Economic Times Top Stories

• CEOs in India double down on AI and talent to accelerate transformation
• Apple lobbies India to change tax law seen hindering its expansion
• Shram Shakti Niti 2025 Set to Enhance Workforce Inclusion in India Inc, Streamline Compliance, Cut Regulatory Friction
• DPDP Rules: CFOs run impact assessments, prepare teams, brace for compliance challenges and high stakes
• Exclusive: ICAI likely to complete IndusInd Bank review by March 2026; NFRA probe to focus on systemic lapses
• Creating domestic 'Big Four': ICAI CA networking portal expected to go live by February
• V-Mart targets 50% of finance functions with Agentic AI in next 6-9 months, says CFO Anand Agarwal
• Bira 91 auditor flags threat to asset fair value
• 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

Economic Times

• RBI Announces 338% Return for Sovereign Gold Bond Series - Final Redemption Price and Date Revealed
• Mid-to-large CA firms employ over 20% of India’s audit workforce, signaling growth of domestic Big Four
• Private banks lead Indian benchmark shares higher post Axis Bank results
• Foreign Investors Return to Indian Stock Markets with Over Rs 10,000 Crore in Purchases Amid Optimism
• CEOs in India double down on AI and talent to accelerate transformation
• India's unemployment rate rises to 5.2% in September, driven by rural job losses
• China files complaint against India in WTO over EV, battery subsidies
• Gold extends record run past $4,200 on rate-cut hopes, safe-haven fervor
• Amazon layoffs: Up to 15% of HR jobs set to be cut
• Trump says he has authorised CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela

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

• Government publishes key witness statements in collapsed China spy case
• Chris Mason: Digesting the key segments and changes in China documents
• Thousands in UK sue Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder cancer risks
• Giuffre accuses 'entitled' Andrew in posthumous book
• The real problem with Britain's asylum hotels - and the woman with a bold idea to solve it
• Celia Imrie's fart steals the show on Celebrity Traitors
• Cabinet Office rejects Cummings' claim China breached 'sensitive' communications
• Months after fall of Assad, families of Syria's missing still seeking justice
• UK economy grew 0.1% in August
• Trump says he authorised CIA in Venezuela as Maduro says 'no to regime change'