Editorials Opinion

Trump’s Tariff Tantrum: How Russia Accidentally Got a Seat at the Grown-Ups’ Table

By BPN News Desk April 7, 2025

In a week where the global economy had already been flirting with anxiety, Donald Trump decided to kick it square in the teeth. With his fresh announcement of sweeping tariffs — a 10% baseline duty on virtually all imports, and even steeper penalties for countries that, in his words, have “taken advantage” of the U.S. […]

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Piyush Goyal’s Startup Sermon Exposes Government Hypocrisy

By BPN News Desk April 6, 2025

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal’s recent remarks on Indian startups have managed to ruffle more feathers than a pigeon in a blender. Speaking at the Startup Mahakumbh 2025, Goyal lamented the state of India’s startup culture, accusing entrepreneurs of indulging in “dukaandari”—a not-so-subtle jab at food delivery apps and gig economy platforms that,

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India’s Aimless Opposition: A Democracy Without Dissent

By BPN News Desk April 6, 2025

A democracy without dissent is like biryani without spices—bland, pointless, and ultimately forgettable. India, the world’s largest democracy, proudly conducts elections with military precision and media fanfare. The only missing ingredient in this grand democratic theatre? An opposition that actually opposes. Not performatively. Not selectively. But consistently and

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Hyderabad’s Green Massacre: The Telangana Government’s Silent War on Forests and Accountability

By BPN News Desk April 6, 2025

In the dead of Hyderabad’s sweltering March, the chainsaws roared louder than public dissent, clearing nearly 400 acres of green cover in Kancha Gachibowli. What was once a haven for peacocks and deer is now reduced to soil scraped bare—thanks to the Telangana government’s covert operation to build yet another “IT park.” But beneath the […]

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Understanding EDR Killer Attacks: A Growing Threat and How Businesses Can Defend Themselves

By BPN News Desk March 29, 2025

As cybercriminals continue to evolve, so do their methods of bypassing even the most sophisticated security measures. One of the most dangerous trends in the modern threat landscape is the rise of EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) Killer attacks — malicious strategies specifically designed to disable endpoint protection tools before deploying ransomware or other

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The IPL: India’s Most Perfect Metaphor for Unity in Diversity

By BPN News Desk March 29, 2025

There is no better symbol of India than the Indian Premier League. A tournament built around states, languages, and cities somehow manages to rise above all of them. It brings together people from every corner of the country and even outside it, and yet, nobody bothers asking, “Where are you from?” when you’re hitting sixes […]

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Before Preaching to the World, Maybe Clean the Graffiti Off Your Temples: An Open Letter to USCIRF

By BPN News Desk March 27, 2025

If irony had a permanent address, it would be headquartered somewhere inside the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)—that paragon of virtue, that lighthouse of moral outrage, that ever-vigilant babysitter of other nations’ soul. And oh, how generous they are with their unsolicited advice. This week, in their annual performance review

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Austerity for Thee, Luxury for Me: MPs Heroically Hike Their Salaries Again

By BPN News Desk March 27, 2025

Rejoice, fellow Indians! At a time when you’re pinching pennies, delaying doctor visits, and selling kidneys (figuratively… we hope) to pay rent, our ever-dedicated Members of Parliament have decided that they deserve a little something extra. After all, who among us hasn’t looked at their ₹2.25 lakh monthly salary and thought, “How does one even […]

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Expert Analysis: Oracle Cloud Breach – A Breakdown of the Probabilities and What It Suggests About Cloud Security

By BPN News Desk March 27, 2025

The recent revelations about a breach involving Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) have sparked widespread concern—particularly because the threat actor claims to have compromised data from over 140,000 tenants. While Oracle has denied any breach of its infrastructure, the hacker’s claims, along with details published by cybersecurity firm CloudSEK, raise troubling

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When the Protectors Turn Perpetrators: Why India Desperately Needs Police Reforms

By BPN News Desk March 26, 2025

In India, the police force is less a pillar of justice and more a tragicomic theater of power, privilege, and pathetic excuses. Picture a constable: belly spilling over his belt, swagger fuelled by stale chai and unchecked authority, lathi in hand like a medieval warlord. Don’t expect him to chase down rapists, extortionists, or white-collar […]