TK Arun

TK Arun

TK Arun is a Senior Journalist and Columnist based in Delhi.

The Scars Remain: Gaza Beyond the Trump–Netanyahu Ceasefire

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Two years and two days after the terrorist attack by Hamas fighters from the Gaza Strip that killed around 1,200 Israelis, and the beginning of Israel’s brutal retaliation, that leading genocide scholars and a UN Commission have labelled genocide, a ceasefire plan appears to be taking hold.

The ‘Death Syrup’ Tragedy: Why Regulatory Licenses Cannot be Removed Across Industries

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Tk Arun The government should mandate traceability of every ingredient used in the pharma industry by deploying tokenisation facilities of the blockchain. iStock.com We see US President Donald Trump as an enemy of Indian exports, including of our prized pharma products. But a bigger…

We Mirror the Carbon Impact We Keep

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Few things are as certain as death, taxes, and massive, rising demand for power from the climate compulsion to electrify transport, heating and cooking, and from data centres that store and process data for AI and other software services. It’s foolish to believe it is enough to increase renewable and nuclear capacity.

Why trade barriers won’t bring back U.S. industrial power

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Changes in America’s economic structure, coupled with its global dominance in the services sector, explain why manufacturing now occupies only a modest share of the nation’s GDP

The latest installment of the Make-America-Great-Again (MAGA) assault on globalised economic growth takes the form of an import duty of 100% on a segment of pharmaceuticals.

Politics as Performance: Trump’s Theatrics and India’s Petty Rivalries

politics as performance: Trump's Theatrics and India's petty rivalries

TK ARUN Trump seeks a Nobel for a hollow peace deal, while India’s cricket win turns petty—both confuse theatrics with strategy. The US government has shut down, Democrats refusing to give in to MAGA blackmail. Democrats are sticking to the…

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