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Imran Khan Controversy and Pakistan’s Civil Military Equation

By BPN News Desk February 17, 2026

The incarceration of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and recurring concerns about his health have placed Pakistan under an intense political spotlight. What might ordinarily remain a domestic legal matter has expanded into a national power question. The issue is no longer only whether a politician committed violations, but how and why the state responds […]

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$100 Billion AI Bet of Adani: India Is Trying to Run the World’s AI Operations

By BPN News Desk February 17, 2026

The announcement that the Adani Group intends to invest roughly $100 billion into AI-ready data centre infrastructure by 2035 should not be read as another infrastructure expansion story. It is a signal about how India is choosing to participate in the global artificial intelligence race. The United States is trying to build the most powerful […]

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UPI Everywhere But Cash Rising: What India’s Election Cycles Reveal About Political Cash Networks

By BPN News Desk February 17, 2026

Stand at almost any shop counter in India today and you will see the same sign: scan and pay. From metropolitan supermarkets to roadside tea stalls, retailers increasingly prefer digital settlement. They avoid the hassle of change, accounting becomes easier, and payments leave a clean record. Yet at the same time, official currency data shows […]

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Mohsin Naqvi Showed Up For Drama And Ran From Defeat

By BPN News Desk February 17, 2026

Mohsin Naqvi did not walk into the Pakistan team environment before the India match as a cricket administrator. He walked in as a spectacle. And like most spectacles, it worked perfectly until reality began. The build-up to the match had already been inflated far beyond sport. There was talk of boycott threats, political signalling and […]

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Citizenship For Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees In India

By BPN News Desk February 17, 2026

Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees Citizenship Request: Why India Keeps Them Stateless Despite 35 Years The immediate trigger is Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grant citizenship to long-term Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in India for decades. Nearly one lakh people who fled the civil war in the […]

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Rafale Bombs Made In India: The Real Start Of India’s Smart Weapons Industry

By BPN News Desk February 17, 2026

When the BEL–Safran HAMMER joint venture was announced, it was treated like another routine “Make in India” defence press release. Another agreement, another assembly line, another promise of localisation. But this project is fundamentally different from most of India’s past defence manufacturing efforts. This time India is not trying to build the aircraft. It is […]

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Manjrekar’s Twitter Lecture After India-Pakistan Match, When Ex-Players Chase Relevance Instead Of Responsibility

By BPN News Desk February 16, 2026

He didn’t say it during commentary. He didn’t analyse it in a column. He didn’t even frame it as a cricketing discussion. He posted it on Twitter, instantly turning the aftermath of an India Pakistan match into a debate about his opinion rather than the match itself. Sanjay Manjrekar’s lecture on the absence of a […]

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India–Israel $8.6 Billion Arms Deal: Preparing For Drone Wars Against Pakistan And China

By BPN News Desk February 16, 2026

When reports emerged that India had agreed to defence deals worth roughly $8.6 billion with Israel, the reaction in many circles followed the usual pattern. People asked what missiles were being bought, what range they had, and whether they were meant for Pakistan or China. That question itself misses the point. This is not a […]

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Why India’s Biggest Agri Reform May Come From Space Not Parliament

By BPN News Desk February 16, 2026

India has spent decades attempting to reform agriculture through laws, committees, protests, loan waivers and MSP hikes. Every effort eventually ran into the same barrier: nobody trusted the numbers used to justify reform. Governments relied on rainfall estimates, surveys and state-level averages, while farmers relied on lived experience. The result was permanent

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S-400 Today, Kusha Tomorrow: Why India Is Preparing For Wars Of The 2030s Not The 2020s

By BPN News Desk February 16, 2026

India’s approval of Project Kusha, a 400 km range indigenous air defence system expected to mature in the early to mid-2030s, is being widely interpreted as another long-term procurement plan. It is not. It is a doctrinal correction. India currently relies on the S-400 for long-range protection and that system works. But it works against […]