Economic Times Top Stories

• SC Tiger Global ruling strips TRC protection exposes Mauritius treaty exits and grandfathered investments to GAAR scrutiny
• SME credit squeeze
• Budget 2026 must back localisation, MSMEs, supply chain resilience: Suzuki Motorcycle India CFO
• Budget 2026: India must insure growth risks; balance fiscal consolidation with capital expenditure, say BFSI leaders
• Budget 2026: Skills gap, not internship scheme, holding back jobs; Quess Corp CFO flags GST burden
• Budget 2026: FICCI seeks TDS simplification and customs facilitation to boost ease of doing business
• Budget 2026: ICAI seeks wider dispute relief, higher tax exemptions and decriminalisation ahead of new Income Tax Act
• MAGA deal in making: US resumes trade talks with ‘real friend’ India
• GPS Renewables eyes ₹3,500 crore revenue, 100 CBG plants by FY28, says CFO Parag Parikh
• Budget Series: What do leaders expect from Union Budget 2026?

Economic Times

• Nestle India names insider Edouard Mac Nab new CFO
• NCLT approves Poonawalla Finance demerger splitting lending, real estate business
• 4 IPOs, 22 acquisitions mark a slowdown in India FinTech exits: Report
• Companies' boards, management need to audit anti-competitive fallout of AI use: CCI
• Reliance FMCG goes places, retail keeps selling
• Labour Codes may become effective from April 1
• Nifty-100 companies saw 22 CEO/MD exits in 2025, compared to nine in previous year
• Cars24 plans to go public in next 12 months: CEO Vikram Chopra
• Standard Chartered mulls options for India cards unit in retail pullback
• Mutual funds trim Paytm stake for first time since IPO; retail exits deepen. What’s next for investors?

CA Club India

• ICAI Further Postpones CA Intermediate Auditing and Ethics Paper Scheduled on 19 Jan 2026
• Finance Ministry Orders Dissolution of Old RRBs After State-Level Bank Mergers
• Customs Notifies Further Relief for Postal Exports Through Electronic Filing
• Customs Duty Drawback Rules Revised to Streamline Postal Export Claims
• CBDT Grants Income Tax Exemption to West Bengal Construction Workers Welfare Board Under Section 10(46)
• FY27 Budget Unlikely to Change Income Tax Law, New Rules to Shape Tax Regime
• Securities Transaction Tax (STT) May Miss Budget Target as FandO Trading Slows
• Budget 2026 May Hold Key to Long-Pending Digital Overhaul of Capital Gains Account Scheme
• Supreme Court Denies Treaty Benefits to Tiger Global in Flipkart Capital Gains Tax Case
• CGST Delhi South Commissionerate Busts Bogus Invoice Racket Involving Rs 199.90 Crore

BBC News

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• Sir Tony Blair appointed to Trump's 'Board of Peace' for Gaza
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• Jess's Rule to be promoted in all GP surgeries in England
• A faceless hacker stole my therapy notes – now my deepest secrets are online forever
• Big names on Trump's peace panel face huge challenges in Gaza
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