The Airports Authority of India (AAI), for first time, has decided to levy the development fees from passengers at authority operated airports at Kolkata, Chennai, Goa, Ahmedabad and Thiruvananthapuram. It should be recalled that privately operated airports at Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore are already charging such fees from passengers.

New Delhi - Indian stock markets dipped by over 3 per cent Monday on weak overseas trends and government data showing a decline in exports.

The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share sensitive index, Sensex, closed at 8607.08 points, about 3.2 per cent below its previous close.

The National Stock Exchange's broader 50-share Nifty ended at 2674.60 points, also 3.22 per cent below Friday's close.

Government data showed India's exports had declined an annual 15.9 per cent to 12.38 billion dollars in January, a fall for the fourth consecutive month due to the global slowdown.

New Delhi, Mar. 2 : Research in wireless technology in India just received a Canadian boost when an IIT professor in Delhi was awarded a research chair from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), one of world’s leading institutions in international development.

New Delhi - A polling booth will be set up in the Gir forest of India's western Gujarat state for a single voter when general elections are held in April-May, an election official said Monday.

The polling station is located at Banej in Junagadh district in the Gir Forest, a national park which is home to the last of the Asiatic lions, India's Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami said while announcing the schedule for general elections.

The lone voter in Banej was the priest of a temple located in the forest, Junagadh district collector Ashwin Kumar was quoted as saying by PTI news agency.

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New Delhi, Mar 2 : Vice President Hamid Ansari today stressed the need for providing vocational training and skill development to increase employability.

Delivering the Zakir Husain Memorial lecture in here, Ansari highlighted the need to reorganize and reorient the country''s fragmented vocational education system.

He suggested that in addition to the traditional functioning, teaching, research and leadership training, universities need to pay attention to community service and adult education.