Russia’s Workers Shortage And India’s Youth Surplus

By BPN News Desk February 8, 2026

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Russia is openly looking abroad for workers. Its factories, construction sites and logistics networks are short of manpower after a mix of demographic decline, emigration and wartime mobilisation shrank the workforce. The salaries being offered are several times higher than what similar workers

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Income Tax Rules 2026 Reform: India Moves To Algorithmic Taxation, But Is The System Ready?

By BPN News Desk February 8, 2026

The government’s draft Income Tax Rules 2026 look harmless at first glance. Fewer forms, simpler language, pre-filled returns and faster processing. A routine modernization exercise, one might think. But buried inside this reform is something much bigger. India is quietly moving from a human tax system to a machine tax system. The country is not […]

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India-US Interim Trade Agreement: A Market Opening Today for an Industrial Upgrade Tomorrow

By BPN News Desk February 7, 2026

When the India–United States interim trade framework was announced, the loudest reactions focused on what India was giving away. Lower tariffs on agricultural products, easier access for American goods, and a massive purchase commitment immediately triggered the familiar argument that India had opened its market under pressure. But that reading misunderstands the nature of

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Coal India Lithium Expansion: The PSU India Turned Into A Strategic Resource Weapon

By BPN News Desk February 7, 2026

The decision of Coal India to create a Chile-based arm to acquire lithium and copper assets looks, at first glance, like a company experimenting with diversification. A coal miner entering battery minerals sounds unusual but not historic. Yet the move is actually the visible endpoint of a policy shift that began more than a decade […]

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Bharat Taxi and Platform Power: India’s Attempt to Prevent Digital Monopolies Before They Form

By BPN News Desk February 7, 2026

When the government launched Bharat Taxi, the immediate reaction was predictable. Two private companies spent years investing billions to build India’s ride-hailing market, and now a cooperative backed by the state enters the same space. For many investors, this looked less like policy and more like competition from the referee. The question was simple: if […]

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Reliance Buys Venezuelan Oil Why Paying More May Help India

By BPN News Desk February 6, 2026

Reliance Industries recently bought about 2 million barrels of Venezuelan oil after nearly a year without such imports. The cargo comes at a smaller discount than Russian oil, meaning India is knowingly paying more per barrel than it has been used to since the Ukraine war reshaped global energy trade. For a country that prides […]

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Apple Tax Relief Policy: How One Rule Change Can Build India’s Electronics Industry

By BPN News Desk February 6, 2026

The government recently made a small sounding tax clarification. Foreign companies like Apple can now fund manufacturing machines inside Indian partner factories without being treated as running a taxable business presence in India. For years this single fear stopped Apple from expanding fast. Not labour shortage. Not land. Not incentives. Just fear that tomorrow the […]

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$3B Nuclear Fuel Deal With Canada: Preparing Electricity for India’s 2047 Economy

By BPN News Desk February 6, 2026

India is close to signing a nearly $3 billion long-term uranium supply agreement with Canada. At first glance it sounds like just another energy purchase. But this is not about fixing today’s power cuts. It is about making sure India does not face power shortages twenty years from now when its economy becomes far bigger […]

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Why Congress Is Failing as the Opposition in Parliament

By BPN News Desk February 6, 2026

Every Indian family talks about the same things at the dinner table today. Sabzi mehengi ho gayi. Petrol phir badh gaya. School fees kaise bharni hai. Hospital ka bill kaun dega. Tax itna kyu katega salary se. But when people switch on Parliament, they don’t hear those conversations. They hear shouting. The problem is simple. […]

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Why the Government Preferred Future Debt Over Present Distress

By BPN News Desk February 5, 2026

The Union Budget immediately triggered concern in bond and currency markets after the government projected higher borrowing. Yields moved, the rupee faced pressure and commentary quickly labelled the move risky. But the debate is incomplete if it stops there. The decision was not an oversight. It was a conscious economic choice to move hardship away […]