The longest ever 42-day US government shutdown ended today with congress approving a bipartisan package to reopen the government when a deal was struck after several weeks of stalemate: 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. He has authored three books on COVID-19, and his forthcoming work, Borrowed Time, Borrowed Hope, is set for release this month. Two additional titles, one on spirituality and another on fantasy, are currently in progress.
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Patna, India — Bihar’s fiercely contested Assembly election — marked by record turnout, generational rhetoric, and a two-phase voting marathon — has concluded with an unmistakable headline from India’s leading exit …
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Democrats End 43-Day Shutdown Battle as Political Blame Game Shifts to the House
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 7 minutes readWASHINGTON — After forty-two weary days that brought the machinery of government to a grinding halt, stranded thousands of federal workers without pay, and grounded nearly half the nation’s air …
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How the Magnificent Seven’s unprecedented spending spree could reshape capitalism—or collapse under its own weight In the sterile conference rooms of Mountain View, Redmond, and Menlo Park, a peculiar species …
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Smoke and Questions at the Red Fort: Inside the Hunt for the Perpetrators of Delhi’s Deadly Car Blast
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 11 minutes readNew Delhi, November 11, 2025 — On a damp November evening, as commuters waited at a traffic light near the Lal Quila (Red Fort) metro gate, a slow-moving car suddenly detonated …
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New Delhi’s Toxic Air: A Silent Emergency Threatening Millions
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 10 minutes readThe acrid smell of smoke hangs heavy over India’s capital as millions of residents wake each morning to a city shrouded in thick, gray smog. Delhi’s air quality crisis has …
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The Soybean Gambit: How America’s Golden Bean Lost Its Lustre
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 7 minutes readIn the flat expanse of Illinois farmland, where autumn skies stretch endlessly above golden fields, Dean Buchholz watches his soybean harvest with a gnawing unease that has become all too …