Daily News Monitor: 15 October 2019

HEADLINES:

1. Paytm close to score $2 billion funds from SoftBank, Ant; valuation to soar to $16 billion

2. RCEP negotiators asked to settle issues by October 22

3. Tensions rise as Kuala Lumpur, Delhi weigh tit-for-tat tariffs

4. RBI governor to meet PSU banks' chiefs today, may discuss rate transmission

5. Group insolvency resolution: UK Sinha-led panel recommends phased implementation of framework

6. Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, two others win 2019 Nobel economics prize

7. Refiners slash palm oil purchase from Malaysia fearing duty hike

8. China's Huawei says it's open to 'no backdoor' agreement with India

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