When the PM met the Big Bull and L.N. Mittal’s headache in Gujarat

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Surendar here. It’s not often that prime ministers meet stockbrokers and splash photos on social media. Surely it was not just for the photo opportunity that Narendra Modi met Rakesh Jhunjhunwala earlier this week. I look at what could have been on their plates. Thousands of kilometres away, another interesting meeting took place. ArcelorMittal chairman L.N. Mittal is said to …

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T Surendar

Surendar helps lead the newsroom at The Morning Context as executive editor. Over the years, Surendar has worked in industries from pharmaceuticals to diamonds, as well as a stint as an equity analyst. In his long career as a business journalist, he has led teams at The Times of India, India Today and Fortune India. He was part of the founding team at Forbes India and interned at and published in The Times, London.

Executive Editor

surendar@mailtmc.com

Mumbai

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Prince M. Thomas

Prince leads the newsroom at The Morning Context as managing editor. A fascination with the written word has taken Prince to some of the leading newsrooms across the country, including The Economic Times, Dow Jones Newswires, Forbes India and Moneycontrol. In a career spanning 20 years, Prince has led teams, managed pages, projects and special editions, and has authored The Consolidators, published by Penguin Random House in 2017.

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prince@mailtmc.com

Mumbai