Economic Times Top Stories

• NFRA recommends Ind AS 118, proposes April 2027 rollout; members differ on EBITDA, expense presentation
• Budget 2026 must push investment and exports, not freebies: Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg
• HDFC Bank CFO says 4% margin aspiration intact despite near-term pressure; cost of funds already falling
• Budget 2026: Phone machines likely to get rid of duty friction
• World markets face fresh jolt as Trump vows tariffs on Europe over Greenland
• 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

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 Reschedules CA Intermediate Paper 5 (Auditing and Ethics) to 31st January 2026
• Tax Department Issues PE Notices to Foreign Digital Firms, Litigation Likely
• Ahead of Budget 2026-27, MP Sasmit Patra Pushes for Simpler GST to Boost MSMEs
• New Income Tax Act 2025: Why Old Court Rulings May Not Apply After April 2026
• CBDT Clarifies: No Reopening of Past Tax Cases After Supreme Court's Tiger Global Verdict
• 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)

BBC News

• Trump links Greenland dispute to not getting Nobel Peace Prize
• Man seriously injured in Sydney's third shark attack in two days
• Swiss deadly fire bar owners' lawyers condemn 'vindictiveness'
• Djokovic registers 100th Australian Open win
• 'Credit-score company encouraged me to borrow again when I was nearly debt-free'
• I lost my identity after horrific crash, says Team GB cyclist
• 'Shameful' and 'terrible look' - the chaos that marred Senegal's Afcon triumph
• Zootropolis 2 becomes Hollywood's biggest animated film ever
• How crypto criminals stole $700 million from people - often using age-old tricks
• How could Europe respond to Trump's Greenland tariffs?

Yahoo News

• UK housing market rebounds after budget as average price jumps 2.8%
• Andrew Quietly Clears $30M Inheritance For Beatrice & Eugenie as Sources Claim His Daughters Are ‘Absolutely Fuming’ Over The Loss of Their ‘Easy Retirement’
• Video shows injured Knott’s Berry Farm employee restrain guest as crowd cheers
• Indonesian rescuers find a body near wreckage of a plane that crashed with 11 aboard
• Plug Power (PLUG) Valuation Check After Walmart License Deal And Warrant Forfeiture
• Stocks sell off globally as traders digest Trump message saying he wants Greenland because ‘your Country decided not to give me the Nobel’
• Kremlin says Trump would go down in world history if US took Greenland
• Man beaten, robbed by group of juveniles near SF’s Fisherman’s Wharf
• Experts urge people to eat creatures wreaking havoc across US: 'You want something tasty'
• Is the stock market open on MLK Day? What to know about the holiday trading schedule in 2026.