Navigating the AI Era: Liberty, Creativity and Job Evolution
In a culture of creativity, AI can be used to open up far more job opportunities than it shuts down. And this culture can only flourish where individual liberties do, too.
TK Arun
TK Arun is a Senior Journalist and Columnist based in Delhi.
Responsibility for Combating Election Interference: Beyond the Election Commission’s Role
If the attacks on Opposition parties and leaders continue on the pretext of correcting economic wrongs, the fig leaf covering the truth of India’s democracy would wither and drop off.
The punitive actions by India’s tax authorities and the Enforcement Directorate against Opposition political parties and leaders, especially after the general elections have been notified, amount to election interference. The statutory body charged with holding free and fair elections is the Election Commission of India. It has powers to issue directives to the executive to act in a manner conducive to the conduct of free elections. Failure to check the intimidation of Opposition parties and leaders by agencies of the central government amounts to abdication of its responsibility by the Commission. If the Commission does not realise this and make amends, the Supreme Court should, suo motu, direct the Commission to act.
Rethinking US-Israel Relations: A Call for Change in the Middle East
In a globalising world, where alternative power centres emerge and grow, US cannot continue to turn a blind eye to humanitarian crisis created by Israel in Gaza.
The Boeing Dilemma: India’s Moment to Rise in Aircraft Manufacturing
Boeing’s troubles present an opportunity for India to foray into making large aircraft.
Examining the Delhi Excise Policy: Consumer Benefits vs. Corruption Allegations
What any Delhiite can assert, however, is that the impugned excise policy had been the best in terms of the experience it offered the consumer.
Enhancing Corporate Governance and Performance through Shareholder Democracy
Japanese companies initiated the practice of letting workers give feedback on how shopfloor activity could be improved. That led to workers engaging consciously with their work, gave workers more agency and involvement in their work, improving quality and productivity. Workers, in any case, exercise democracy in the working of their unions and associations.