From Sand to Silicon: A Strategic Blueprint for India’s Rare Earth Independence

By BPN News Desk June 23, 2025

Editorials Opinion

India has finally woken up to the strategic importance of rare earths. The ₹5000 crore incentive scheme, IREL’s magnet facility in Vizag, and the launch of the National Critical Mineral Mission show that the country is no longer ignoring this vital resource. But laying a foundation is not the

Editorials Opinion

When the Beggar Sings and the Giant Sleeps

By BPN News Desk June 20, 2025

While the world watched a former pariah walk into the White House, Asim Munir, the chief of Pakistan’s army, took his seat across from President Donald Trump at a high-profile luncheon that felt more like a stage play than diplomacy. He smiled, praised Trump’s supposed role in preventing a nuclear war with India, and even […]

Editorials Opinion

With the West in Decline and China Distrusted, India, France, Japan, and Australia Must Step Up

By Editor - News Desk June 12, 2025

As the world drifts deeper into geopolitical fragmentation, it’s becoming painfully clear that the post-Cold War order is crumbling. The so-called liberal West, long seen as the steward of global norms, is retreating into protectionism, internal discord, and credibility deficits. On the other side, China’s authoritarian ambition, veiled under the Belt and Road rhetoric, is

Expert Opinions

Vidarbha’s ₹11,500 Cr Irrigation Potential

By Editor - News Desk June 11, 2025

Year after year, the Vidarbha region in Maharashtra finds itself at the center of grim headlines—farmer suicides, failed harvests, and cries for separate statehood. Yet few pause to ask why a region blessed with fertile black soil and ample monsoon rainfall continues to wallow in agricultural despair. The answer doesn’t lie in the skies—it lies […]

Op-Eds Opinion

Illegal Encroachment Is the Track Blocker: Until the Railways Clears Land, Nothing Will Move in Mumbai

By BPN News Desk June 10, 2025

Every few months, the Indian Railways or the Maharashtra government announces some shiny new initiative for Mumbai’s overburdened local train network—AC coaches, automatic doors, swanky footover bridges, and digital ticketing kiosks. But for the average Mumbaikar clinging to the footboard of a jam-packed 8:42 AM Virar fast, these announcements are like putting scented

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From Ukraine to Operation Sindoor: How the Drone Age Has Gone Global

By Editor - News Desk June 9, 2025

Drones are no longer the future of warfare—they are its frontlines. From the charred Russian bombers in Kursk to the precision drone strikes that rattled terror camps in Bahawalpur, two very different conflicts have confirmed the same truth: small, intelligent, and cost-effective aerial weapons are reshaping how nations fight. And India isn’t just catching up—it’s […]

Op-Eds Opinion

Killing Quietly: The Feminization of Violence in Middle India

By BPN News Desk June 9, 2025

As Indian women in small towns gain access to digital tools, private mobility, and emotional autonomy, a new kind of violence is emerging—quiet, deliberate, and often chillingly methodical. The Myth of the Passive Woman Is Breaking For years, Indian society has clung to the image of the woman as the sacrificial, subdued half of the […]

Op-Eds Opinion

Crude Lies: The Truth Behind India’s Static Fuel Prices in a Falling Oil Market

By BPN News Desk June 5, 2025

In a world where every rupee counts, Indian fuel consumers find themselves caught in a peculiar paradox. Crude oil prices have been tumbling on the global stage—by over 15% in recent months—yet the cost of filling up your tank in Mumbai, Delhi, or Bangalore has barely moved an inch. The numbers simply don’t add up, […]

Breaking Down The News Opinion

Breaking Down the News: Chinese Nationals Charged for Smuggling Dangerous Crop Fungus Into U.S.

By BPN News Desk June 4, 2025

In a development with potential national security and agricultural implications, two Chinese nationals have been charged by the United States Department of Justice for allegedly smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen into the country. The pathogen, Fusarium graminearum, is a toxic fungus known to cause “head blight” in cereal crops such as wheat, barley, maize, and […]

Op-Eds Opinion

Buzzing Into Oblivion: What Russia’s UVB-76 Tells Us About the World’s Sleepwalk Into Nuclear Madness

By BPN News Desk June 3, 2025

There was a time when the faint buzz of a Soviet-era shortwave signal sent chills down the spines of Cold War analysts. That sound — mechanical, monotonous, and ceaseless — belonged to UVB-76, nicknamed “The Buzzer.” It was mysterious, it was ominous, and above all, it was never silent. But now, in 2025, that static […]