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Why the G7 Needs India in Its Critical Minerals Strategy

By BPN News Desk January 10, 2026

The recent invitation to India to participate in a G7 meeting on critical minerals may look routine on the surface, but it marks an important shift in how global supply chains are being planned. Until now, discussions on critical minerals were largely focused on countries that mine them. By bringing India into the conversation, the […]

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Modi and Shah Must Explain Why a Medical College in Jammu and Kashmir Became a Political Target

By BPN News Desk January 10, 2026

A government medical college in Jammu and Kashmir followed the rules, applied NEET merit, respected domicile quotas, and admitted students through a nationally approved counselling process. Yet it still became the centre of protests, political pressure, and regulatory action. That alone raises a serious question. Why did education become collateral damage in a political

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What Was Mamata Banerjee Trying to Protect During the ED Raid?

By BPN News Desk January 8, 2026

The Enforcement Directorate raids at the residence and office of an I-PAC co-founder in Kolkata would normally have passed as another chapter in the ongoing confrontation between the Centre and an opposition-ruled state. What turned this episode into something far more consequential was West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision to personally visit the raid […]

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Local BJP Alliances with Congress and AIMIM Are a Mirror of Fadnavis’s Own Playbook

By BPN News Desk January 8, 2026

Devendra Fadnavis’s public anger over BJP’s local-level post-poll alliances with the Congress and AIMIM has been framed as a defence of ideology and party discipline. But the outrage feels misplaced and late. What is unfolding across Maharashtra’s municipal councils is not rebellion. It is replication. Local leaders are behaving exactly as recent state-level politics

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US-Controlled Venezuelan Oil: Opportunity or Trap for India?

By BPN News Desk January 4, 2026

The renewed global focus on Venezuelan oil is not accidental. It follows the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, open statements by US President Donald Trump about the United States “running Venezuela,” and his blunt remark that countries buying Russian oil may soon be buying “Venezuelan American oil.” Together, these events signal a deliberate US strategy […]

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Iraq Yesterday, Venezuela Today, Your Country Tomorrow

By BPN News Desk January 3, 2026

The world likes to believe it learns from its mistakes. Iraq proved that belief to be a comforting lie. Two decades after a country was invaded, dismantled, and pushed into chaos on the promise of weapons that never existed, there has been no real accountability. No consequences for those who sold the war. No punishment […]

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Open Letter to Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and the SFJ Circus

By BPN News Desk January 3, 2026

This open letter is for Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and his farcical outfit, Sikhs For Justice. Let’s stop dressing this up as ideology or resistance. It isn’t. What you do is noise. Cheap, calculated noise, delivered from a safe distance because distance is the only thing giving you a voice. You are loud not because you […]

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When Indian Footballers Beg, Fans Should Look in the Mirror

By BPN News Desk January 3, 2026

Watching Indian footballers publicly appeal to FIFA to save football in their own country is not just embarrassing. It is painful. These are professional athletes, national representatives, men who have spent years training, travelling, and sacrificing for the sport. Seeing them plead for the basic right to play football should force a moment of collective […]

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No Contest, No Choice: How Maharashtra’s Local Polls Betray Democracy

By BPN News Desk January 3, 2026

The recent round of local body elections in Maharashtra has revealed something deeply unsettling. Dozens of municipal seats were decided without a single vote being cast. Candidates walked into office unopposed, not because they were universally loved or widely trusted, but because no one dared or bothered to challenge them. On paper, elections were held. […]

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Mamdani Appoints Al Qaeda Defender Ramzi Kassem as the Left Stays Silent

By BPN News Desk January 3, 2026

Zohran Mamdani’s decision to elevate Ramzi Kassem to a powerful government legal role is not a footnote. It is a choice that signals priorities, values, and moral boundaries. Calling Kassem a “champion of rights” does not change the core fact that he has defended an Al Qaeda–linked terrorist. In public office, symbolism matters. And this […]