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Friday, August 1, 2025
TopicGlobal Financial Crisis

Topic: Global Financial Crisis

For the economy, Covid has been worse than WW-II and the global financial crisis

In ‘Indian Economy’s Greatest Crisis’, Arun Kumar writes what India can learn from China and the US on its road to economic recovery.

Modi govt and RBI can learn from mistakes made during 2008 crisis, but time’s running out

Lessons from the 2008 Global Financial Crisis can help us avoid policy mistakes during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially with respect to inflation & bad loans.

Financial markets no longer know how to define ‘safe’

Bears & financial doomsday preppers were ridiculed during bull market. They haven’t been vindicated, but people’s perception of risk has been forever altered.

Nothing’s taboo for Gita Gopinath, IMF’s new chief economist & first woman in job

More than a decade since IMF failed to predict the financial crisis, Gita Gopinath plans to use “broadest lens possible” to find economic solutions.

Why Lehman’s Act 3 won’t play in emerging markets

The forces that hastened Lehman’s demise have steadied emerging markets in the last 10 years.

India is having its own mini-Lehman moment on 10th anniversary of global financial crisis

IL&FS Group is woefully short of liquidity, with about $500 million in repayments coming due & only about $27 million available.

How Bank of Baroda beat India’s worst bond-market rout in two decades

Bank of Baroda official Kamal Mahajan says it all began with a contrarian bet taken two years ago. Kamal Mahajan says he’s being asked just...

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Big win for Delhi factories as MCD scraps an extra layer of red tape for ease of doing business

Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.