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Protests as India’s New Veto Power: Why the Noise Bends the Judiciary and Government

By BPN News Desk August 22, 2025

Protests have become the new “veto power” in India. If you can mobilize a few thousand loud, persistent protestors, you can often stall or kill a policy — regardless of whether it benefits the larger public. So yes, it’s easy to organise protests in India — but it’s even easier for the system to surrender […]

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Peter Navarro: Soros’s Unexpected Gift to Trumpism

By BPN News Desk August 22, 2025

Donald Trump has built his brand on railing against “globalist billionaires” like George Soros. Yet the irony is striking: one of the chief architects of his economic nationalism, Peter Navarro, owes his rise to the influence of Soros’s financial network. Today, this unlikely paradox has turned its focus on India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. […]

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From Cinema Screens to Cricket Grounds: Why National Bans Don’t Apply to Cricket

By BPN News Desk August 21, 2025

India has banned Pakistani actors, singers, and OTT content in the wake of recent terror attacks. Entire films like Abir Gulaal and Sardaar Ji 3 have been blocked from Indian release, and even Instagram accounts of Pakistani celebrities have been taken down. Guilds like AICWA and FWICE have declared it a patriotic duty to sever […]

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From Deal-Maker to Deal-Breaker: How Trump’s Alaska Gamble May Cost Republicans Moderates

By BPN News Desk August 19, 2025

Donald Trump marched into Alaska promising the world a diplomatic breakthrough. Instead, he left with little more than a circus act in which Vladimir Putin played ringmaster and Ukraine played the villain in Trump’s script. The so-called “peace summit” was billed as a historic chance to end the war. In reality, it was a hollow […]

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From Dependence to Dominance: Why India’s First Private EO Constellation Is a Strategic Masterstroke

By BPN News Desk August 14, 2025

For decades, India’s view of the world from above has been filtered through foreign lenses. When border tensions flared or natural disasters struck, the nation’s ability to act decisively often depended on commercial satellite imagery supplied by companies like Maxar. While such providers offer advanced capabilities, their operations are bound to the political, legal, and

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Why Operation Sindoor’s S-400 Kill Stayed Classified – Until Pakistan Couldn’t Respond

By BPN News Desk August 9, 2025

In May 2025, the skies over South Asia were the stage for Operation Sindoor, the most intense India–Pakistan aerial confrontation in decades. Fighter jets, surveillance aircraft, and missile batteries traded blows in engagements that stretched from the Line of Control to the depths of Pakistani airspace. For months, the official tally of the battle remained […]

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Tariffs, Troops, and a Trail of Broken Promises: Who’s Really Paying for Trump’s America?

By BPN News Desk August 6, 2025

Something has shifted in your everyday life, and you probably felt it at the checkout line. The groceries you picked up for the week cost more than they did a year ago. That new pair of shoes is suddenly 40% pricier. Car repairs? Don’t even ask. You’re paying more for everything, but few are explaining […]

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Selective Outrage and Vote Bank Politics: The Truth Behind Fadnavis’s Response to Jain Community Demands

By BPN News Desk August 6, 2025

Two different court orders, two sections of the same religious community, and two strikingly different responses from Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis — the last few weeks have revealed a troubling undercurrent in the state’s governance. At stake is not just animal welfare or public health, but the principle of fairness in political responsiveness. In […]

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From Importer to Innovator: Building India’s GPU Roadmap for the AI Era

By BPN News Desk August 5, 2025

India is at the threshold of the AI age, yet the engines that power AI — GPUs — remain conspicuously absent from its industrial base. Despite grand ambitions under the India Semiconductor Mission and the promising rollout of the IndiaAI program, India has positioned itself more as a consumer of compute, not its creator. As […]

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Keep Your Tariffs, Clown. India Keeps Its Spine

By BPN News Desk August 5, 2025

When Donald Trump tweeted his outrage over India’s Russian oil imports, it wasn’t just a foreign policy position—it was a tantrum. A full-blown, playground-level meltdown. You’d think the man found out India replaced him with a more stable supplier of spray tan. Instead, all India did was buy oil for its citizens at a reasonable […]