" across the country, Google says in a blog post [4]. A bonus feature: Big roads in big cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and others are being tracked for live traffic updates, [5] reports.

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