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When BPN published its analysis titled “The Hidden Harvest of Tariff Wars: How the U.S. Uses Trade to Push Its Crops, Not Cars,” we highlighted what many mainstream outlets ignored: that the United States wasn’t just pushing for tech and tariff parity—it was aggressively targeting India’s agriculture sector, particularly edible oil. The article forecasted a […]
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Agriculture in India, while foundational to the economy and livelihoods of over half the population, is paradoxically both a victim and a contributor to environmental degradation. On the one hand, Indian farmers face the brunt of erratic monsoons, depleting groundwater, and declining soil fertility driven by climate change. On the other, conventional agricultural
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In 2025, as the U.S.–China tariff war escalated under the second Trump administration, global supply chains began a significant and urgent realignment. Amid this turbulence, India found itself uniquely positioned to absorb trade redirected away from China, especially in electronics, pharmaceuticals, engineering goods, and textiles. Unlike previous trade windfalls where
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India’s long-struggling Kaveri engine project has unexpectedly re-emerged as a potential game-changer, not for the fighter jets it was originally meant to power, but for a new generation of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs). In a significant development, the dry variant of the Kaveri engine is undergoing trials in Russia, with roughly 25 hours of […]
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I. Introduction The Sukhoi Su-30MKI has been the spine of the Indian Air Force’s combat fleet for over two decades, dominating the skies with its twin-engine power, long-range capability, and multirole versatility. However, with the emergence of stealth fighters like China’s J-20, modern electronic warfare systems, and longer-range beyond-visual-range (BVR) missiles in the