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After Ethanol in Petrol, Government Bets on DME in LPG – And This One Might Actually Work

By BPN News Desk April 19, 2026

For years, India’s fuel story was defined by dependence. Crude oil imports dictated everything from inflation to fiscal policy, and any geopolitical tremor in West Asia would immediately ripple through Indian households. Petrol and diesel prices were not just economic indicators, they were political flashpoints. It was in this environment that ethanol blending began as

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India-Russia Pact Allows Troops, Warships and Aircraft on Each Other’s Soil

By BPN News Desk April 19, 2026

For decades, India and Russia have described their relationship using familiar phrases: strategic partnership, defence cooperation, legacy ties, and shared geopolitical understanding. Most of this has played out in predictable ways, from arms purchases to joint exercises and diplomatic coordination on global platforms. But every once in a while, a development emerges that

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Why Is Aga Khan Development Network Operating Freely in India Despite Its Pakistan Links?

By BPN News Desk April 19, 2026

The Aga Khan Development Network is often presented in India as a benign development ecosystem working in rural livelihoods, heritage conservation, and social upliftment. That image, however, is only one part of a much larger and far more complex structure. At the centre of this network sits the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, the […]

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TCS Says Nida Khan Was Not HR. Then How Did She Operate Like HR?

By BPN News Desk April 18, 2026

The controversy surrounding TCS’s Nashik unit has quickly moved beyond a routine corporate clarification into a serious question of internal accountability. What began as a police-led sting operation has now exposed a deeper contradiction that the company’s official statement has not resolved. Investigation officers, backed by undercover findings, have reportedly

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India’s R-37M Move Shows A Pragmatic Strategy To Neutralize China’s PL-15 And PL-17 Advantage

By BPN News Desk April 18, 2026

The quiet clearance by Russia to export the R-37M missile to India may not dominate primetime debates, but it represents a significant shift in how India is choosing to respond to evolving threats in the skies. Over the last few years, China has steadily built and deployed a new generation of long-range air-to-air missiles, most […]

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RBI’s Oil Dollar Curbs Show India Needs a Permanent FX Discipline Framework

By BPN News Desk April 18, 2026

The recent move by the Reserve Bank of India to nudge state-run oil refiners away from aggressive spot dollar buying has been widely seen as a tactical response to a weakening rupee. At one level, it is exactly that. The rupee has been under visible pressure, weighed down by rising crude prices, geopolitical uncertainty in […]

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Opposition Blocks Delimitation Bill, Pushes India Toward a 543-Seat Outcome That Favors BJP Even More

By BPN News Desk April 18, 2026

The defeat of the delimitation-linked constitutional amendment in Parliament was immediately framed as a political victory by the opposition. Celebrations, statements, and sharp rhetoric followed, all projecting the outcome as a successful resistance against a move that was perceived to favour the ruling party. But beneath that immediate political theatre lies a deeper and

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Women’s Quota Vote: BJP Sets the Trap, Opposition Chooses the Lesser Damage

By BPN News Desk April 17, 2026

The Women’s Reservation Bill failed in the Lok Sabha, falling short of the required two-thirds majority. On paper, it looks like a straightforward legislative defeat. But anyone reading this purely as a numbers game is missing the larger political design behind it. This was never just a vote on women’s representation. It was a carefully […]

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Lenskart Controversy Shows How Woke HR Policies Are Damaging Corporate India

By BPN News Desk April 17, 2026

The controversy surrounding Lenskart and its founder Peyush Bansal did not begin with a press conference or a policy announcement. It began with a document. A grooming and dress code guideline, allegedly part of the company’s internal framework, surfaced online and spread rapidly across social media. What caught attention was not just its existence, but […]

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Corporate Jihad Debate: Do Indian Companies Need a Uniform Civil Code at Work?

By BPN News Desk April 17, 2026

The Nashik TCS case did not remain confined to one office for long. Within hours of the story breaking, social media began filling up with similar accounts from employees across Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai and Thane. Different companies, different teams, but eerily similar allegations. Hiring bias, promotion patterns, religious practices inside offices, festival-based