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TopicBank debts

Topic: Bank debts

Banks’ bad debts drop to 3.2% in 1st half of 2023-24, lowest since 2013. Over 50% due to write-offs

Share of gross non-performing assets of Scheduled Commercial Banks has fallen consistently since March 2018. But RBI report shows recoveries from written-off loans remain low.

US lender Silicon Valley Bank fails after run on deposits

Silicon Valley Bank, struggling under weight of 'ill-fated decisions' collapsed Friday, forcing the US government to step into the largest bank failiure, since the 2008 financial crisis.

Despite Adani Group’s high debt levels, risk to Indian banks is relatively low

Brokerage firm CLSA estimates Indian bank debt accounts for 33-38% of Adani group's overall debt. Of the top 5 of group's companies, only 3 have relatively high share of bank debt.

‘Indians bearing weight of govt’s kind-heartedness’: Varun Gandhi’s fresh salvo at Modi govt

Gandhi, who is the BJP MP from UP's Pilibhit, has been repeatedly launching tirades against his own party and government since the introduction of the now-repealed farm laws.

India’s economic recovery will be hit if banks aren’t recapitalised, former RBI chiefs warn

Bad loans of Indian banks pose a risk to growth if they aren’t recapitalised, D. Subbarao, Y. Venugopal Reddy and C. Rangarajan say in a new book.

Debt-laden Jet Airways plans to sell up to 75 per cent stake

State Bank of India Ltd., the lead creditor of Jet Airways, issued a document on Monday, inviting bidders with a net worth of at least Rs. 10 billion, to submit their interest by April 10.

On Camera

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.