Landmark Reform
- All
- News
- Videos
-
India’s Landmark Deal with Publishers Secures Free Access to 13,000 Journals: Report
India has finalised a $715 million agreement to provide free access to 13,000 scientific journals through its One Nation One Subscription scheme. The three-year deal, involving 30 global publishers, will benefit 18 million students and researchers across 6300 government-funded institutions. The initiative addresses limited access to journals, espec...
-
Greece Set To Legalize Marriage, Adoption By Same-Sex Couples
Greece's parliament was set to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption on Thursday, a landmark reform promoted by the conservative government over the opposition of the country's powerful Orthodox Church.
-
Lok Sabha Saw 97% Productivity, Need To Aim For Over 100%: PM Modi
The 17th Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Saturday bringing the curtains down on the House that witnessed several landmark decisions, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that game-changing reforms during its five-year tenure.
-
Indigenous Rights Supporters Rally Across Australia Ahead Of Key Vote
Australians rallied around the country on Sunday to fight for a landmark Indigenous rights reform that is bleeding support in the polls before an October 14 referendum.
-
Delhi Allows Autopsy Even After Sunset In Government Hospitals
Postmortems can now be conducted in Delhi even after sunset, the city government said on Tuesday, describing its decision as a "landmark reform".
-
PM Modi Hails "Landmark" Reform Aimed To Help Retail, Wholesale Traders
PM Narendra Modi today described as "landmark" the decision to include retail and wholesale trade as MSMEs, which will allow traders the benefits of priority sector lending, and said his government is committed to empowering the community.
-
FIFA Approves Maternity Leave For Women Footballers
The FIFA Council on Friday passed landmark reforms to better protect female players, particularly in relation to maternity.
-
Landmark Agri Reform Bills Will Free Farmers From Clutches Of Middlemen: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today for the passage of two crucial bills on agricultural reforms in the Lok Sabha and said the proposed legislations will free farmers from the clutches of middlemen and help them overcome other obstacles.
-
Centre Streamlines Jobs Recruitment Process With Common Eligibility Test
A chunk of recruitment for Central government jobs, including banking and railways, will now have a "Common Eligibility Test" online as a first step that is expected to help disadvantageous sections, rural candidates and women. In what's billed as a "landmark reform", the Union cabinet also approved the creation of the National Recruitment Agency, ...
-
"Reform Trajectory Continues": PM Modi On Today's Cabinet Decisions
The "landmark" decisions taken by the Union Cabinet today are aimed at accelerating economic growth and the country's strides in space, besides assisting farmers, villages and small businesses, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.
-
2010-2019: India's Top 10 News Events That Defined The Decade
Two of the world's largest-ever democratic elections with a turnout of nearly 2 billion people, dozens of other assembly or state elections - some simultaneous, while most within a few months of each other; giant leaps forward in our space programme, some of the biggest and most significant reforms since independence, strategic shifts in the defenc...
-
Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker Dies At 92
Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who tackled American inflation in the 1970s and '80s and later leant his name to landmark Wall Street reforms, died Sunday, according to media reports.
-
G20 Sealed Landmark Deal On WTO Reform By Ducking "Taboo Words"
Many delegates from the world's 20 largest economies arrived at a summit in Argentina this week determined to clinch an agreement to reform the global trade system, pushed to a breaking point by tensions between the United States and China.
-
One Year Of GST: Here's What India Inc Thinks About The Landmark Reform
In a major initiative to ease the tax system of the country, government launched GST on July 1, 2017.
-
On Right To Information Act, A Word Of Caution From Aruna Roy
Amid concerns that India's landmark transparency reform, the Right To Information Act, could be facing serious challenges, the architect of the movement, Aruna Roy, recalled the uphill climb and the achievements in introducing the law in 2005.
-
India’s Landmark Deal with Publishers Secures Free Access to 13,000 Journals: Report
India has finalised a $715 million agreement to provide free access to 13,000 scientific journals through its One Nation One Subscription scheme. The three-year deal, involving 30 global publishers, will benefit 18 million students and researchers across 6300 government-funded institutions. The initiative addresses limited access to journals, espec...
-
Greece Set To Legalize Marriage, Adoption By Same-Sex Couples
Greece's parliament was set to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption on Thursday, a landmark reform promoted by the conservative government over the opposition of the country's powerful Orthodox Church.
-
Lok Sabha Saw 97% Productivity, Need To Aim For Over 100%: PM Modi
The 17th Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Saturday bringing the curtains down on the House that witnessed several landmark decisions, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that game-changing reforms during its five-year tenure.
-
Indigenous Rights Supporters Rally Across Australia Ahead Of Key Vote
Australians rallied around the country on Sunday to fight for a landmark Indigenous rights reform that is bleeding support in the polls before an October 14 referendum.
-
Delhi Allows Autopsy Even After Sunset In Government Hospitals
Postmortems can now be conducted in Delhi even after sunset, the city government said on Tuesday, describing its decision as a "landmark reform".
-
PM Modi Hails "Landmark" Reform Aimed To Help Retail, Wholesale Traders
PM Narendra Modi today described as "landmark" the decision to include retail and wholesale trade as MSMEs, which will allow traders the benefits of priority sector lending, and said his government is committed to empowering the community.
-
FIFA Approves Maternity Leave For Women Footballers
The FIFA Council on Friday passed landmark reforms to better protect female players, particularly in relation to maternity.
-
Landmark Agri Reform Bills Will Free Farmers From Clutches Of Middlemen: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today for the passage of two crucial bills on agricultural reforms in the Lok Sabha and said the proposed legislations will free farmers from the clutches of middlemen and help them overcome other obstacles.
-
Centre Streamlines Jobs Recruitment Process With Common Eligibility Test
A chunk of recruitment for Central government jobs, including banking and railways, will now have a "Common Eligibility Test" online as a first step that is expected to help disadvantageous sections, rural candidates and women. In what's billed as a "landmark reform", the Union cabinet also approved the creation of the National Recruitment Agency, ...
-
"Reform Trajectory Continues": PM Modi On Today's Cabinet Decisions
The "landmark" decisions taken by the Union Cabinet today are aimed at accelerating economic growth and the country's strides in space, besides assisting farmers, villages and small businesses, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.
-
2010-2019: India's Top 10 News Events That Defined The Decade
Two of the world's largest-ever democratic elections with a turnout of nearly 2 billion people, dozens of other assembly or state elections - some simultaneous, while most within a few months of each other; giant leaps forward in our space programme, some of the biggest and most significant reforms since independence, strategic shifts in the defenc...
-
Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker Dies At 92
Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who tackled American inflation in the 1970s and '80s and later leant his name to landmark Wall Street reforms, died Sunday, according to media reports.
-
G20 Sealed Landmark Deal On WTO Reform By Ducking "Taboo Words"
Many delegates from the world's 20 largest economies arrived at a summit in Argentina this week determined to clinch an agreement to reform the global trade system, pushed to a breaking point by tensions between the United States and China.
-
One Year Of GST: Here's What India Inc Thinks About The Landmark Reform
In a major initiative to ease the tax system of the country, government launched GST on July 1, 2017.
-
On Right To Information Act, A Word Of Caution From Aruna Roy
Amid concerns that India's landmark transparency reform, the Right To Information Act, could be facing serious challenges, the architect of the movement, Aruna Roy, recalled the uphill climb and the achievements in introducing the law in 2005.
