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• 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
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• 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

• SC rules against Tiger Global in taxation claim over 2018 stake sale in Flipkart
• Nearly 40% of AI time savings are lost to rework: Report
• Union Budget 2026: Make in India tops industry wish list amid execution worries
• India’s trade deficit widens to $25.04 billion in December after five-month low in November
• New labour codes drag down Infosys profit
• Budget 2026 must back localisation, MSMEs, supply chain resilience: Suzuki Motorcycle India CFO
• Indian exports to China rise in 2025 but trade deficit touches record high of $116 billion
• Trump says he has no plan to fire US Fed chief Jerome Powell despite investigation
• India to grow at 7.5-7.8% this fiscal, 6.6-6.9% in FY27: Deloitte
• What changes in banks’ Ombudsman setup: Board oversight, fixed tenure, reporting to RBI

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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• Astronauts return to Earth after first ever medical evacuation from space station
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• European military personnel arrive in Greenland as Trump says US needs island
• Starmer does not rule out backing social media ban for under-16s
• Amol Rajan to leave Radio 4's Today programme
• TikTok star will not repay full extradition costs
• Changes to flagship disability scheme don't go far enough, campaigners say
• Letby trust pays £1.4m damages to ex CEO
• New rules to make it easier to call up reservists for war