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Saturday, August 30, 2025
TopicState-run banks

Topic: State-run banks

Merger of state-run banks ‘right move but not at the right time’, says Raghuram Rajan

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan says amid the economic slowdown and bad loans crisis, banks will have to focus on mergers instead of better loans.

Shares of PNB, Canara, Union Bank of India & Indian Bank plunge after govt’s merger plans

Concerns over the Modi govt's bank integration process possibly delaying lending approvals has dampened investor sentiment.

More banking consolidations in India can lead to higher efficiency, say RBI researchers

Researchers said state-run banks fared better than private ones as they slowed hiring and adopted technology.

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.

On Camera

Manali floods show how short-term tourism vision brings long-term ruin

India’s hills are caught in a time warp of repeating disasters. It’s a sign for the authorities leading the lofty development plans that have become the fulcrum of the tourism economy.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.