Breaking Down The News Opinion

Breaking Down The News: Who Really Pays for “Free” UPI Transactions?

By BPN News Desk April 28, 2025

The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has transformed how India pays. With just a mobile number or a simple scan, millions of Indians transfer money instantly — and at zero cost to themselves. But while users celebrate the seamlessness and the “free” nature of UPI, the question few ask is: who’s really footing the bill? Behind […]

Op-Eds Opinion

Manufacturing Hub Showdown: Why Vietnam Beat India in the Race for Export Factories

By BPN News Desk April 28, 2025

In a world where manufacturing giants are scrambling to diversify beyond China, the unexpected victor of the first wave isn’t India — it’s Vietnam. A nation smaller in size and GDP than many Indian states has, in the span of just two decades, emerged as a global darling for export manufacturing. Whether it’s electronics, apparel, […]

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When Hatred Becomes Treason: How India’s Opposition is Empowering the Enemy

By BPN News Desk April 28, 2025

In any vibrant democracy, dissent is not just tolerated — it is necessary. But when that dissent transforms into an unhinged hatred that weakens the nation and strengthens its enemies, it crosses the line from political disagreement into active betrayal. After the blood of innocents soaked the soil of Pahalgam, a time when the country […]

Op-Eds Opinion

The Enemy Lives Among Us: A Wake-Up Call India Cannot Afford to Ignore

By BPN News Desk April 28, 2025

The enemy no longer lurks across the barbed wires of our borders; it lives and breathes among us. It smiles in our faces, shares our streets, and when the opportunity comes, it reveals itself with stunning audacity. The recent events in Karnataka following the brutal Pahalgam massacre are not just isolated footnotes in a bloody […]

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Once Funded by D-Company, Always Afraid of Pakistan: Bollywood’s Lasting Curse

By BPN News Desk April 27, 2025

The silence was deafening. As blood soaked the earth of Pahalgam, as 26 innocent lives—majority of them Hindus—were butchered after being religiously profiled, Bollywood’s reaction was a familiar, tiresome routine. Heart emojis. Prayers for “peace.” Sermons on not “spreading hate.” But not a single word naming Pakistan. Not a whisper about

Breaking Down The News Opinion

Breaking Down The News: Water as a Weapon – How India Plans to Squeeze Pakistan’s Lifeline

By BPN News Desk April 26, 2025

In the aftermath of the brutal terrorist attack in Pahalgam that claimed the lives of 26 civilians, India has taken an unprecedented step by suspending the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan. Signed in 1960 and brokered by the World Bank, the treaty had long been considered a symbol of cooperation, surviving even the wars […]

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Breaking Down The News: India’s Scramjet Breakthrough and What It Means for Our Future

By BPN News Desk April 26, 2025

On April 25, 2025, India quietly crossed a major milestone in advanced defense technology. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted a ground test of a scramjet engine for over 1,000 seconds at Hyderabad’s Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL). Though it might sound technical, this achievement pushes India closer

Editorials Opinion

Pakistan Pulls the Trigger, the World Looks Away

By BPN News Desk April 25, 2025

The bodies weren’t even cold in Pahalgam when the world began drafting its familiar eulogies. Twenty-six lives, mostly Indian, cut down by terrorists in Kashmir’s once-bustling tourist belt. Mothers. Children. A Nepali tourist who had dreams of returning home. What followed was the usual diplomatic theatre: “We condemn the act of terror,” they said. “Our

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Breaking Down the News: Did Mossad Uncover a Plot Against Adani After Hindenburg’s Report?

By BPN News Desk April 24, 2025

In January 2023, the U.S.-based financial firm Hindenburg Research dropped a bombshell report accusing Indian business conglomerate Adani Group of stock manipulation, accounting fraud, and use of offshore shell companies. The aftermath was immediate—billions wiped off in market value, a cancelled ₹20,000 crore public offer, and a media frenzy that framed it as India’s

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Kashmir’s Tragedy: When Stones Are Worth More Than Saddle Rides

By Editor - News Desk April 23, 2025

The recent Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 tourists dead wasn’t just another bloody statistic in Jammu and Kashmir’s three-decade-long saga of violence—it was a gut punch to whatever remnants of normalcy the region was rebuilding. What followed, however, was unexpected. For the first time in years, Kashmiris observed a shutdown not against security forces, […]