Grateful for this opportunity to cover #Midterms26 for @NDTV and @NDTVWorld . From now till November 3rd, stay tuned for continuous coverage.

Thank you @ShivAroor, glad to join the tribe!

Fantastic story! As an Arsenal fan, I can get behind Harry Kane.

Another angle to the #Midterms26, how much of a role, intentionally and unintentionally, will AI play? Beyond AI slop and AI-driven ads, this was reported in the @guardian. "Anthropic’s Claude model accessed voter data in the US state of Georgia, the AI company has confirmed, in the latest example of unauthorised behaviour by the technology". theguardian.com/technology/2…

I spent seven years in the newsroom in Singapore and spent seven years across Boston and Washington, D.C. away from the newsroom. A different sort of 7 and 7. Excited to be back as I make my debut for @ndtv and @NDTVWorld as the consulting editor, U.S. desk. Thank you to all those who made this possible. My first priority is covering the #Midterms2026. I rely on your tips, insights for analysis and timely reporting.

Epic! “I endorse this message”

Not the best screen grabs for me, but wonderful filming for assignment today, ahead of the #Midterms2026.

In a word: comeuppance. But despite Aston Villa’s lackadaisical form, Villa Park was always a hoodoo for Man City.

As a cricket tragic, former sports journalist, and a @ProteasMenCSA fan, I can unequivocally state that "no matter what despondent situation one is facing or whatever geopolitical crisis, there will always be the soothing balm of good and proper Test Cricket”. The cherry on top is a thumping win over Australia, after being down 0-1 in the series and having lost precious hours and daylight with the rain in Gqeberha- a win against all odds, especially having Australia follow on.

Throwback to this article on AI changing the outsourcing sector in India. Since the famed 1991 reforms, India produced engineers in droves and the tech outsourcing industry boomed. "For more than three decades, India’s IT services industry has been one of the country’s defining success stories. After economic liberalisation in the 1990s, software exports and back-office outsourcing helped transform India into the world’s tech support centre. Built on lower-wage but highly qualified and English-speaking skilled labour, the sector generates more than $300bn a year in revenue and is the largest private-sector provider of formal work in the country. It has created a route into the middle class for millions of graduates." ft.com/content/dee4bd2c-fbad…

Final session of the second test between @ProteasMenCSA and Australia. In the batting morass, a diminutive stalwart in Temba Bavuma stood tall, and put on a Herculean 179, and well supported by Macro Jansen, who is turning out to be the best all-rounder since Jacques Kallis. As a @ProteasMenCSA fan, I hope we can wrap up the final four wickets, South Africa do deserve this win. Throwback to winning the World Test Chanpionship, and this Temba chant. youtube.com/shorts/YxvcVFjSG…

Le Prof and his ways!

"White House envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday and present him with an updated proposal to end the war in Ukraine" axios.com/2026/10/20/putin-w…

"Zelensky told the senators that he'll be in Oslo, Norway next week and could meet with Witkoff and Kushner on Tuesday or Wednesday. Kushner and Witkoff could then continue on from Oslo to Moscow to meet with Putin, a source familiar with the matter said." axios.com/2026/10/19/zelensk…

"The U.S. budget deficit is ballooning and has reached $2 trillion this fiscal year" Why it matters: That's the largest deficit since 2021, when the U.S. was climbing out of the pandemic recession. The deficit is driven in part by the cost of paying interest on the nation's enormous debt at a time when rates are rising." axios.com/2026/10/20/federal…