Economic Times Top Stories

• NFRA tightens audit file rules, warns firms against delays and post-facto documentation
• Corporate governance is about credibility, not just compliance: Sebi Chairman
• How China is benefiting from falling Indian rupee
• Rajneesh Jain appointed chair of FICCI CFO Council
• NFRA sounds alarm on Ind AS 36: why impairment testing is emerging as audit’s biggest risk
• The CFO’s Blind Spot: Why financial strategy must start with people
• Cavinkare eyes pan-India push with new product launches and variants, says CFO Ananda Shalini
• NFRA readies sweeping audit reset, sends 40 global aligned standards for rollout
• Reforming Insolvency Profession: opportunity missed by IBC Amendment Bill
• Rupee breaches 91-Mark amid foreign outflows, Experts say volatility to continue till January

Economic Times

• 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
• India’s IPO market set for record year as 2025 nears peak fundraising momentum
• Adani Group plans to raise Rs 90,000 cr via debt in FY27
• Rs 1,020 crore paycheck! Meesho IPO hands Elevation, Peak XV and founders meteoric returns up to 5,00,000%
• Vedanta back in debt market, seeks ₹2,000 crore via metals arm

CA Club India

• Net Direct Tax Collections Rise 8% in FY 2025-26 Till 17th December
• CBIC Enables Post-Clearance Revision of Bills of Entry via ICEGATE Under Section 18A
• Over 60,000 MSME Claims Cleared Under Vivad se Vishwas Scheme, Govt Tells Lok Sabha
• GST 2.0 Takes Shape: Industry Seeks Rate Rationalisation and ITC Reforms in Budget 2026
• Income Tax Department Tracks High-Value Transactions of Non-Filers Using NMS
• ITAT Delhi Grants Major Relief to Taxpayer in Section 14A Dispute Over Tax-Free Income
• Income Tax Department Flags Transaction Mismatch, Urges Taxpayers to Review AIS Before 31st Dec
• ICAI Reduces Verification and Certified Copy Fees for CA Exams Ahead of January 2026 Results
• Parliament Enacts Health Security se National Security Cess Act to Fund Security, Public Health
• Taxpayers Get 31st Dec Deadline: Undisclosed Property, Bank Deposits Under Scanner

BBC News

• Photo of Andrew lying on laps at Sandringham in new Epstein files
• Strictly winners crowned in glitzy live final
• US seizes second oil tanker off Venezuela's coast
• William takes George to homeless charity he visited as a child with Diana
• Engineer becomes first wheelchair user to go to space
• Paul has titanium plates fitted after Joshua breaks his jaw
• When roads will be busiest and supermarket hours: How to navigate the Christmas break
• Famous faces, court documents and redacted pages - what's in the Epstein files
• What's really going on with flu this winter
• Australia was seen as a world leader in gun control - Bondi has exposed a more complicated reality

Yahoo News

• Roche CEO points to higher future drug prices in Switzerland after US deal
• This 20-year-old lotto winner refused $1M in cash and chose $1,000/week for life. Now she's getting slammed for it
• Authorities place entire city under quarantine after concerning discovery: 'Could put the rest of the country at risk'
• Return of immigration raids brings fear to ‘Mexican Capital of the Midwest’
• 4 People Dead, 9 Injured After Mass Stabbing Attack and Smoke Bombing at Train Station
• 2 killed in ‘targeted shooting’ on Cleveland highway
• US senator from Wyoming won't seek reelection in 2026 in Republican stronghold
• Maria Shriver’s Tweet About Renaming The Kennedy Center Is Seriously Chilling
• Decades-old homicide case reopened in Jackson County after identification
• CENTCOM launches fighter jets, among other forces for 'large-scale' strike on Syria