Economic Times Top Stories

• CFOs welcome RBI policy pause, see ‘Goldilocks’ macro conditions for India
• RBI Monetary Policy Committee keeps repo rate unchanged at 5.25%
• External sector resilient despite FPI outflows; FDI up 16% in Apr-Feb, says RBI Governor
• The Idea of Bharat Vistar and Ease of Living
• Arbitrary macro assumptions, weak LGD and ignored EAD can materially distort ECL for banks and NBFCs: NFRA
• Govt to expand trust-based tax regime, create large pool of 'trusted entities': Revenue Secretary
• India could capture $30 trillion of new value in three decades in an AI-driven world: Mukesh Ambani
• Over 60 agencies, 600 notifications to come under unified customs platform: CBIC Member
• US tariff relief, strong banks & MSME credit will support Budget growth agenda: M Nagaraju
• Experts see export competitiveness gains; India–US trade projected at $500 billion

Economic Times

• India-US interim trade deal framework: Key highlights
• Bharti Airtel eyes 25% share in India's data centre market
• Imports from China fall across sectors in FY25; mobile phone exports surge
• Power Finance acquires 52.63% government stake in REC Limited
• Rupee logs best week in over 3 years on US trade‑pact boost
• Govt to form panel to align tax, accounting rules and cut India Inc compliance burden
• CFOs welcome RBI policy pause, see ‘Goldilocks’ macro conditions for India
• FMCG majors to raise ad spend 10-15% till June quarter as margins improve, demand picks up
• Dow surges above 50,000 for first time as US stocks regain mojo
• "Committed to negotiating broader US-India BTA": FM Nirmala Sitharaman hails trade deal

CA Club India

• Union Budget 2026-27 is a Roadmap to Viksit Bharat 2047: MoS Harsh Malhotra
• ICAI's Global Ascent: President's Message Highlights Reforms, WOFA 2.0 and International Leadership
• Section 332 Amended: Certain Funds Exempted from NPO Registration from April 2026
• Registered NPOs Get Relief as Commercial Activity No Longer a Specified Violation
• NPO Merger Rules Amended: New Section 354A to Exempt Accreted Income Tax from April 2026
• No TDS on Interest Paid to Co-operative Banks from 1st April 2026
• GST Portal Major Update: 'Additional Notices' Merged with Notices and Orders
• Income Tax Changes in Provident Funds: Schedule XI Rationalised from 1st April 2026
• Buyback of Shares to Be Taxed as Capital Gains from FY 2026-27
• Capital Gains Exemption on Sovereign Gold Bonds Tightened from AY 2026-27

BBC News

• Foreign Office to review Mandelson's US ambassador pay-off
• MPs are shocked and angry at Mandelson - but they're furious with Starmer
• Italy says railways hit by 'serious sabotage' as Winter Olympics begin
• UK to get brief respite from rain, forecasts show
• US wants Russia and Ukraine to end war by June, says Zelensky
• Arundell scores hat-trick as England heap misery on Wales
• GB reach curling semi as Muir impresses in slopestyle qualification
• Watch: Von Allmen wins men's downhill gold
• Will Vonn do the unthinkable and win gold?
• Five golds including big air on day one - Saturday's guide