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TK ArunMOOWR 2019 hurts indigenous manufacturing, especially capital goods —here’s the mathIf you have not heard of MOOWR, and think the term probably refers to a cow’s moo turning into a growl in protest against the abuse she is...
Aditi NarayaniNikhil Adsule“I dedicate this small book to the good people of the United States… as a token of admiration for their noble, disinterested, and self-sacrificing devotion in the cause of Negro slavery.”The above quote is taken from Jyotiba Phule’s book, Gulamgiri (1873),...
TK ArunSome claim the state assembly election results mark a triumph for the Modi-Shah brand of politics. But is it, really a Hindutva wave?The BJP is the net gainer, at the national level, from the Assembly election results: it...
Arun KumarIf the war does not end soon or spreads, the world could face a recession. The adverse impact on India is increasing by the day.It is hard to predict the end of the West Asia war. Even after...
Srikanth KondapalliChina’s carefully crafted, if contradictory, policy on the current conflict in Iran is coming under increasing strain, threatening to derail its trade, energy flows, its relations with the United States and the Gulf countries, and its ambitions to...
T.K. ArunAnthropic, the US AI giant that seeks to differentiate itself from other AI firms as being the champion of ethics and responsibility, has restricted initial access to its new powerful AI model-cum-agent, Mythos, to 40 organisations. All of...
Anil TrigunayatAs the negotiations between Iran and the United States mediated by Oman were giving some hope to avert the war, on February 28, US President Donald Trump got played by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and followed the...
TK ArunPresident Donald Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, the transcript of a vituperative podcast by a Make-America-Great-Again champion that describes India and China as hellholes.What is at stake is not the veracity of what the podcaster says...
TK ArunIt is strange leadership of the Global South for India to stay mute when the leader of the most powerful nation on earth threatens a fellow developing country with annihilation.After threatening Iran with total destruction — “A civilization...
Policy UpdateAkshay SharmaIntroduction The Star College Programme was initiated by the Department of Bio-technology (DBT) in 2008 to support colleges and universities offering undergraduate education to improve science teaching across the country. This program was introduced to enhance critical thinking...