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.
As Americans prepare to vote in the November 3 midterm elections, President Donald Trump faces a political question that extends well beyond the battle for control of Congress: how much…
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The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi (September 12–13, 2026) was a defining moment for the Global South. Eleven member states gathered under India’s chairship to adopt the New Delhi…
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…
India watches with bated breath the change of leadership in Britain, as Keir Starmer — who cemented the historic Indo-UK Free Trade Agreement benefitting his country — hands over the…
Forget 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…
History 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…
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…
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…
The 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…
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…
In the boardrooms of Blackstone and BlackRock, in the investment committees of Singapore's sovereign wealth funds, and in the hushed corridors of Tokyo's trading desks, a question is being asked…
The arrival of Marco Rubio in India this week was far more than a routine diplomatic stopover. It came at a moment when the global order is under severe stress:…
As Marco Rubio lands in India this week, the visit is being watched less as a ceremonial diplomatic stop and more as a strategic repair mission between two uneasy but…
