Economic Times Top Stories

• ICAI elects CA Prasanna Kumar D as President for 2026–27, CA Mangesh Kinare as Vice-President
• Premiumisation and cost discipline steer Pernod Ricard India strategy amid state tax complexity: CFO Richa Singh
• Menace of increasing corporate frauds needs fresh look at legal framework
• Exclusive: NFRA halts fresh disciplinary orders till Supreme Court clarity over procedural issues
• After Tiger Global ruling, Income Tax dept sends notices to foreign VCs, PE funds
• Government tightens tax framework for foreign digital entities
• LLP registrations cross 10,000 mark for first time in Jan
• Labour codes spur hiring in tier III, IV cities; job postings rise up to 56 pc: Report
• Foreign company registrations in India hit 5-yr high in 2025, service sector account for 87%
• N Chandrasekaran gets into driver’s seat for TCS AI ride

Economic Times

• ICAI elects CA Prasanna Kumar D as President for 2026–27, CA Mangesh Kinare as Vice-President
• Ashok Leyland sharpens global plans, announces big new moves
• GST rate cut benefits begin reflecting in HUL Q3 numbers: Kaustubh Pawaskar
• Standard Chartered names insider Peter Burrill as interim Group CFO
• Rs 1.3 lakh crore shock! Why TCS, Infosys, other IT stocks fell up to 5%
• Cyber risks lurking beneath India’s data centre ops build out
• India-US trade deal: New Delhi's trade surplus with Washington may cross $90 billion within a year, says SBI Report
• Sensex declines over 500 pts, Nifty below 25,850 as IT selloff intensifies
• Compliance moves to the heart of corporate strategy for Indian companies
• MSME sector displayed remarkable resilience in recent years, says SBI group chief economic advisor

CA Club India

• Union Budget 2026-27: Total Expenditure Set at Rs 53.47 Lakh Crore
• New Quarterly TCS Filing Gets Revamp with Draft Form 143
• Draft IT Rules 2026: No Refund, No Interest and Higher TDS for Inoperative PAN
• Rule 160 Mandates Electronic Filing of Form 97 Declarations
• Form 140 and Form 144 Notified: Major Changes in Quarterly TDS Statements
• CBDT Proposes New Quarterly TDS Reporting on Salary and Senior Citizen Income
• PAN Quoting Threshold Limits for Banking, Property and Cash Deals under Draft Income Tax Rules, 2026
• New PAN Application Process Under Draft Income Tax Rules, 2026
• Annual Information Statement (AIS) Gets New Format Under Draft Form No. 168
• New CA Certificate for Payments to Non-Residents Explained

BBC News

• They met while pregnant but their babies never came home - maternity failings at NHS trust
• UK economy grew by 'subdued' 0.1% at end of 2025
• Snow and ice warnings issued for UK after relentless rain
• Katie Holmes leads tributes to Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek
• Kim Jong Un chooses teen daughter as heir, says Seoul
• Sex offenders should tell police about pregnancies, review finds
• Sarah Ferguson asked Epstein for bankruptcy advice while he was in jail, emails suggest
• Police identify 18-year-old as suspect in Tumbler Ridge shooting
• Organised crime gangs target Scottish chip shops for used cooking oil
• 'Price of dignity' says Ukrainian banned over helmet commemorating killed athletes