Economic Times Top Stories

• Govt to ease audit norms, revamp tenders to help Indian firms challenge Big Four
• ICAI to support MeitY’s national AI mission by sharing verified financial data for India’s sovereign LLM
• ICAI to recommend financing roadmap for homegrown Multi-Disciplinary Partnership firms in India
• ED arrests Reliance Power CFO in ₹68-crore fake bank guarantee Case
• NITI Aayog calls for decriminalising 12 tax offences, urges shift to trust-based tax regime
• Reforms gather steam, India awaits growth momentum
• ICAI proposes mandatory internal audit standards, peer review framework
• GST overhaul: Insurance agents, hotels, and publishers face rising costs due to ITC restrictions
• Arisinfra CFO targets 40–45% revenue growth in FY26, bets on contract manufacturing and tech-led efficiency
• Rupee volatility: India Inc CFOs navigate mixed impacts amid depreciation

Economic Times

• ED proposes a penalty settlement to Flipkart for alleged FEMA breaches.
• India’s retail inflation slumps to 1.54% in September, the lowest since mid-2017
• CASIO expands footprint in Maharashtra with the launch of its exclusive store in Colaba, Mumbai
• India's Canara Robeco Asset Management IPO fully subscribed on final day
• Quess Corp CFO Sushanth Pai to step down, Kamal Pal Hoda joins as Group CFO
• Sanofi Consumer Healthcare India CFO Narahari Naidu resigns
• L&T bags large power transmission orders worth up to Rs 5,000 crore in Middle East
• Govt to ease audit norms, revamp tenders to help Indian firms challenge Big Four
• India and US Progress in Trade Talks: Bilateral Trade Agreement Set to Boost Trade to $500 Billion by 2030
• Gold futures hits record Rs 1.23 lakh/10 g as US-China tensions spur haven demand

CA Club India

• GST Overhaul a "Diwali Gift for Green India," Hails Bhupender Yadav
• PM Underscores Transformative Impact of GST Reforms on Manufacturing Sector
• GST 2.0 Rollout: CBIC Expects Temporary Dip in Revenues, Festive Demand to Aid Recovery
• GST Rationalisation to Boost MSMEs, Exports and Consumer Welfare
• GST Reforms: Cigarettes to Cost More, But Bidi Prices Cut to Protect Industry
• CBIC Confident of Smooth Transition to Next-Gen GST by September 22, Says Chairman
• CBIC Refutes Reports of 18% GST on Caramel Popcorn
• NextGen GST Reforms to Benefit Dairy Farmers and Rural Economy: PM
• GST Rationalization Boosts Dairy Sector, Most Products Now at Nil or 5%
• ICAI Confirms September 2025 CA Exams to Be Held as Scheduled

BBC News

• Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees freed as Trump hails 'historic dawn' in Middle East
• Middle East 'doomed' without Palestinian state, King of Jordan tells BBC
• 'You're my life, my hero': Hostages reunite with families after two years
• Palestinians celebrate return of detainees freed by Israel
• 'Now the rebuilding begins,' says Trump as he signs Gaza peace plan
• SNP will create network of walk-in GP services, says Scotland's first minister Swinney
• Tommy Robinson refused to give phone Pin to police to protect 'journalistic material'
• Mortgage rates creep back up as lenders show caution
• Two charged with murder of Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins in prison attack
• Vodafone admits 'major outage' as more than 130,000 report problems

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