The alleged multi-crore fraud involves allegations of cheating by more than 15,000 depositors who were duped with false promises of unusually high returns.
RBI’s latest financial sector report card highlights drop in NPAs, capital buffers for banks & better asset quality for NBFCs. But new sources of risk, like climate change, have emerged.
Indian banks, regulators, and investors weren’t worried when crises began exploding in US and European banks earlier this year. This resilience has been a long time coming.
A half-yearly report by RBI found NPA levels for both banks & NBFCs have fallen and their profitability has improved but credit delivery in India is still muted compared to peers.
While commercial banks wrote-off Rs 10.09 lakh crore in last five financial years, they have recovered only Rs 1.32 lakh cr — a shade over 13% — from these written-off accounts.
PSBs saw year-on-year rise of nearly 50% in net profit in July-Sept quarter thanks to broad-based rise in loans. But MSME stress, pace of credit & deposit growth will determine future.
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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