The top IT patent filers in India include giants Wipro, TCS and one startup

The number of applications filed in 2017-’18 rose 5.3% year-on-year.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· 2 hours ago

The big news: Three detained for allegedly murdering Kamlesh Tiwari, and nine other top stories

Other headlines: The IMF said India’s move to cut corporate tax rate may improve investments, and US may ink a defence deal with India by the year-end.

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· Yesterday · 02:10 pm

PMC Bank crisis: Another depositor dies, family says they were unable to pay for his heart surgery

Murlidhar Dharra is the fourth person to die reportedly because of the crisis at the scam-ridden bank.

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· Yesterday · 02:04 pm

INX Media case: CBI names Indrani Mukerjea in chargesheet against 14 persons, but will not try her

The chargesheet, filed before a special court in Delhi, said that Mukerjea had turned approver in the case and therefore been pardoned.

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· Yesterday · 01:31 pm

Abhijit Banerjee responds to NYAY criticism, says he would have also helped BJP if it had asked him

Banerjee, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics, also said that India’s GDP growth rate is likely to fall even lower than 5% in the coming quarters.

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· Yesterday · 11:55 am

IMF says India’s decision to cut corporate tax rates will improve investment

However, the global body said New Delhi should continue fiscal consolidation and secure long-term stability of fiscal conditions.

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· Yesterday · 11:07 am

As PMC crisis erodes trust in system, clients of other banks wonder if they should withdraw deposits

Rumours on social media add to anxieties of customers of co-operative and nationalised banks in Mumbai and Delhi.

Aarefa Johari

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Vijayta Lalwani

· Yesterday · 09:00 am

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee is Left-leaning, people rejected his views: Piyush Goyal

Banerjee helped conceptualise the Congress’ minimum income guarantee scheme. The commerce minister said ‘it is not necessary that we agree with his thinking’.

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· Oct 18, 2019 · 03:51 pm

Top news: Global anti-terror watchdog FATF gives Pakistan four months to curb terror financing

The biggest stories of the day.

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· Oct 18, 2019 · 10:20 am

Sensex and Nifty 50 surge more than 1% after Brexit deal between UK and European Union

While the shares of Yes Bank rose more than 15%, Tata Motors gained 9.82% on the Sensex and 10.85% on the broader Nifty 50 index.

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· Oct 17, 2019 · 04:32 pm

Teenager’s electrocution: The litany of complaints against OYO Rooms just got a lot more serious

The start-up may have raised over $1 billion in investments but that hasn’t improved the experiences of its guests.

Itika Sharma Punit, qz.com

· Oct 17, 2019 · 01:30 pm

The Daily Fix: From Rs 2,000 note to PMC collapse, India needs to shore up trust in banks

Demonetisation and depositors being locked out of their accounts has led to a decline in trust.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Oct 17, 2019 · 09:30 am