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Thursday, December 11, 2025
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Pilibhit, has been repeatedly launching tirades against his own party and government since the introduction of the now-repealed farm laws.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

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.