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Friday, November 21, 2025
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Topic: Parliament special session

‘Shows sick mentality’ — Urdu press slams BJP MP Bidhuri for hurling communal slurs in Parliament

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Historic women’s reservation bill passes in the Parliament

The Rajya Sabha voted unanimously in favour of the Bill to reserve one-third of seats on the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women.

‘No science without sanskar’ — Rajnath slams Oppn’s ‘pseudoscience’ jibe in Chandrayaan-3 discussion

Anyone saying culture & science can’t go together understands neither, he says during a debate. Opposition, however, says Chandrayaan-3’s success ‘doesn’t belong to one individual’.

The ‘long road to women empowerment’ & crumbling political alliances

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Law Minister Arjun Meghwal to present Advocate Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha today

The Bill repeals certain obsolete provisions of the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 and seeks to make the offence of ‘Touting’ punishable.

‘Space programme not about muscular nationalism’ — Oppn MPs slam BJP in Chandrayaan-3 discussion

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh says India’s space programme didn't start in 2014 when BJP came to power. Opposition leaders supported his speech, said other PMs have contributed too.

Support women’s reservation bill but want OBC sub-quota, says Sonia Gandhi, demands quick rollout

As Congress's lead speaker, Sonia Gandhi has asked the bill not be linked to completion of population census & delimitation process, adding that further delay will be 'grave injustice'.

Women’s reservation in pipeline for 27 yrs, all about new bill & how it compares to 2010 version

The 2023 bill, called ‘Nari Shakti Vandan’, will remain in force for 15 years and is very similar to the 2010 UPA-era bill in its provisions.

MPs say bye to old Parliament, 96, with photocall; business shifts to new Parliament House of India

Both Houses of Parliament are sitting for a five-day special session from 18-22 September during which Modi has promised some ‘historic decisions’.

‘One nation, one election’ speculations & ‘where’s the media ban’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Hasina’s was a trial in absentia, but not a trial without justice

The Sheikh Hasina trial represents an inflection point in the struggle to place citizens above rulers and prevent the next massacre.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Can’t stay behind tech curve anymore, must catch up—Vice Chief of Navy Staff ahead of Swavlamban 2025

New Delhi: Noting that India cannot afford to stay behind the technology curve when it comes to war-fighting, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff...

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.