Economic Times Top Stories

• Audit committee chair’s role expands beyond financial oversight amid AI, risk and sustainability pressures: Deloitte
• Explainer: What India secured in the India–EU free trade agreement
• ‘Mother of all deals’ sealed: India-EU pact to reshape trade, says Modi
• CSR tax sop plan may push cos to go in for the skill
• Why private capex is lagging: CFOs flag cost pressures, execution hurdles and policy gaps
• Budget Series: What do leaders expect from Union Budget 2026?
• PepsiCo India appoints Savitha Balachandran CFO for India and South Asia
• Sebi accuses executives at EY, PwC and others of insider trading in 2022 Yes Bank case: Report
• India amidst global turmoil — Budget 2026
• Mafatlal Industries comfortable with current debt, will use leverage strategically for next growth phase: CFO Smita Jhanwar

Economic Times

• Sebi approval opens door for 13 IPOs across diverse sectors
• Will unsecured lending make a comeback as margins stay under pressure?
• Credit flows to commercial sector increase 15% in 2025
• India's PE-VC deal value hits $36.8 billion in 2025, BFSI emerges as top contributor: Report
• OpenAI’s Sam Altman meets Mideast investors for $50 billion round
• PhonePe India IPO set to see Walmart cut stake as Tiger Global, Microsoft exit
• Adani Power plans up to Rs 7,500 crore NCD raise
• PhonePe gets Sebi nod for IPO; Microsoft, Walmart to pare stake in OFS
• Foreign funds return to Indian tech stocks on AI growth bets
• UPL subsidiary Advanta Enterprises files draft IPO papers with Sebi

CA Club India

• Halwa Ceremony Marks Final Phase of Union Budget 2026-27 Preparations
• Chartered Accountant Accused of Misusing Friend's GST Account, Rs 4.69 Crore Demand Raised
• GST Relief for Insurers: Bombay HC Stays Rs 10,000 Crore Tax Demand
• EU-India Free Trade Agreement Concluded: Biggest Trade Deal Ever
• ICAI Announces Mock Test Papers Series I and II for CA Final May 2026 Exams
• GST Council Urged to Scrap Rs 7500 Threshold and Fix Single 5% Tax Across Hotels
• GST Enforcement Officer Caught Red-Handed Accepting Rs 3.5 Lakh Bribe
• Union Budget 2026: Small Businesses Urge GST Relief, Simpler Compliance
• Former State Tax Officer Booked in Disproportionate Assets Case Worth Rs 23 Lakh
• GST Scam Exposed: Consultant Accused of Faking Returns, Diverting Rs 7.2 Crore ITC

BBC News

• Trump warns Iran 'time is running out' for nuclear deal as US military builds up in Gulf
• Mum says university 'failed' son who took his own life after grade error
• China trip will bring benefits to UK, Starmer insists, ahead of Xi meeting
• Why China views the UK visit as part of something bigger
• I will speak out on misogyny, first female Archbishop of Canterbury says
• Harry Styles to break Wembley Stadium record with 12 shows
• Ex-Spandau Ballet star Ross Davidson guilty of rape
• Millionaire GP behind asylum seeker hotels
• Amazon confirms 16,000 job cuts after accidental email
• Man guilty of assault after Barron Trump reported attack to UK police

Yahoo News

• Republican candidate challenges Tuberville residency, says he appears to live Florida, not Alabama
• "F–ckers": Thousands Of People Are Stunned By This 1 Very Specific Anti-ICE Protest Sign
• Weight-loss drugs draw thousands of lawsuits alleging serious harm
• Exclusive-Micron to announce memory chip manufacturing investment in Singapore, sources say
• Suburban Chicago man asked neighbor to hangout, was turned down so he returned with a machete: sheriff
• University of Michigan mourns after missing student found frozen to death
• China gives nod to ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent to buy Nvidia's H200 chips: sources
• JD Vance Draws Damning Moral Rebuke From Catholic Newspaper: 'MAGA Over Jesus'
• Utah Siblings Who Vanished on Thanksgiving Found in European Orphanage, as Police Arrest Mom Who Left Behind 'To-Do List'
• Maine's 'lobster lady' Virginia Oliver, who worked decades in the lobster industry, dies at 105