North India State News

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta Unveils ₹1 Lakh Crore ‘Historic’ Budget

By BPN News Desk March 26, 2025

Delhi Chief Minister and Finance Minister Rekha Gupta has unveiled a historic ₹1 lakh crore Budget for 2025-26, marking a 31.5% increase over the previous year. Terming the announcement as a break from past stagnation, Gupta emphasized that capital expenditure has been doubled to ₹28,000 crore, prioritizing infrastructure upgrades and long-term developmental projects.

International

India Rejects U.S. Panel’s Religious Freedom Report as Biased

By BPN News Desk March 26, 2025

India has strongly rejected the recent report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), calling it a “continued pattern of biased and politically motivated assessments.” The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that the findings presented in the report misrepresent facts on the ground and fail to acknowledge India’s

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Tarzan in the Tax Jungle: How the Indian Middle Class Swings from Salary to Survival

By BPN News Desk March 26, 2025

Meet Tarzan. He’s educated, salaried, law-abiding, and hopelessly optimistic. Every month, he swings into his office with a smile, his ₹60,000-per-month vine of hope tightly gripped—only to find that the jungle he’s swinging through has been cleverly converted into a maze of taxes. And the government? Oh, they’re not the ones building ladders or leaving […]

Op-Eds Opinion

When the Protectors Turn Perpetrators: Why India Desperately Needs Police Reforms

By BPN News Desk March 26, 2025

In India, the police force is less a pillar of justice and more a tragicomic theater of power, privilege, and pathetic excuses. Picture a constable: belly spilling over his belt, swagger fuelled by stale chai and unchecked authority, lathi in hand like a medieval warlord. Don’t expect him to chase down rapists, extortionists, or white-collar […]

Editorials Opinion

Project Cheetah: A Bold Vision Undermined by Poor Planning and Avoidable Mistakes

By BPN News Desk March 26, 2025

It was supposed to be a roaring success—India’s grand plan to reintroduce the cheetah, the fastest land animal, to its historical home. Project Cheetah was painted as a global conservation masterstroke, complete with dramatic airlifts from Africa and ceremonial photo-ops in Kuno National Park. Seventy years after India saw its last cheetah, the government triumphantly […]

Infrastructure National

Alstom Delivers 500th Electric Locomotive to Indian Railways

By BPN News Desk March 26, 2025

Alstom has successfully delivered its 500th fully made-in-India Prima T8 WAG12B electric locomotive to Indian Railways, marking a major achievement in the country’s rail infrastructure modernization efforts. The locomotive, built at Alstom’s advanced manufacturing facility in Madhepura, Bihar, signifies the strengthening of India’s push for indigenous production under the

Defence National

Estonia Seeks Collaboration with India on Air Defense Radars

By BPN News Desk March 26, 2025

In a move aimed at upgrading its military capabilities, Estonia is exploring collaboration with India for the procurement and integration of advanced air defense radar systems. The Baltic nation has outlined plans to replace its current radar infrastructure by 2027, seeking technologically advanced yet cost-effective solutions to bolster its airspace surveillance. India,

Environment

Pollution Control Funds Largely Unused, Panel Flags Concerns

By BPN News Desk March 26, 2025

The Environment Ministry is under scrutiny after a parliamentary panel revealed that it had utilized less than 1% of the ₹858 crore allocated for pollution control in the financial year 2024–25. The finding has raised alarms about administrative inefficiencies and delayed implementation of crucial environmental programs, particularly at a time when urban air quality

National

IAEA Chief Applauds India’s Small Nuclear Reactor Initiative

By BPN News Desk March 26, 2025

India’s move toward the development of small modular nuclear reactors has received strong endorsement from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The agency’s Director-General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, praised India’s evolution from a technology importer to a nation building its own reliable nuclear reactors. Highlighting the country’s capability, he remarked that 20

Business Industry

India’s Semiconductor Industry Faces Supply Chain and Talent Challenges

By BPN News Desk March 26, 2025

India’s semiconductor industry, despite government support and a sizable engineering workforce, is grappling with two major roadblocks: an underdeveloped supply chain and a shortage of specialized manufacturing talent. These constraints are proving to be significant hurdles as India pushes to emerge as a competitive hub in the global semiconductor landscape. A key