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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicFinancial debt

Topic: Financial debt

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

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.