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Ambedkar’s Name Deserves Respect, Not Political Ambushes

By BPN News Desk January 28, 2026

Over the past few days in Maharashtra, a series of unrelated-looking incidents have unfolded in quick succession. A Republic Day ceremony disrupted because Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s name was allegedly not mentioned. An ink attack on a local elected representative over the same charge. Objectionable personal remarks made from a public platform associated with Dalit assertion,

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JD Vance and Peter Navarro Are Blocking the India–US Trade Deal

By BPN News Desk January 27, 2026

The release of a secretly recorded audio of Ted Cruz speaking candidly to private donors has pulled back the curtain on why the much discussed India–US trade agreement has failed to move forward. What the recording reveals is not a breakdown in negotiations with India, but deep ideological fractures inside the Trump administration itself. The […]

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India–EU Free Trade Agreement Explained: What Exactly Was Given and What Was Gained

By BPN News Desk January 27, 2026

India and the European Union formally concluded a long-negotiated Free Trade Agreement today, ending years of stalled talks and signalling a major shift in India’s trade posture with advanced economies. Branded by leaders as historic, the deal is significant not because of political optics but because of its sheer economic scale. It links two large […]

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Expert Analysis of Operation Sindoor and the Rafale Narrative

By BPN News Desk January 27, 2026

This analysis is based on a detailed independent military study titled Operation Sindoor: The India–Pakistan Air War (7–10 May 2025), authored by Adrien Fontanellaz and published as an exploratory note by the Centre for Historical and Political-Military Studies. The report reconstructs the conflict using open-source intelligence, satellite imagery, technical assessments,

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Dharmendra Pradhan Must Own the UGC Equity Rules

By BPN News Desk January 26, 2026

The University Grants Commission’s new “Promotion of Equity” regulations were projected as a corrective step to address caste discrimination on Indian campuses. Instead, they have exposed a far more uncomfortable truth about how the Indian state now defines equality. The controversy is not about whether caste discrimination exists. It does. The controversy is about who

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Cricket Boards Are Not Foreign Ministries

By BPN News Desk January 26, 2026

Cricket boards were created to run a sport, not to act as unofficial foreign ministries. Yet today, cricket is being dragged into political signalling so routinely that the line between governance and geopolitics is collapsing in plain sight. Two recent episodes make this impossible to ignore. Bangladesh’s refusal to tour India, without any ICC sanction […]

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Why India Needs Its Own EMP and HPM Weapons Now

By BPN News Desk January 26, 2026

Donald Trump’s recent remarks about the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro sounded bizarre on the surface. A “secret weapon” that made enemy systems simply stop working, rockets that would not launch, buttons that did nothing. Strip away the theatrics and the name-calling, and what remains is something far more serious: an open admission that […]

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From Textile Shutdowns to Street Power: How Bangladesh Is Sliding Toward Pakistan’s Model

By BPN News Desk January 25, 2026

Bangladesh’s textile shutdown threat is not just an industrial dispute or a trade policy misfire. It is the first visible crack in a deeper state failure. When an economy built around one sector begins to choke, politics does not stay neutral. Power shifts. Narratives harden. Street mobilisation replaces institutional debate. This is how countries slide, […]

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What the Bangladesh Turmoil Means for India’s Eastern Security

By BPN News Desk January 25, 2026

India is watching Bangladesh’s political upheaval not as a distant democracy debate but as a direct challenge to its eastern security calculus. What makes the current churn especially concerning for New Delhi is not just internal political instability, but the visible role of external actors, explicit diplomatic signalling, and the sidelining of a long-standing governing

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Maharashtra’s EV Push Is a Template Other States Must Copy

By BPN News Desk January 24, 2026

Maharashtra has taken a practical step that deserves appreciation: it is not just announcing an Electric Vehicle policy, it is funding it and executing it. The recent clearance of ₹60 crore for EV incentives and toll waivers is not a headline-grabbing mega number, but it is exactly the kind of credibility signal that changes market […]