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Monday, November 17, 2025
TopicFinancial debt

Topic: Financial debt

How AAP govt’s subsidies and freebies have led Punjab deeper into debt trap

Punjab has sought a bailout package. Analysts say Punjab not entirely wrong in blaming Centre, but state must also put its own house in order, rationalise subsidies & spend judiciously.

Sri Lanka’s newly appointed PM to double up as finance minister to lead debt talks

Wickremesinghe has held talks with foreign envoys and discussed ways to replenish food, fertilizer & medicine supplies. Sri Lanka needs $4 billion over next 8 months to pay for essential imports.

A payment before end of contract can boost poor worker’s productivity by 13%, study shows

Researchers from UC Berkeley, MIT, Chicago Booth and France conducted a field experiment in Odisha to find that workers carry their mental burdens to work.

Financial bailouts must be for struggling businesses to preserve jobs, not repay old debts

The Indian govt & the RBI launched many schemes to ensure availability of credit during Covid, but financial institutions are still cautious about new lending.

Pivot of China’s new silk road, Gwadar port has hit a bump in slow internet

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has recognised and given sanction to passive euthanasia and "living will"

On Camera

AI thinks it’s smart. Chimps may beg to differ.

How can we compare human and machine intelligence when we can’t decide which species – cats or dogs — is more intelligent?

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.