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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Selective Justice Is Injustice: The State vs. Sharmishta Panoli

By BPN News Desk June 3, 2025

A 22-year-old law student from Pune, Sharmishta Panoli, is currently behind bars. Her offense? A now-deleted Instagram reel in which she criticized the silence of Bollywood over Operation Sindoor and used words some deemed communal. She deleted the video. She apologized. But none of that mattered to the West Bengal Police, who travelled across the […]

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The West’s Real Endgame in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict: A Cold Peace, Not a Just One

By BPN News Desk June 3, 2025

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Why India Must Reject Russia’s Su-57E and Back Indigenous Jets

By Editor - News Desk June 2, 2025

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Proxy Wars, Real Deaths: The Dirty Profiteers Behind Ukraine, Palestine, and Pakistan’s Endless Conflicts

By BPN News Desk June 2, 2025

The idea that countries in economic freefall can afford to fight modern wars should have sounded ridiculous — until it became reality. Ukraine’s economy has shrunk by over a third, Pakistan is buried under insurmountable debt, and Gaza is barely habitable. Yet, each of these places is launching drones, testing missiles, and sustaining high-intensity warfare. […]

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Gold in Gumi, Eyes on LA: India’s Track Stars Spark Olympic Hopes

By BPN News Desk May 31, 2025

India’s performance at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi wasn’t just a regional success story—it was a resounding declaration that Indian athletics has arrived on the continental stage with renewed ambition. With 24 medals, including 8 golds, the Indian contingent didn’t just climb the podium—they raised the bar. But as the dust settles in […]

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Breaking Down The News: CJI Gavai’s Tribute to Kesavananda Is a Warning in Disguise

By BPN News Desk May 31, 2025

Chief Justice of India BR Gavai recently declared that it was the Constitution that kept the country united through every crisis, and went on to call the Kesavananda Bharati judgment a milestone in that constitutional journey. On the surface, it might read like another ceremonial affirmation of India’s constitutional heritage—a polite nod to precedent, a […]

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IMF Loans by Day, Jihad Rallies by Night: The Pakistan Model

By BPN News Desk May 31, 2025

On May 28, the city of Kasur in Pakistan’s Punjab province witnessed a scene that should have sent shockwaves across the globe. On stage, addressing a crowd under banners of nuclear pride and anti-India slogans, stood not only Pakistani ministers like Malik Rasheed Ahmad Khan and Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan, but also some of the […]