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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
TopicCredit crisis

Topic: credit crisis

India’s credit crisis fuels woes at weaker firms amid Covid crunch

Rahul Satija -
The importance of liquidity was dramatically illustrated to local bond investors when Franklin India abruptly shut 6 funds in the biggest-ever forced closure in the nation.

Prolonged slide in credit ratings of Indian companies is beginning to end

Rahul Satija -
The downswing in credit ratings, triggered by liquidity stress in NBFC sector, had worsened as companies struggled to raise funds & sell assets to pare debt.

Credit health of Indian companies sinks to 8-year low on weak growth

Divya Patil -
Credit scores of 188 Indian borrowers were lowered in 9 months through December, compared with 103 upgrades, according to India Ratings & Research.

Finally, some good news: NBFCs show signs of recovery, indicating credit crisis could ease

Divya Patil -
Two of four indicators compiled by Bloomberg that reflect the state of non-bank financial companies strengthened last month from October.

HDFC Bank sees signs of economy reviving in rural and semi-urban areas

Suvashree Ghosh -
Loan outreach programmes in rural areas have given the sense that consumption in rural & semi-urban areas is turning more positive, HDFC Bank says.

Debt-laden Vodafone, Indiabulls & Glenmark likely to be taken out of MSCI index

Abhishek Vishnoi -
The global index provider could remove sinking companies, brokers say, but is likely to add ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and Siemens this week.

Yes Bank slump, lowest in a decade, sparks selloff

Nupur Acharya -
Yes Bank is among lenders worst affected by the shadow banking crisis, which has seen small- and mid-sized lenders being hit the hardest.

Altico Capital is latest NBFC to default on debt repayment & add to India’s credit crisis

Divya Patil -
Altico Capital, which focuses on lending to the real estate sector, didn’t pay Rs 199.7 lakh crore of interest on borrowings from a UAE bank.

Unsecured loans are not the answer to the credit crisis at India’s big banks

Andy Mukherjee -
Unsecured loans can only offer banks a temporary shelter during a downturn in collateralised credit. That protection doesn’t last long.

Kotak Realty Fund warns of a $65 billion bad-loan crisis, recommends lenders cut credit

Dhwani Pandya -
A delay in lending to residential projects is adding to the mounting default risk, with as many as 5.60 lakh homes worth Rs 4.5 lakh crore stuck in top cities.
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Sagarika Ghose -
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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

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Snehesh Alex Philip -
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