Economic Times Top Stories

• 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?
• SC ruling casts a tax shadow on merger share-swap deals
• Budget 2026: As economy holds firm, India Inc urges focus on growth, capex and private investment

Economic Times

• Turtlemint Fintech eyes Rs 2,000cr IPO; to file updated draft papers with Sebi in next 2-weeks
• Adani raises Rs 1,000 cr, bond issue sold out in 45 mins
• Big burst of new-age startup IPOs lined up for 2026; issues worth Rs 50,000 crore planned
• Indira Ivf and 7 others get nod for IPOs
• Torrent Pharma to raise up to Rs 12.5k cr by issue of securities
• Generic drug maker Hindustan Laboratories files IPO papers with Sebi
• IPO fundraising hits record in 2025; over Rs 4 lakh crore issues line up for 2026
• Four companies get Sebi approval for IPO
• IPO boom faces reality check as nearly half of 2025 listings slip below issue price
• HNI demand didn’t save them: 12 heavily subscribed IPOs of 2025 are still underwater

CA Club India

• Budget 2026: Oil and Gas Industry Pushes for 5% GST, LPG Under-Recovery Support
• Budget 2026: Equity Investors Seek Relief from Rising STT and Capital Gains Taxes
• ICAI Invites Candidate Feedback on CA Exams Question Papers for January 2026
• Life Insurance Margins Under Pressure in Q3FY26 Due to GST ITC Loss
• Delhi Duo Arrested for Rs 25 Crore GST Evasion Using Fake Firms
• Direct Tax Collections Rise 8.82% to Rs 18.37 Lakh Crore as of January 11, 2026
• Union Budget 2026-27 to Be Presented on 1st February, Sunday
• ICAI Revises Eligibility Criteria for Industrial Training Empanelment From 1st January 2026
• CBIC Session Highlights Expanded Role of Auditors Under GST 2.0
• CBIC Warns Taxpayers Against Fake GST Notices, Urges DIN Verification

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• Swiss bar employee who reportedly held sparkler unaware of dangers, family says
• European military personnel arrive in Greenland as Trump says US needs island
• Serial rail fare evader faces jail over 112 unpaid tickets
• Edinburgh & Leeds to host Tour de France starts in 2027
• Rift at top of the Taliban: BBC reveals clash of wills behind Afghan internet shutdown
• Nato Arctic defence needed against Russia, says Cooper
• US forces seize a sixth Venezuela-linked oil tanker in Caribbean Sea
• Letby trust pays £1.4m damages to ex CEO over unfair dismissal
• Princess of Wales hosts World Cup winners England