When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2025-26 in Parliament on January 29, the document was ostensibly a review of the past year and a roadmap for the …
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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Political earthquakes in Tamil Nadu don’t arrive with thunder. They begin as whispers in tea shops, as knowing glances exchanged at bus stops, as conversations that trail off when strangers …
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Bangladesh has entered 2026 without the two women, who monopolized its politics for three decades. Khaleda Zia died on December 30th at 80; Sheikh Hasina lives in Indian exile, sentenced …
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She moved through cinema like something feral that had wandered onto a film set by mistake—too unguarded, too physical, too present for the carefully constructed fantasies of 1950s European film. …
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Epstein Files Release Rekindles Political Fault Lines, Tests Trump’s Transparency Pledge
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 6 minutes readThe DOJ has released some 3,500 files on sex offender Jeffery Epstein to satiate the demand of angry democrats and a divided house of republicans thus reopening one of the …
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A Quiet Revolt on Health Care: Why Some Republicans Are Breaking Ranks on Medicaid and the ACA
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 6 minutes readIn an otherwise disciplined House Republican conference, four members from politically fragile districts have made a rare and pointed move: siding with Democrats to force a vote on extending Affordable …
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Nearly four years after Russia launched what was supposed to be a lightning operation to decapitate Ukraine in days, Vladimir Putin is still explaining—patiently, sternly, and with imperial nostalgia—that peace …
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Rob Reiner, Wife Found Dead at Los Angeles Home; Son Arrested on Suspicion of Murder
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 3 minutes readThe Reiners’ son, Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested on the night of December 14, and booked on suspicion of murder, Los Angeles police confirmed. He is currently being held without …
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Jimmy Lai: From Refugee Entrepreneur to Beijing’s Most Defiant Critic — And the Trial That Sealed Hong Kong’s Fate
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 7 minutes readWhen Jimmy Lai walked into Hong Kong’s High Court on Monday morning, smiling faintly and waving to family members, the moment carried the weight of more than a single verdict. …
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The GOP’s ACA Gambit: Why Republicans Are Betting the House on a Losing Hand
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 7 minutes readAs Congress hurtles toward a December 31 deadline that will strip health insurance subsidies from 24 million Americans, a puzzle emerges: Why are Republican hardliners courting what even their own …