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

• 4 IPOs, 22 acquisitions mark a slowdown in India FinTech exits: Report
• SME credit squeeze
• 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

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

• Greenland's people must decide its future, says Nandy
• A deadly fire swept through a nightclub in just 90 seconds. I got out
• Harry's war with the press is back in court. But this time it's different
• Fears Iran's internet shutdown could lead to 'extreme digital isolation'
• Nasa's mega Moon rocket arrives at launch pad for Artemis II mission
• It started as fan-fiction smut. Now everyone is talking about TV drama Heated Rivalry
• Faisal Islam: Trump's Greenland threats to allies are without parallel
• I left my toxic mums' group because I'd had enough of being judged
• Gangland killing at a funeral shocks idyllic French island
• Watch: The car with two front ends driving around the streets of US city

Yahoo News

• No sign of new protests in Iran as a hard-line cleric calls for executions and threatens Trump
• Olympic Ice Dancer Gabriella Papadakis Pulled From NBC Coverage Due to ‘Conflict of Interest’
• This Airline Was Just Named the Safest in the World, According to Data
• Over half of Ukrainians oppose pulling back in return for security, poll shows
• New snow map shows updated chance of snowstorm
• Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary warns job seekers he’ll throw your resume ‘straight in the garbage’ if you have bad WiFi
• Justice Department says members of Congress can't intervene in release of Epstein files
• Yellowstone tourist suffers consequences after getting too close to bison: 'I don't feel bad, not one bit'
• Update: Husband and wife ID’d in fatal head-on crash in Fresno County
• Federal agents arrest protester in costume after they danced in front of federal building