From Freebies to Jobs: Why CJI Surya Kant Is Asking the Right Questions

By BPN News Desk February 20, 2026

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For too long, the marble corridors of India’s highest court have felt insulated from the grit of the marketplace. Decisions often arrived wrapped in high-minded constitutional abstraction, leaving the average taxpayer, homebuyer, and job-seeker feeling like a bystander in their own democracy.

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Supreme Court VS Freebies: When Welfare Becomes Election Bribe And What It Means For India’s Fiscal Future

By BPN News Desk February 19, 2026

The Supreme Court’s February 2026 observations have fundamentally shifted the debate on election-time freebies. For years, political parties across states justified unconditional cash transfers and blanket subsidies as welfare. Now, the Chief Justice has drawn a sharp constitutional line between targeted public welfare and what the Court described as appeasement in spirit.

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Why the India AI Summit Succeeded Where the West Failed

By BPN News Desk February 19, 2026

The global conversation on artificial intelligence has long been trapped in a cycle of theoretical anxiety. From the Bletchley Park gatherings to the Seoul summits, Western leaders have focused almost exclusively on safety theater—obsessing over hypothetical doomsday scenarios and alignment risks while treating the technology as a luxury export from a few Silicon Valley

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Ukraine Peace Talks 2026 – Understanding The Gap Between Washington And Kyiv

By BPN News Desk February 19, 2026

As the fourth anniversary of Russia full scale invasion looms the lakeside serenity of Geneva has become the backdrop for the most aggressive diplomatic push of the decade. While US President Donald Trump publicly demands that Kyiv move fast to secure a deal Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is sounding an alarm that few in Washington […]

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India Truck Pollution Crisis: The 3 Percent Fleet Problem

By BPN News Desk February 19, 2026

The Math of a National Health Crisis The math of Indian transport is fundamentally broken. A recent report by the Smart Freight Centre SFC India, TERI, and IIM Bangalore has exposed a staggering disparity that should haunt every policy maker in New Delhi. Heavy duty trucks represent a mere 3 percent of the total vehicle […]

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Time for Ashwini Vaishnaw to Show the Door to MeitY’s Apathetic Bureaucrats

By BPN News Desk February 19, 2026

The ongoing India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam was supposed to be the crowning achievement of India’s technological sovereignty. With global titans like Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman in attendance, and the launch of the indigenous BharatGen Param2 model, the stage was set to prove that India is no longer just a consumer […]

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THE VIP CORRIDOR PARADOX: IF THE BMC CAN FIX ROADS OVERNIGHT, WHY DON’T THEY?

By BPN News Desk February 18, 2026

In the dead of night, a miracle occurred on the stretch from INS Shikra to the Taj Hotel in Colaba. Where there were once uneven surfaces, jarring speed breakers, and the usual urban wear-and-tear of Mumbai, there is now a velvet ribbon of asphalt. Zebra crossings have been bleached white with fresh paint; kerbstones have […]

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Old Enough for Boards, Too Young for Bail: Why India’s Juvenile Justice Act Needs a Class 10 Reality Check

By BPN News Desk February 18, 2026

On February 3, a 23-year-old biker named Sahil Dhaneshra lost his life in Dwarka, New Delhi. He was struck by a speeding SUV driven by a 17-year-old. While the victim’s family prepared for a funeral, the accused was preparing for his Board Exams. In fact, the Juvenile Justice Board granted the minor interim bail specifically […]

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When Universities Teach Plagiarism as Innovation: The Galgotias ‘Orion’ Debacle

By BPN News Desk February 18, 2026

The recent AI Impact Summit in New Delhi was meant to be a coronation of India’s arrival as a deep-tech superpower. The lights were bright, the jargon was heavy, and the stage was set for a display of “Sovereign AI” capabilities. Yet, amidst the talk of indigenous Large Language Models and self-reliance, the star of […]

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The Nervous System of Defence: How Autonomous Guard and Akashteer Are Rewiring India’s Skies

By BPN News Desk February 18, 2026

The entry of the Israeli defense firm Autonomous Guard into the Indian market is more than a standard procurement headline; it marks a quiet but significant doctrinal pivot. While the media often focuses on the purchase of interceptor missiles or fighter jets, this development introduces a critical “sensor layer”—AI-based passive detection—into India’s