Economic Times Top Stories

• Budget 2026 should shape up ease of living
• Budget 2026 must create jobs by bridging skills gap, decriminalising taxes and easing compliance burden, say industry mavens
• NFRA flags non-compliance with SA 260 and SA 265 in auditor communication with boards and audit committees
• Union Budget 2026: Consolidated laws and simplified KYC key to reform impact, says former NFRA head
• Listing of mahavitaran- 8 steps to avoid a Maha-disaster
• CFOs bet on AI to drive productivity as tech spending outlook brightens
• Zurich Kotak General Insurance CFO sees commercial insurance driving growth over next 12–24 months, targets scale with profitability
• NFRA flags high fraud risk in revenue recognition; auditors urged to strengthen assertion-level checks
• India probe finds Tata Steel, JSW Steel, SAIL breached antitrust law, regulatory order shows
• Budget Series: What Do Leaders Expect from Budget 2026?

Economic Times

• The Sleep Company appoints former Eternal executive Hemal Jain as CFO
• Sebi proposes to simplify trading-related framework at stock exchanges
• FPI Registration: Sebi allows digital signatures
• Sebi simplifies requirements for grant of accreditation to AIF investors
• Govt weighs extending presumptive tax regime to renewable energy sector
• No road tax on factory, mine machinery: Supreme Court
• Budget 2026: Pharma, med-tech companies seek PLI extension to cover APIs
• Renewable energy usage norms may be eased for energy derived from waste
• Reliance Industries in talks for US permit to buy Venezuelan oil: Report
• RBI trims US treasury holding to below $200 bn amid gold rush

CA Club India

• Budget 2026: MSMEs Flag GST 2.0 Fallout, Trump Tariffs and Credit Crunch
• ICAI Proposes Higher Surcharge Limit, Disability Deductions, Joint Taxation for Couples Ahead of Budget 2026
• ICAI Launches Mandatory E-Diary to Strengthen Articled Training for CA Students
• India's GDP Growth Projected at 7.4% in FY26
• CBDT Notifies Core Settlement Guarantee Fund for Tax Exemption Under Section 10(23EE)
• Crorepati Tax Filers Jump 22% in FY26 as Income Concentrates at the Top
• Income Tax Refund Delay Explained: Why 63 Lakh Returns for AY 2025-26 Are Still Pending
• Union Budget 2026: New Faces in Finance Ministry, Work Continues Without Finance Secretary
• Govt Opens Tax Portal APIs: Large Taxpayers May Shift to Automated Compliance
• ITAT Mumbai Rejects Unexplained Cash Allegation in Pune Property Sale, Dismisses Revenue Appeal

BBC News

• Iran medics describe overwhelmed hospitals as protests enter second week
• Trump says US needs to 'own' Greenland to prevent Russia and China from taking it
• Greenlanders unnerved as they find themselves in geopolitical storm
• Video emerges of Minneapolis shooting filmed by ICE agent who opened fire
• Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
• Snow and ice warnings cover most of UK as tens of thousands without power
• Why are there huge protests going on in Iran?
• Trump's warning looms over protests response
• Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah at centre of protest chants
• Watch: Buildings in Tehran set on fire as demonstrations spread