Washington [US], August 24 (ANI): US President Joe Biden is likely to announce student loan relief on Wednesday in addition to an extension of the existing payment pause, The Hill reported citing sources.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 20 (ANI): Easy Chinese investment poured into BRI projects abroad isn't quite as lucrative as often publicized and sparsely generates sufficient revenue to justify the cost, according to Stockholm-based non-profit and non-partisan research and policy organization.
Beijing [China], August 18 (ANI): Chinese investment under Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) across the world are causing alarm, including among the beneficiaries, as some realise, at times too late, perils of the debt trap that it entails.
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI/SRV): KNAB Finance Advisors Private Limited, a regulated NBFC registered with RBI, has successfully raised $4.5 million in debt and equity for its digital lending platform -Abhi Loans. DMI Sparkle Fund led the funding round along with other prominent angel i
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 16 (ANI): China will seek preferential treatment on debt restructuring in Sri Lanka which will mostly cater to Beijing's own self-interests and amid this Colombo must avoid these kinds of debt distress efforts at all costs, media reports said.
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 16 (ANI): Due to huge currency depreciation and faulty policies of the Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government, the country's debt jumps to a record high of Pakistani Rupee (PKR) 60 trillion.
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): China and Pakistan are planning to rope in a third country in the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure project, however, Afghanistan's participation in the project will lead to the complete isolation of Taliban from
Karachi [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): As Pakistan's economy continues to remain in doldrums, the country's foreign exchange reserves declined by over USD 2 billion during the first 5 weeks of this fiscal year due to massive external debt servicing.
Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI): China has been consistently endeavouring to expand its influence in Nepal, analysts said amid fears that China aims to trap the Himalayan nation in a spiral of irrevocable debt without helping Nepal and to use its land. That is why China encourages Nepal to
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): IIT Delhi-based Alt Mobility, a commercial fleet leasing platform announced the launch of 'Elektrowagen' - a structured finance solution to mobilize low-cost debt finance from domestic and international financing institutions for electrification o
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 10 (ANI): Warning developing countries of taking Chinese loans through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Bangladesh's finance minister Mustafa Kamal said that the nations must think twice about these loans as Beijing's poor lending decisions risk pushing these na
Vientiane [Laos], August 10 (ANI): Laos, a south-east Asian nation is at a high risk of default as the country has taken huge loans from China to build its large-scale infrastructure projects, giving new momentum to the 'debt trap' diplomacy.