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Thursday, August 28, 2025
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Topic: ILFS

Now NBFCs are dreading bankruptcies in the real estate sector

Blinded by falling funding costs, NBFCs raised their exposure to property firms by 46% over 3 years even as banks have been extremely cautious.

Subhash Chandra’s Zee drama was scripted in the shadows of the messy IL&FS bankruptcy

It’s clear now that the real reason for the Zee crisis is the debt load & the collapse of IL&FS found a mention in Subhash Chandra’s mea culpa.

Zee’s Subhash Chandra races to end mess that erased $1.6 billion of his group’s value

Zee is seeking to assure investors that the share plunge won’t hit Subhash Chandra’s plans to sell half of his stake & reduce debt.

India’s Lehman has put genie of mistrust out of the bottle again

The collapse of IL&FS has put a question mark on India’s model of infrastructure financing.

India seeks to reopen IL&FS books citing auditor mismanagement

The Modi govt sent a petition to the National Company Law Tribunal indicating that they found auditing lapses in IL&FS's books.

China’s shadow banking may be a lot bigger than India’s, but India’s is too big to fail

The Indian government can’t afford to see the industry stumble.

Tumultuous year raises India Inc.’s dependence on foreign banks

Borrowers find offshore loans easier to raise funds, even though pricing is largely on an upward trend.

Rattled nerves at India Inc. lead to boom in overnight funds

Assets with overnight funds soared to 123 billion rupees last month, from 39 billion rupees in September.

Indian employees of IL&FS detained in Ethiopia by unpaid local staff

Seven Indian workers from IL&FS have been detained since 25 Nov at three sites in Ethiopia’s Oromia and Amhara states by unpaid local staff.

Crisis in IL&FS threatens to derail India’s longest tunnel project in Jammu & Kashmir

Work has come to standstill on the Zojila tunnel due to IL&FS’s troubles, which has also hit the Z-Morh tunnel in the region.

On Camera

Fatehpur Sikri was extraordinarily well-provided with water. Lessons for modern India

How three of the most important medieval metropolises—Vijayanagara, Bijapur, and Fatehpur Sikri—managed the challenges of inclement weather.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.