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Friday, July 25, 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

Thailand-Cambodia clash is more than a border fight—it’s a new front in Cold War 2.0

The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.