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China tightens grip on speculative stock-selling by big shareholders

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India: School students turn traffic cops to create awareness

NEW DELHI, May 21 (APD) - Delhi traffic police is stationing school students at intersections of the capital to help them understand traffic management and draw the attention of drivers to traffic rules.

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India: School students turn traffic cops to create awareness

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The FCC officially proposes to end net neutrality rules (not over yet)

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Republican plan would ease Wall Street rules, as party embraces deregulation

The Republican chairman of a key House of Representatives committee has laid out his plan to roll back Wall Street rules and consumer protections conceived after the 2008 financial crisis, a step that will largely define the financial deregulation debate in the Trump era.

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EU member states adopt new rules to improve railway market

​Transport ministers from 28 member states of the European Union (EU) on Monday have formally adopted new rules aimed at boosting train travel in Europe, a statement released by European Council said.

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Modi vows to ease tax woes of middle class

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday promised to ease the rules for middle-class taxpayers, while taking credit for this government removing various hurdles such as those related to refunds.

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1st LD: Civil code guideline submitted to top legislature

Chinese citizens are on their way to getting a civil code as a draft of rules stipulating the code's basic principles was submitted to the country's top legislature for first reading on Monday.

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India joins US with rules for drones as safety concerns mount

India joined the United States and Japan by stepping in to regulate unmanned aerial vehicles as nations around the world scramble to tackle safety concerns drones pose along with the numerous benefits they bring.

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Taxi rules to change as New Zealand adapts to Uber revolution

​A sweeping review of regulations regarding New Zealand's taxi industry will see it compete on an even footing with app-based services such as Uber, the government said Thursday.

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"Archaic" rules changed to allow female Aussie MPs to breastfeed in parliament

Female Australian MPs will from Tuesday be allowed to breastfeed in the House of Representatives, after standing orders banning "guests" in the chamber were revised to exclude children of breastfeeding age.

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China tightens regulation over P2P lending

​Chinese authorities released a draft of new rules on Monday that tighten regulation of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending.

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Former vice president of supreme court expelled from Party

Xi Xiaoming, former vice president of the Supreme People's Court, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and removed from public office.

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China mulls banning false cosmetics ads

China is considering a ban on exaggerated claims in cosmetics ads such as "skin as white as a newborn within a week".

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China configs "firewall" against official meddling in judicial cases

Chinese officials who meddle in judicial cases could now find their names in a newly created blacklist by the central authorities.

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Philippines pushes for single e-commerce platform within ASEAN

The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said on Thursday that it will propose a single e-commerce platform for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) within the ASEAN in the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministerial meeting to be held in Boracay Island.

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U.S. regulator adopts rules banning "paid prioritization" on Internet

​The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday adopted strong rules that would ban " paid prioritization" in which Internet service providers charge content companies for higher speed connections.