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  Tejashwi Yadav lashes out at Nitish Kumar over his alleged anti-women remark in Bihar Assembly

  Bihar | July 24, 2024 19:44 IST

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar triggered controversy after making an alleged anti-women remark while reprimanding MLA Rekha Paswan amid an Opposition-led protest over the reservation issue in the assembly.

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  Girls in Indore wear vulgar dress, they don't look like 'Devi' but Shurpanakha: Vijayvargiya | WATCH

  Madhya Pradesh | April 07, 2023 22:13 IST

  Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya made controversial remarks on girls' dress claiming they wear so vulgar clothes, they look like Shurpanakha.

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  'Sexist' line in 'The Queen's Gambit' courts trouble for Netflix, streamer must face lawsuit

  January 28, 2022 11:17 IST

  Soviet chess master Nona Gaprindashvili took issue with a line in Netflix mini series The Queen's Gambit in which a character stated "falsely" that she had "never faced men". Gaprindashvili argued that the line was "grossly sexist and belittling." 

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  When mother kisses son, is it sex? Jitan Ram Manjhi uses bizarre logic to defend Azam Khan's sexist remark

  Politics | July 28, 2019 18:41 IST

  Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday came in defence of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, whose sexist remark against Lok Sabha deputy speaker Rama Devi Rama Devi inside Parliament irked widespread criticism. "When brother, sister meet they kiss, is it equal to sex? Mother kisses son, son kisses mother, is it sex?" Jitan Ram Manjhi told ANI.

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  Kerala Congress candidate K Sudhakaran's campaign ad draws flak on social media

  April 18, 2019 16:39 IST

  The video posted by Sudhakaran, on Facebook, has had people calling out his ‘evident sexism’ and seeking removal of the advertisement.

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  Jadavpur University professor 'divested from duties' for sexist comments in Facebook post

  India | January 16, 2019 17:10 IST

  In view of the recommendations of the Student-Teacher Committee of the Department, Prof Sarkar has been divested of his teaching duties with immediate effect, an official University notice said.

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  Kerala students take out 'watermelon' march to protest Prof's sexist remarks

  India | March 21, 2018 7:43 IST

  Professor Jouhar Munavvir, who teaches at Kozhikode's Farook Training College, had allegedly compared girl students’ chests to sliced watermelons on display.

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  Mallika Dua responds to Twinkle Khanna’s apology on Akshay Kumar's bell remark

  Masala | November 04, 2017 13:28 IST

  On Friday, Twinkle Khanna clarified her stance on the whole controversy. Mallika Dua responds to her apology in a tweet.

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  Women are responsible for half of misogynistic tweets, study finds

  Lifestyle | May 28, 2016 13:14 IST

  New York: If you thought that only men post abusive words on various social media platforms, you are wrong. Researchers have found that half of sexist comments women face on the micro-blogging website Twitter come

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  Sexism Row: BBL franchise Melbourne Renegades sacks Gayle’s contract for next season

  Cricket | May 24, 2016 16:46 IST

  Big Bash League (BBL) franchise Melbourne Renegades’ chief executive Stuart Coventry confirmed they will not be re-signing Gayle for next summer’s tournament.

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  Sexism row: Gayle tears into critics, says his comments were ‘meant as a joke’

  Cricket | May 23, 2016 20:50 IST

  Chris Gayle has targeted Ian Chappell, Andrew Flintoff and Chris Rogers in an extract of his autobiography for the criticism he received from fellow cricketers for making allegedly sexist comments to Channel 10’s presenter Mel McLaughlin

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  Ola withdraws ‘sexist’ ad following users’ ire on social media

  Tech Auto | April 23, 2016 22:39 IST

  New Delhi: Ola, which claims to be a ‘smartest’ cab service provider, appears to have pulled a smart one on itself. The taxi aggregator is now dealing with an angry online mob who are expressing

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  #Bookmybai: Sexist ad for online maid service sparks row

  November 05, 2015 15:08 IST

  Mumbai: With e-commerce sites going extra mile to tap into to the ever-growing online market in the country, an online portal has come up with a unique idea to woo altogether different set of customers.Bookmybai.com--an

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  Women in Congress did sexual favours to get party tickets: Former party leader

  Politics | October 19, 2015 8:03 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Former Congress leader and media critic Cherian Philip has kicked up a row with his sexist remarks on party's women ticket seekers.Philip,a former aide of senior congress leader A K Antony on Sunday said

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  Nobel Prize-winning British scientist says he was forced to resign over sexist comments

  World | June 15, 2015 9:29 IST

  London: A Nobel Prize-winning British scientist says he was forced to resign after sexist comments drew widespread condemnation.Tim Hunt told The Observer newspaper in a story published Sunday that he had been "hung out to

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  UP minister Raja Ram Pandey asked to explain sexist comments

  Politics | March 09, 2013 13:23 IST

  Lucknow,Mar 9: Even as the controversy surrounding former minister Raja Bhaiya for his alleged role in a police officer's killing refused to die down, another Uttar Pradesh minister appeared headed for trouble Friday.The National Commission