Economic Times Top Stories

• HDFC Bank CFO says 4% margin aspiration intact despite near-term pressure; cost of funds already falling
• 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

Economic Times

• HDFC Bank CFO says 4% margin aspiration intact despite near-term pressure; cost of funds already falling
• 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

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

• 'Europe won't be blackmailed,' Danish PM says in wake of Trump Greenland threats
• Government pulls Hillsborough Law amendment after backlash
• Israel pushes back on Trump's picks for executives on Gaza 'Board of Peace'
• BBC demands tighter vetting after Apprentice candidate's offensive social media posts
• Syria agrees ceasefire with Kurdish-led forces after two weeks of clashes
• Mum thanks strangers who rescued nine-month-old baby from burning car
• Fears Iran's internet shutdown could lead to 'extreme digital isolation'
• A deadly fire swept through a nightclub in just 90 seconds. I got out
• Around 1,500 US soldiers on standby for deployment to Minneapolis, officials say
• Chip wreck! Thousands of chips wash ashore on beach