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This move could lead to lower rice prices within India.The government banned overseas shipments of broken rice and imposed a 20% duty on exports. The Indian government issued a notification through the Directorate General of Foreign…

HDFC Bank and HDFC announced a $40 billion merger, the largest in Indian corporate history, last April.HDFC Bank has allowed some leeways on the priority sector lending front, the city-headquartered bank said in a letter to the exchangesThe…

MUMBAI: The country's largest private lender HDFC Bank on Thursday said the Reserve Bankhas refused to make any exceptions on cash reserve ratio (CRR) and statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) requirements as sought by it ahead of the merger of…

Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday from the Biden administration, but teams could create some limits in certain cases — for example,…

WASHINGTON - Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday from the Biden administration, but teams could create…

Indiana state senators are set to meet in a rare Saturday session to vote on a near-total abortion ban, with passage sending the bill to the House after a contentious week of arguments over whether to allow exceptions for rape and…

HOUSTON — Dr. Amanda Horton, an obstetrician who specializes in high-risk pregnancies, had been counseling pregnant patients at a small hospital in rural Texas last month when a woman arrived in crisis: It was only 17 weeks into her…

In 2012, Savita Halappanavar sought treatment at a hospital in Galway, Ireland; she was 17 weeks pregnant, in pain and miscarrying. Her repeated requests for an abortion were ignored because of the presence of a fetal heartbeat, according…

The group does, however, support exceptions for a lifesaving abortion. “That is not an act of abortion,” she said, “as the intent of abortion is to end life, not intervene to save life if possible.”But some groups, like Pro-Life Wisconsin…

Express News Service CHENNAI: There is no respite for National Sports Federations (NSFs) and even the sports ministry. The first one for violating the sports code, and the other for overlooking violations and…