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Friday, February 20, 2026
TopicBad debt

Topic: bad debt

Let them eat tomato soup, and how to walk into a debt trap feat. Shinde, Fadnavis & Ajit Pawar

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Why RBI has picked KV Kamath to restructure loans and kick the can down the road

Fear of probe agencies investigating bad loans left a deep scar on banking officials, raising their risk-averse nature to lending. RBI wants Kamath panel to take care of those fears.

Why lower borrowing costs can’t save India’s crisis-hit NBFCs

Worries are mounting that bad debt at NBFCs may rise as the world’s strictest lockdown hammered India’s business and left millions jobless.

Bangladeshi banks are struggling with a bad debt problem & it only threatens to get worse

Bangladesh’s central bank introduced an amnesty program to help delinquent borrowers clean up their books but this is threatening to overwhelm banks.

Eleven stocks, $14 billion erased: A looks at India’s debt woes

The impact of the credit crisis is spreading as founders of most of the companies with dues are selling businesses to survive.

NCLTs, meant to resolve the bad debt mess in days, are understaffed and overburdened

The NCLTs have helped resolve insolvency & bankruptcy proceedings involving more than Rs 80,000 crore in 2018, but many big-ticket cases drag on.

NBFC crisis is over but problem remains, says HDFC Bank chief Aditya Puri

The worst of the NBFC problems are over but it will be another 12 to 18 months before liquidity issues are resolved, HDFC Bank’s Puri says.

Deep in debt, Videocon blames Modi’s India, Supreme Court and Brazil

State Bank of India filed an insolvency petition against Videocon. The TV maker filed an appeal to get back control, blamed India and Brazil for bad debt pile.

Scandals, bad debts at Indian banks threaten economic outlook

India’s nearly $1.7 trillion formal banking sector is coping with $210 billion of problem loans, and some regional banks have been ensnared in fraud scandals.

On Camera

India must govern AI with confidence. Use guardrails, not handcuffs

The good news is that India is not starting from zero. It knows how to innovate privately while also empowering innovation publicly.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

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

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

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

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.