Explainer: Why the Indian Government Is Right to Be Cautious About Elon Musk and Starlink

By BPN News Desk October 9, 2026

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Elon Musk has built a reputation for challenging established industries, disrupting conventional business models and pushing technological boundaries. His satellite internet venture, Starlink, promises high-speed connectivity to remote communities where conventional telecommunications

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The Economist’s Racist Lens: India’s Wildlife Success Exposes a Colonial Mindset

By BPN News Desk October 9, 2026

The Economist has managed to turn one of India’s most remarkable wildlife conservation achievements into an exercise in colonial condescension. In an article published on October 4, 2026, the British publication praised India’s success in protecting tigers, lions, rhinoceroses and elephants. Yet its accompanying social media post revealed a deeply troubling

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Vote Chori in Punjab: CJP’s Selective Outrage and Its Parent AAP

By BPN News Desk October 9, 2026

India has recently witnessed a noisy campaign against alleged electoral manipulation, with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), led by Abhijeet Dipke, joining opposition voices accusing PM Modi and the Election Commission of undermining democracy. Slogans of “Vote Chori” have dominated protests, speeches and social media campaigns. But a Supreme Court order concerning

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Rahul Gandhi, CJP & Greater Nicobar: Who Funds the Growing Protest Pressure on Modi Govt?

By BPN News Desk September 26, 2026

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is today the latest public official to discover how quickly a controversy can become a nationwide political campaign. The Cockroach Janta Party, or CJP, has demanded his resignation, issued an ultimatum and threatened another Jantar Mantar-style agitation. Opposition parties have intensified their own attack after reports that

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CEC SIR Row: Internal Dissent, No Proven Illegality. Who Made It a Crisis?

By BPN News Desk September 25, 2026

The latest controversy surrounding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar began with an investigation reporting that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had raised objections on at least 14 occasions over roughly ten months to decisions and communications connected with the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Some of those objections

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IIT Bombay Case Puts Modi Government’s Section 18A Under the Scanner

By BPN News Desk September 25, 2026

The death of IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode on September 18 has developed into a far larger controversy than the examination incident that preceded it. Wakode’s parents have alleged that Professor Suryanarayana Doolla subjected their son to caste-based harassment, and Mumbai Police registered an FIR naming Doolla under provisions relating to abetment of suicide and […]

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Before Questioning Today’s CEC, Look at How India Chose Them Before 2023

By BPN News Desk September 24, 2026

The independence of the Election Commission of India has once again become a major political argument. Congress has repeatedly questioned Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, accused the Election Commission of being too close to the BJP government and attacked the mechanism through which Election Commissioners are now selected. Rahul Gandhi opposed proceeding with

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The Elephant Calf Rescue That Showed the Best of Ordinary India

By BPN News Desk September 23, 2026

Most news cycles are built around things going wrong. Political confrontation, crime, war, accidents, natural disasters and public anger dominate television screens and social media feeds because these are important stories and because conflict naturally attracts attention. After enough of it, however, it becomes easy to believe that society is defined only by outrage,

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Bengal SIR: How Times Now’s ‘93% Comeback’ Framing Misleads

By BPN News Desk September 23, 2026

There is a difference between reporting a percentage and helping readers understand what that percentage actually represents. Times Now’s graphic on the West Bengal Special Intensive Revision chose the dramatic formulation, “With 93% Comeback, Bengal SIR Deletions Under Scanner.” For anyone quickly consuming the headline, the obvious impression is that an overwhelming

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Jamui Case: Police Did Their Job, Now the System Must Finish It

By BPN News Desk September 22, 2026

What happened near Madwa Pahar in Bihar’s Jamui district on September 19 should disturb anyone who watches the footage. Two Class 10 students, a minor boy and a minor girl, had gone towards the area after their coaching class to take photographs. What should have been an ordinary evening for two schoolchildren turned into a […]