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Thursday, February 26, 2026
TopicChristine Lagarde

Topic: Christine Lagarde

In final stretch of career, Europe’s ‘Mrs Crisis’ Lagarde is worried about rise of populism

Jana Randow -
In an interview with Bloomberg, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde talks about change in world order triggered by Trump.

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

Ashoka Mody -
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

Srijan Shukla -
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

Andrew Mayeda -
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

Daniel Moss -
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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Opinion

Racial attack on Northeast people finally has govt’s attention. What about Muslims?

Vir Sanghvi -
The largest number of victims of identity-based abuse in India are Muslims. In this case, the abuse comes from people at the top, and nobody is willing to do anything about it.

Why are Northeast’s youth leaving home to face racial attacks in Delhi? Policy failure

Trump’s State of the Union address laid bare America’s political fractures

Economy

After Bharat Taxi, Cooperation Ministry plans insurance sector entry via IFFCO-Tokio

Udit Bubna -
After launching Bharat Taxi, the ministry explores offering insurance products across cooperative banks via IFFCO-Tokio with cooperative banks as corporate agents.

Defence

Navy, Germany’s TKMS wrap up cost negotiations for new submarines, P-75I deal likely early next fiscal

Snehesh Alex Philip -
It is estimated the deal would eventually work out to cost around $9 bn at least for 6 submarines—negotiated down by India. Original bid by state-run MDL & TKMS was over Rs 1.2 lakh cr.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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