Economic Times Top Stories

• Pushing India’s growth
• ICAI submits suggestions to Lok Sabha panel on IBC Amendment Bill 2025
• Simplified GST Registration to boost compliance, ease of doing business; experts flag low cap, tough exit
• India’s services growth cools to 58.9 in October, inflation relief boosts business confidence
• Exclusive: ICAI proposes majority-control rule for multidisciplinary partnership firms
• ECL framework can be misused for smoothing profits, warns Ashok Haldia on governance risks in banks
• Audit watchdog NFRA rolls out model strategy to fix audit planning flaws and raise accountability standards
• Exclusive: Govt reviews procurement norms to help build ‘Desi Big Four’ in audit and consulting
• Hitachi Payments eyes $1 bn revenue, betting on global expansion, AI, and new product lines, says CFO
• India’s manufacturing PMI jumps to 59.2 in October, fastest expansion in five years

Economic Times

• India CPI inflation likely fell to multi-year low of 0.48% in October: Reuters poll
• State-owned PFC net profit rises 9% to ₹7,834.39 cr in Q2
• Trilegal, JSA steer Studds’ INR 455 cr IPO
• Quick commerce to stay competitive, food delivery remains profit engine: Bernstein Research
• Lenskart IPO: Ahead of listing, GMP plunges 70%; what analysts are saying
• Saatvik Green Energy arm bags ₹299 crore solar module orders
• RBI Governor says it's not regulator's job to take decisions for bank boards
• Tiger Global exits Ather Energy, selling entire stake for Rs 1,204 crore
• India's AI adoption growing at record pace, momentum tripled year-over-year: OpenAI's Oliver Jay
• RBI moving with caution, but need for courage led to easing of bank norm: Malhotra

CA Club India

• GST 2.0 Impact: Insurers Slash Agent Commissions as ITC Withdrawal Raises Costs
• CBDT Notifies 1% and 3% Arm's Length Price Tolerance for AY 2025-26
• ICAI Submits Recommendations on IBC Amendment Bill, 2025 to Parliamentary Panel
• Finance Ministry Authorises Aadhaar Authentication for Central KYC Registry to Enhance Transparency and Ease of Access
• GST Team Monitors Horse Sales at Pushkar Fair as 5% Tax Applies for the First Time on Transactions Above Rs 40 Lakh
• Major Relief for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: ITAT Deletes Rs 4 Crore Section 14A Tax Disallowance
• Two Women Booked for Rs 2.56 Crore GST Evasion by Creating Fake Firm in Lucknow
• ICAI Proposes Optional Joint Taxation for Married Couples in Pre-Budget 2026-27 Suggestions
• 20 States Report Dip in GST Collections in October Amid Transition to GST 2.0 Rate Structure
• FM Sitharaman Announces Next-Gen Customs Reforms, Reaffirms Fiscal Discipline and Growth Vision

BBC News

• At least four prisoners freed in error still at large, BBC told
• Trump says he may give Hungary an exemption on Russian oil sanctions
• 'We had to create a human chain to evacuate' - Jamaican hospital rebuilds after hurricane
• British ex-soldier arrested over alleged murder of Kenyan woman in 2012
• Ukrainians would like to watch comedies - but for now their culture is defined by war
• DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97
• Thousands of US flights cancelled or delayed over government shutdown cuts
• Tories call for Starmer to face probe over football watchdog
• Blame game over Air India crash goes on
• What does Elon Musk do with all his money?