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India–Israel Iron Dome and Iron Beam MoU: Why This Could Redefine India’s Air Defence Strategy

By BPN News Desk February 26, 2026

India’s reported move to sign a memorandum of understanding with Israel for technology transfer involving Iron Dome, Iron Beam and advanced missile systems comes at a decisive moment in modern warfare. Across battlefields from West Asia to Eastern Europe, low-cost drones, loitering munitions and saturation rocket attacks are reshaping how nations defend their skies. For

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CJI Surya Kant Takes Suo Motu Cognisance of NCERT Textbook: Can the Judiciary Claim Immunity from Public Scrutiny?

By BPN News Desk February 26, 2026

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s strong objection to the NCERT Class 8 social science chapter referring to corruption as a challenge within the judiciary has opened a deeper constitutional debate. By taking suo motu cognisance and declaring that he would not allow anyone to taint the integrity of the institution, the CJI has made […]

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TEXMiN-GIREDMET Rare Earth Agreement Strengthens India’s Critical Mineral Strategy

By BPN News Desk February 25, 2026

The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between TEXMiN at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and Russia’s GIREDMET is more than a routine academic collaboration. It is a strategic technology partnership focused on rare earth and critical mineral processing, an area that will determine industrial power in the green and digital age. At a time when electric […]

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Elections Cannot Wait: Why the Supreme Court Backed the ECI Over Political Resistance

By BPN News Desk February 25, 2026

The Supreme Courts decision to draft judges from Odisha and Jharkhand into West Bengals Special Intensive Revision is no mere clerical update. It is a high-stakes constitutional rescue mission. When the Court learned that relying solely on Bengals overstretched judicial capacity would lag the process by 80 days, the verdict was clear. Stalling electoral timelines […]

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A $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier That Cannot Fix Its Toilets: What It Says About Modern Defence Procurement

By BPN News Desk February 24, 2026

When the USS Gerald R. Ford, the most expensive aircraft carrier ever built, began struggling with repeated sewage system failures, the story sounded like a rejected script from a slapstick comedy. A $13 billion symbol of American naval dominance, packed with electromagnetic catapults and next-generation combat tech, was effectively being defeated by clogged pipes and […]

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Private Property, Private Choice: Why Courts Must Not Blur the Line

By BPN News Desk February 24, 2026

The recent public commentary by a sitting judge regarding housing discrimination has sparked a necessary debate, but the focus is drifting. This is not a lecture on social harmony or neighborhood ethics. It is a hard question of legal boundaries. In the Indian context, where “society NOCs” and landlord preferences are part of the urban […]

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India’s Cockiness Exposed: Gambhir and Star Sports Get a Reality Check

By BPN News Desk February 24, 2026

The loss to South Africa was not just a bad day on the field. It felt like a massive reality check for a team that started acting like they had already won. For weeks, the noise around the Indian team was everywhere. We were told this win was a sure thing. But when the game […]

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The Real Risk Is Not Tejas Crashing – It’s HAL Moving Too Slowly

By BPN News Desk February 23, 2026

The recent dip in HAL’s share price after a Tejas training accident is a textbook case of misplaced panic. Predictable anxiety over a runway overshoot and a temporarily grounded fleet has dominated the headlines, but these are just the surface-level optics. In the high-stakes world of fighter jet development, hardware failures are a part of […]

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India’s Zinc Battery Innovation and Its Effect on Renewable Storage Costs

By BPN News Desk February 23, 2026

India has just achieved a major win in battery science. A new zinc-ion battery has shown it can keep 98 percent of its capacity after 500 charges. While that sounds like a dry laboratory statistic, its real-world impact is massive. If this technology moves from the lab to the factory, it will do much more […]

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From Rare Earths to Reactors: Is India Building the Full AI Industrial Stack?

By BPN News Desk February 23, 2026

I. Introduction: The Industrial Foundations of Artificial Intelligence We have been conditioned to talk about Artificial Intelligence in the abstract. We treat it as a ghost in the machine, a collection of clever algorithms and sleek digital platforms. This is a delusion. At scale, AI is not digital; it is a heavy industrial system built […]