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TopicChristine Lagarde

Topic: Christine Lagarde

Raghuram Rajan can be a strong contender to head IMF if it’s looking beyond Europeans

Global leaders must do more to depoliticise IMF and end the US-Europe stitch-up to choose the best person for the job.

Leaders finally reach consensus on EU nominations, two women for top jobs

Four of the main job nominations went to western Europeans, with no nominations from Eastern Europe.

These are the tremors that are beginning to rattle the world economy

Widespread feeling at IMF meeting was that ground under global economy, financial markets and multilateral trading system has started to shift. 

IMF needs a bailout so it can bail out nations hit hard by tariff war

The trade clash between the US and China has intensified the past few months, and emerging markets have taken a hit.

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Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.