Economic Times Top Stories

• 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
• Labour code: Companies' Q3 numbers to reflect higher gratuity
• Budget 2026 should shape up ease of living

Economic Times

• Trump Tariff Case: US Supreme Court puts off decision again
• Coca-Cola plans to pop the cap on $1 billion HCCB IPO this year
• Tiger Global's treaty 'abuse' case key to how money flows to India
• Court curbs Robin Raina in Ebix control fight
• Budget 2026: Urban infra fund may get additional ₹10,000 cr injection
• Will Trump be the uninvited guest at Sitharaman’s Budget table?
• Budget 2026: Skills gap, not internship scheme, holding back jobs; Quess Corp CFO flags GST burden
• Piramal Finance raises $350 million; eyes $150 million more
• Shriram-MUFG deal may test rules on non-compete fee for promoters
• UK & EU apparel brands begin sourcing talks with Indian companies

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

BBC News

• Denmark warns of 'fundamental disagreement' after White House talks on Greenland
• US and UK pulling some personnel from Qatar base as US considers Iran action
• 'I carried my wife's body for an hour and a half' - BBC hears stories of protesters killed in Iran
• Twenty one English councils ask for election delays
• X to stop Grok AI from undressing images of real people after backlash
• Serial houseplant killer? Here's how to keep them alive
• Two Palestine Action protesters end 73-day hunger strike
• Nasa astronauts begin 'bittersweet' medical evacuation from space station
• Zelensky declares emergency in Ukraine's energy sector as biting cold persists
• Moment cargo ship crashes into oil tanker in North Sea

Yahoo News

• Trump says USMCA is irrelevant for US
• Wendy’s expands its Biggie Deals menu to include $4 option
• WINK News loses another member of weather team after Devitt firing
• Bill O’Reilly Delivers Warning to ICE Barbie After Deadly Shooting
• Iconic burger and bar chain owner faces collapse, Chapter 11
• Hundreds of drivers pulled over on US 71 Highway during enforcement effort: KCPD
• Kazakhstan urges US and Europe to help secure oil transport after tanker attacks in Black Sea
• What It Means When Your Flight Attendants Are On 'Crotch Watch'
• Mike Pompeo Applauded for Saying ‘We Need to Make Sure’ That History Books ‘Don’t Write About the Victims of Gaza’
• Why a 'nasty' 10% to 15% sell-off in the stock market may be a few months away