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.
The clearest evidence so far is that Trump's 2024 coalition is showing measurable signs of strain, if not fracture. It does not yet establish that all the voters who helped…
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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…
On the morning of May 15, fuel station attendants across India flipped price boards for the first time in 49 months. In Delhi, petrol jumped to ₹97.77 a liter. Diesel…
On the morning after the Congress-led United Democratic Front swept back to power in Kerala with a commanding 102 seats in a 140-member Assembly, the machinery of high politics ground…
