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Indian banks are still not fully passing on interest rate cuts to customers

Spread between RBI’s key policy rate & weighted average lending rate on outstanding loans from banks is highest in data going back to February 2012.

Broke Air India mortgaged land worth Rs 3,775 crore — land that belonged to someone else

The land, two prime plots in New Delhi, was loaned to Air India by the housing ministry. It is now locked with a consortium of 19 banks led by SBI.

Pakistan stock market, currency reel after it seals 13th IMF bailout since 1980s

The Pakistan central bank is due to meet Monday to decide on monetary policy, with economists expecting a seventh straight hike in interest rates.

Slackening consumer demand is reining in animal spirits of economy

Uncertainty over outcome of elections has cast a shadow on investments & consumer demand has been hit by relatively tight financial conditions.

Election promises are giving a big push to financing deals for infrastructure projects

Loans for projects came to Rs 520 billion in March quarter, the highest since 2011, compared with Rs 144 billion in previous quarter.

Global analysts are ratcheting up their profit forecasts for Indian equities

Fundamentals of corporate India are improving & projections for next year’s earnings at S&P BSE Sensex Index companies has jumped to a record high.

India to inject Rs 482 billion into state lenders to boost loans

The govt is hoping that a stronger banking system will help bolster loan growth hovering near a five-year high seen in December.

India is sleepwalking to trouble on debt of real estate developers

A lack of project cash flows, combined with costlier refinancing, could force property assets to head straight to the morgue after moratorium.

Indian nurses are not paying back their education loans

Total education loan NPAs of state-run banks grew to 8.97 per cent as of 31 March 2018, from 7.29 per cent two years ago.

‘Shameless’ crowdfunding to loans at 24%, Indians will do anything for Instagram-worthy trips

Millennial Indians are coming up with new, creative ways to fund their exotic travels — whether it's a trip across Europe or a weekend getaway to Lonavla.

On Camera

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.