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Opinion | 38% vs 18%: How Bengal Exposes The Biggest Irony Of Women's Reservation
Bengal with its duality - 38% women in Parliament versus 18% in the state contest - captures the core tension of the Bill better than any other example.
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'Soggy Paper Straw' Memes Go Viral As Iran War Tensions Dominate Social Media
From wars to economic crises, social media users often turn serious headlines into satire - and right now, the humble paper straw has become the internet's unlikely symbol of that frustration.
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Opinion | 2025: The Year Women Were Used, Not Empowered - By Priyanka Chaturvedi
Not one national party tried to reach the 33% quota for tickets for women candidates in state elections held this year. The irony strikes harder when the Supreme Court refused to bring political parties under the ambit of the PoSH Act.
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Kerala Local Body Poll Results: Tales Of Irony, Comedy And Humanity
A candidate who bagged only a single vote to a family holding the balance of power in an entire municipality, the Kerala local body election results brought with them tales that were emotional, ironic, and mildly hilarious.
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Allahabad High Court Quashes POCSO Case Against 'Happily-Married' Couple
Quashing criminal proceedings under the POCSO Act, the Allahabad High Court has observed that forcing a happily-married couple to face trial merely to record a hostile testimony would be an "irony of fate" and an "instrument of harassment".
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Opinion | Dhaka Irony: How A Court Set Up By Hasina's Father Sentenced Her To Death
As each day passes, the darkness of religious intolerance will only grow. That, in some ways, is even more dangerous. Especially now. Radicalism doesn't come out of a vacuum.
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Scooter Costs A Lakh, Rider Fined 'Rs 21 Lakh'. What Traffic Cops Said
A scooterist was left shocked when he received a challan of nearly Rs 21 lakh for not wearing a helmet. The irony was that the scooter he owned cost him just a lakh.
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'Anti-Corruption Body Ordering BMWs Tragic Irony': Congress MPs Slam Lokpal
Senior Congress leaders and Rajya Sabha MPs P Chidambaram and Abhishek Singhvi have slammed anti-corruption watchdog Lokpal after it moved to acquire seven BMW luxury cars for its members. Each of these cars costs about Rs 70 lakh on-road.
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Opinion | This Is Really Why Machado 'Dedicated' Her Nobel To Trump
It is perhaps fitting, in this age of irony and inversion, that the Nobel Peace Prize of 2025 has not gone to Trump, the self-proclaimed dealmaker of destiny.
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When Jodhpurs Walked The Armani Runway In A Show Video-Controlled By Giorgio
It is almost cruel irony that Giorgio Armani, a man defined by his watchful presence and exacting control, missed what would become his last couture bow
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Opinion | 38% vs 18%: How Bengal Exposes The Biggest Irony Of Women's Reservation
Bengal with its duality - 38% women in Parliament versus 18% in the state contest - captures the core tension of the Bill better than any other example.
-
'Soggy Paper Straw' Memes Go Viral As Iran War Tensions Dominate Social Media
From wars to economic crises, social media users often turn serious headlines into satire - and right now, the humble paper straw has become the internet's unlikely symbol of that frustration.
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Opinion | 2025: The Year Women Were Used, Not Empowered - By Priyanka Chaturvedi
Not one national party tried to reach the 33% quota for tickets for women candidates in state elections held this year. The irony strikes harder when the Supreme Court refused to bring political parties under the ambit of the PoSH Act.
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Kerala Local Body Poll Results: Tales Of Irony, Comedy And Humanity
A candidate who bagged only a single vote to a family holding the balance of power in an entire municipality, the Kerala local body election results brought with them tales that were emotional, ironic, and mildly hilarious.
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Allahabad High Court Quashes POCSO Case Against 'Happily-Married' Couple
Quashing criminal proceedings under the POCSO Act, the Allahabad High Court has observed that forcing a happily-married couple to face trial merely to record a hostile testimony would be an "irony of fate" and an "instrument of harassment".
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Opinion | Dhaka Irony: How A Court Set Up By Hasina's Father Sentenced Her To Death
As each day passes, the darkness of religious intolerance will only grow. That, in some ways, is even more dangerous. Especially now. Radicalism doesn't come out of a vacuum.
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Scooter Costs A Lakh, Rider Fined 'Rs 21 Lakh'. What Traffic Cops Said
A scooterist was left shocked when he received a challan of nearly Rs 21 lakh for not wearing a helmet. The irony was that the scooter he owned cost him just a lakh.
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'Anti-Corruption Body Ordering BMWs Tragic Irony': Congress MPs Slam Lokpal
Senior Congress leaders and Rajya Sabha MPs P Chidambaram and Abhishek Singhvi have slammed anti-corruption watchdog Lokpal after it moved to acquire seven BMW luxury cars for its members. Each of these cars costs about Rs 70 lakh on-road.
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Opinion | This Is Really Why Machado 'Dedicated' Her Nobel To Trump
It is perhaps fitting, in this age of irony and inversion, that the Nobel Peace Prize of 2025 has not gone to Trump, the self-proclaimed dealmaker of destiny.
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When Jodhpurs Walked The Armani Runway In A Show Video-Controlled By Giorgio
It is almost cruel irony that Giorgio Armani, a man defined by his watchful presence and exacting control, missed what would become his last couture bow
