Economic Times Top Stories

• From Ind AS to AI: How 2025 transformed accounting and auditing
• Will the rupee cross 100 against the USD in 2026? CFOs, economic experts weigh in
• More IPOs, less pop: 2025 sees record ₹1.75 lakh cr raised but listing gains fall to 9.9%
• CFOs brace for compliance-heavy 2026 as DPDP, labour codes and ESG assurance kick in
• GST in 2025: Rate rationalisation, faster dispute resolutions and sharper compliance
• Kajaria Ceramics fires CFO over ₹20 crore fraud at subsidiary; investigation underway
• Global giants bank on Indian-origin CFOs
• Adani Total Gas appoints Preyash Jhaveri as interim CFO
• Nudged by taxman, MNCs tell staff to reveal undisclosed foreign assets

Economic Times

• HNI demand didn’t save them: 12 heavily subscribed IPOs of 2025 are still underwater
• AI spending spree drives global tech debt issuance to record high
• More IPOs, less pop: 2025 sees record ₹1.75 lakh cr raised but listing gains fall to 9.9%
• Tata Capital invests in Vodafone Idea bond issue
• India's record Rs 2 lakh crore IPO pipeline for 2026 comes with a listing day warning
• Building India’s Financial Momentum
• Sebi gives approval to five IPO proposals
• MSME credit exposure rises 17.8% YoY to Rs 43.3 lakh crore in September 2025
• Torrent Gas hires Citi, two others for $450 million IPO
• Q2 FY26 FDI equity inflows up 20.5% on year

CA Club India

• DGGI Vizag Busts Fake ITC Racket Involving Rs 27.07 Crore
• Two Central GST Officers Sent to Judicial Custody in Rs 10 Lakh Bribery Case
• ICAI Handbook Highlights How Interest and Penalties Can Escalate GST Disputes for Taxpayers
• GST Row in Noida: Apartment Owners Associations Oppose 18% Tax on Society Charges
• CBDT Launches NUDGE Campaign to Correct Ineligible Tax Deductions for AY 2025-26
• India-New Zealand FTA Boosts Fintech, Digital Payments and Banking Access
• GSTAT Revokes Staggered Filing of Appeals Under Section 112 of CGST Act
• Union Budget 2026-27: Finance Ministry Invites Public Suggestions, Deadline January 16
• Fake GST Firms Busted in Thane: Rs 22.06 Crore ITC Fraud Under Probe
• No Routine Access to Social Media, Emails Under Income Tax Act 2025: PIB Clarifies

BBC News

• King's Christmas message urges communities to pull together in times of uncertainty
• Royal Family greet crowds after Christmas Day service
• Two men 'missing' as coastguard search called off
• Pope Leo urges 'courage' to end Ukraine war in first Christmas address
• Last dance for Tess and Claudia as Strictly hosts sign off
• We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years
• 12 books you need to read in 2026
• What are professional footballers tucking into at Christmas?
• Cold health alert as parts of UK set to freeze on Christmas Day
• 'Picasso' of football John Robertson dies aged 72

Yahoo News

• Russian court sentences pro-war activist and Putin critic to 6 years in prison
• 3 Chicago area teens charged in sexual assault of classmate at graduation party: prosecutors
• NJ man, 22, killed in Garden State Parkway crash on Christmas Eve: cops
• These 6 stocks will lead the $1 trillion chip surge in 2026, BofA says
• 'What Is Denmark Doin' In Our Backyard?' Fox News' Brian Kilmeade Says The Vikings Are Gone So It's Time for Trump to Grab Greenland
• Torrential rain leaves Los Angeles freeway underwater
• California woman charged with murder in her 9-year-old daughter's death
• Missing aircraft found after 13 years in India
• Trump administration announces new tariffs on Chinese chips and electronic components — but fresh sanctions won't take effect until 2027, and rates remain unknown
• Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from attorney who represented whistleblowers