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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
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Rail privatisation shouldn’t be an afterthought post-Odisha collision. See Japan, UK

Subhashish Bhadra -
The government will need to absorb a large part of Indian Railways’ Rs 7 lakh crore debt burden to make the system more lucrative for a private buyer.

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Opinion

Imagine if Epstein files named Rahul Gandhi or MK Stalin. What would BJP and TV media do?

Sagarika Ghose -
The questions are not going to go away. But future generations will know who refused to ask the tough questions and who didn’t.

Has Modi forgotten India’s farmers? India-US trade deal hurts Atmanirbharta for pulses

Marco Rubio at Munich was wrong. Civilisations don’t determine foreign policies

Economy

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

Subatra AL -
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.

Defence

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

Snehesh Alex Philip -
At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

National Interest

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

Shekhar Gupta -
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.

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