Interestingly, the removal of Kimbho from stores had come soon after Elliot had called the messaging app a 'security disaster'. Immediately after the launch, the French security researcher had claimed that he can access all the messages of users on Kimbho App.

However, things came tumbling down for Patanjali as quickly as they escalated. The app was pulled down by the company due to glaring faults in the security of the messaging plattform.

Baba Ramdev's Patanjali has entered the realm of chatting applications with its own instant messaging application called Kimbho.  The new app is already up and live on Android Play Store and has already received over 10,000 downloads.

Compared to same quarter last year, the segment grew 210 per cent. Another major development in this segment is the new market leader.

The QR code scanning option can be accessed on the WhatsApp 2.18.93 version.

While there were many new launches, there are some apps that received some feature updates and suddenly became more relevant.

Sensex scaled new heights in the year 2017 and touched an all time high of 34000. The markets rallied due to surge in liquidity and ample buying by FPIs and DIIs. Almost all sectoral indices of the BSE gained. Out of the 20 BSE sector indices, 19 have gained and 1 remain unchanged between 2 Jan 2017 and 27 Dec 2017.

Large caps are big companies that are well established and stable. These stocks are considered safe and are less volatile compared to mid-caps and small-caps. Large companies pay good dividends provides a regular source of income to investors.

Not all small cap stocks are risky as some of them have high growth potential. They can be good long term bets if selected after adequate research. Out of 770 stocks of the BSE Small cap index, 599 have gained.

Let us look at the top 5 best performing stocks of the BSE mid cap index that have given highest returns this year.

Saudi Arabia lifts ban on cinema halls after 35 years as rising unemployment and declining cash reserves force economic glasnost

Less than two years after it was launched - 20 months, to be precise - UPI or the Unified Payment Interface has crossed the 100 million transaction mark in November

India's attempts at Vijay Mallya's extradition from UK maybe first of its kind as the govt has not seen much success in such cases

China Development Bank (CDB) filed an insolvency petition on 24 November against Reliance Communications to recover its loan of $1.78 billion (Rs 11,460 crore), according to media reports.

The report points that there has been a reduction in the usage of cheques prior to demonetisation; and since demonetisation, cash transactions have moved in a sustained manner to non-cash mode of payment systems via retail electronic payment systems, point of sale terminals and cheques.

As many as  total of 11 of the 18 companies are small-caps with market cap less than Rs 500 crores.

The Centre's decision to allow chemists to sell homeopathic medicines could be a significant move. Here's why.

India, whose ranking in The Giving Index improved 10 places, from 91 to 81 in 2016, also tops the list of countries with the highest number of people - 265 million - donating money.

It's not just public sector banks that are staring a mountain of NPAs - private sector banks are also taking a hit.

Companies in commodity sector like Sugar, Tea/Coffee, Chemicals, Cement, Oil exploration, refineries, iron & steel, metals have boosted the corporate performance in Sep 2017 quarter.