It started as a spark over a leaked medical entrance exam. It has since exploded into a global inferno. The abrupt cancellation of India’s highly competitive NEET-UG 2026 examination didn’t …
TN Ashok
TN Ashok
TN Ashok is a veteran journalist with over five decades of experience. He served as Editor (Economics) at the Press Trust of India (PTI) and has traveled to more than 20 countries on assignments with Indian prime ministers and vice presidents.
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MS Dhoni at 45: The Ticket Collector Who Became a Global Sporting God
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 6 minutes readForget the golf-club retirements and the tearful farewell laps. In a small stadium in Chennai, a 45-year-old man walks out to bat, and 40,000 people lose their minds like it’s …
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Two Nations, Two Scripts: America’s Semiquincentennial and Iran’s Farewell to Khamenei
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 5 minutes readHistory rarely arranges its stage with such stark contrasts. In July 2026, the world witnessed two nations moving in opposite emotional directions—one celebrating liberty, the other mourning loss. The United …
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India has seen its share of corporate scandals. From the stock market manipulations of the 1990s to accounting frauds, banking blowups and governance failures, every decade seems to produce a …
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There is a phrase that has haunted the corridors of the Capitol Building for half a century, whispered by frustrated senators and furious congressmen with equal helplessness: the law is …
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The $500 Billion Gamble: Inside India and America’s Most Consequential Trade Fight
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 10 minutes readThe trade relationship between the world’s largest democracy and its wealthiest nation has rarely been so volatile — or so consequential. As senior negotiators from Washington and New Delhi sit …
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A $42 mn (Rs 400-crore) lawsuit over two Bollywood songs is the latest skirmish in a global copyright war — one that pits analogue-era agreements against a digital economy that …
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