Editorials Opinion

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

By BPN News Desk
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
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
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 […]
Editorials Opinion

India Blocks Lentils, Embraces Soybean Oil: A BPN Trade Policy Review

By Editor - News Desk
When BPN published its analysis titled “The Hidden Harvest of Tariff Wars: How the U.S. Uses Trade to Push Its Crops, Not Cars,” we highlighted what many mainstream outlets ignored: that the United States wasn’t just pushing for tech and tariff parity—it was aggressively targeting India’s agriculture sector, particularly edible oil. The article forecasted a […]
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Carbon Credits in Indian Agriculture: Pathways to Climate Finance and Cleaner Air

By Editor - News Desk
Agriculture in India, while foundational to the economy and livelihoods of over half the population, is paradoxically both a victim and a contributor to environmental degradation. On the one hand, Indian farmers face the brunt of erratic monsoons, depleting groundwater, and declining soil fertility driven by climate change. On the other, conventional agricultural
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From Bystander to Beneficiary: How Indian States Capitalized on the Trump Tariff War

By Editor - News Desk
In 2025, as the U.S.–China tariff war escalated under the second Trump administration, global supply chains began a significant and urgent realignment. Amid this turbulence, India found itself uniquely positioned to absorb trade redirected away from China, especially in electronics, pharmaceuticals, engineering goods, and textiles. Unlike previous trade windfalls where
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Breaking Down The News: Kaveri Engine Enters Russian Skies to Prepare for India’s Indigenous UCAV Era

By Editor - News Desk
India’s long-struggling Kaveri engine project has unexpectedly re-emerged as a potential game-changer, not for the fighter jets it was originally meant to power, but for a new generation of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs). In a significant development, the dry variant of the Kaveri engine is undergoing trials in Russia, with roughly 25 hours of […]