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Energy Security or Energy Illusion? India’s LPG Crisis Explains the Truth

By BPN News Desk March 12, 2026

The images dominating global television screens today show missiles streaking across Middle Eastern skies, oil facilities burning and military aircraft crossing hostile airspace. But far away from these battlefields, the consequences are unfolding in a far more ordinary place: the Indian kitchen. As tensions around Iran and the Strait of Hormuz escalate, reports of LPG

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The NCERT Case Shows Why Contempt Law Needs Modernisation

By BPN News Desk March 12, 2026

The Supreme Court’s response to social media mockery following its intervention in the NCERT textbook controversy has reopened a long-standing debate about the limits of free speech and the continued relevance of India’s contempt laws. When citizens respond to judicial actions with satire, caricatures, or criticism, the instinct of a democratic institution should ideally

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India Won the World Cup. Why Is Kirti Azad Trying to Ruin the Moment?

By BPN News Desk March 10, 2026

India’s World Cup victory should have been a moment of unfiltered national joy. Millions of fans celebrated a team that carried the hopes of a country and delivered one of the most memorable sporting achievements in recent years. Yet, almost immediately after the celebrations began, former cricketer and politician Kirti Azad decided to question why […]

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Maharashtra Scraps Bike Taxi Permits: Compliance or Union Pressure?

By BPN News Desk March 10, 2026

The Maharashtra government’s decision to scrap bike taxi permits and effectively shut down the sector has triggered a serious debate about regulatory priorities and political influence. The official justification offered is “non-compliance with permit conditions,” but the consequences of this decision go far beyond paperwork. Thousands of gig workers have suddenly lost a

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BARC Study Rejects US-Promoted HALEU-Thorium Fuel for Indian Reactors

By BPN News Desk March 10, 2026

The debate around thorium-based nuclear fuel has resurfaced after scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) published a study concluding that HALEU-thorium fuel, a concept promoted by a U.S.-based company, is unsuitable for India’s nuclear reactors. The proposal suggested that mixing high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) with thorium could allow India to use

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Iran’s Regime Says It Will Never Surrender. History Says Otherwise.

By BPN News Desk March 9, 2026

The past few days have seen a strange graphic spreading rapidly across social media. It claims there are only three possible outcomes in the current Iran war. Option one is American retreat and acceptance of Iran’s regional dominance. Option two is a massive ground invasion of Iran. Option three is nuclear escalation. The message of […]

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India’s Drone Startup Ecosystem Could Become the World’s Cheapest Air Defence

By BPN News Desk March 9, 2026

The wars of the past decade have quietly rewritten the economics of air defence. For decades, military planners designed missile shields to stop fighter jets, cruise missiles and ballistic threats. Today, the biggest challenge to those expensive systems is not advanced aircraft but cheap drones built with off-the-shelf electronics. Iranian Shahed drones, which have

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From Pollution To Progress: Maharashtra’s Scrappage Policy Can Boost Auto Industry And Clean The Air

By BPN News Desk March 8, 2026

The Maharashtra government led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced motor vehicle tax concessions for citizens who scrap older vehicles and purchase new ones. At first glance the decision may appear to be a routine transport policy, but in reality it addresses several long-standing challenges simultaneously. Maharashtra’s rapidly expanding vehicle population

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Darjeeling Protocol Row Shows Mamata Banerjee Treats West Bengal Like a Personal Republic

By BPN News Desk March 8, 2026

President Droupadi Murmu’s recent visit to the Darjeeling region for the International Santal Conference should have been a simple and dignified constitutional engagement. Instead, it turned into an episode that has raised uncomfortable questions about political conduct and respect for institutions. Matters became particularly serious when the President herself publicly

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India Must Prepare for $200 Oil if the Strait of Hormuz Becomes a War Zone

By BPN News Desk March 7, 2026

The escalating conflict involving Iran has once again placed the Strait of Hormuz at the centre of global attention. Oil markets are already reacting to geopolitical uncertainty, and analysts across the world are warning that a serious disruption in Gulf shipping routes could send crude prices sharply higher. If the conflict spreads into the waters […]