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India’s 6-Month Mineral Reserve and Recycling Plan Can Buy Strategic Breathing Space

By BPN News Desk May 2, 2026

The global economy is quietly entering a new kind of resource race. This time, it is not oil that determines industrial power, but a set of critical minerals that sit at the heart of modern technology. Lithium, cobalt, nickel, and rare earth elements are now the backbone of electric vehicles, solar panels, semiconductors, and defence […]

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India Takes First Big Step in Critical Mineral Self-Reliance with 58 Recycling Firms Cleared

By BPN News Desk May 1, 2026

India’s push toward electric vehicles, renewable energy, and electronics manufacturing is accelerating faster than ever, but beneath this growth lies a hard reality. Almost every critical mineral powering this transition, lithium for batteries, cobalt for stability, nickel for energy density, and rare earths for electronics, is overwhelmingly imported. As global supply

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Rahul Gandhi’s Opposition to Great Nicobar Helps Maintain China’s Advantage in the Indian Ocean

By BPN News Desk May 1, 2026

The world is once again being reminded how fragile global trade routes are. Ongoing tensions in West Asia and repeated disruptions around key maritime corridors have brought chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz and the Malacca Strait back into sharp focus. These are not just narrow stretches of water on a map. They are the […]

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UAE’s Hormuz Bypass Can Secure Up to 180,000 Barrels Per Day for India

By BPN News Desk April 30, 2026

The ongoing Iran war has turned the Strait of Hormuz from an already sensitive chokepoint into the most dangerous pressure point in the global oil market. With shipping through the Strait disrupted, insurers nervous, tankers exposed, and crude buyers scrambling for route certainty, every major oil-importing country is being forced to ask a basic question: […]

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Ethanol Blending Is India’s Biggest Hidden Water Crisis, Not Data Centres

By BPN News Desk April 30, 2026

India’s water crisis has suddenly found a convenient villain. Data centres. Sleek campuses, global tech giants, and images of massive cooling systems consuming water have made for a compelling narrative. Politicians hint at regulation, activists raise alarms, and public discourse quickly settles on the idea that India’s digital infrastructure is quietly draining its

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Mira Road Attack Shows India Is Losing the Online Radicalisation Battle

By BPN News Desk April 28, 2026

The Mira Road stabbing incident on April 27 should have been just another local crime story. Instead, it has exposed a far deeper and more dangerous fault line. A 31-year-old man allegedly asked two security guards to recite the Kalma and, when they could not, attacked them with a knife. Within 90 minutes, the police […]

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₹510 Crore Seized, Bombs Recovered: What This Says About Governance in Mamata Banerjee’s Bengal

By BPN News Desk April 28, 2026

The 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections have not just been about votes, rallies, and campaign speeches. They have unfolded under the shadow of staggering numbers and deeply troubling visuals. Over ₹510 crore worth of cash, liquor, drugs, and other inducements have been seized before polling could even conclude. Reports of crude bombs being recovered from […]

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When Opposition Voices Get Absorbed by Power, Who Speaks for the Common Man?

By BPN News Desk April 24, 2026

The sudden shift of Raghav Chadha into the ruling ecosystem has landed at a moment that makes it impossible to treat this as just another political move. Over the past few months, he had quietly rebuilt his public image around something that Indian politics has increasingly neglected. Everyday issues. Not ideological battles, not headline wars, […]

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Global Oil Disruptions Show Fragile Energy System

By BPN News Desk April 23, 2026

Over the past few weeks, a pattern has begun to take shape across the global energy map that is difficult to ignore. A pipeline disruption in Italy briefly interrupted crude flows into Central Europe. In Australia, a major refinery in Geelong was forced to operate below capacity after a fire, tightening fuel supply in a […]

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Iran Negotiations and Trump’s Crypto Business Raise Questions as Markets Move Ahead

By BPN News Desk April 22, 2026

The ongoing U.S.–Iran conflict has entered a phase that feels less like open escalation and more like controlled positioning. Ceasefires are being extended, backchannel negotiations are gaining momentum, and Pakistan has quietly emerged as a central diplomatic conduit between Washington and Tehran. At the same time, something unusual is unfolding in global markets. Oil