Economic Times Top Stories

• How Oil is Squeezing the Rural Economy
• Explained: EU’s plan to expand carbon tax to 180 products and what it means for India
• Exclusive: PMO panel pushes govt consulting tender overhaul with partner experience, revenue criteria; states begin aligning
• Exclusive: PMO panel proposes CII–FICCI-style body to scale Indian firms globally
• Exclusive: MCA set to regulate multidisciplinary partnerships; PMO panel firms up framework
• Will IBBI’s real estate insolvency reforms fix execution bottlenecks? Experts flag gaps
• Real estate insolvency overhaul: Here's what the IBBI panel has recommended
• West Asia war to slow India Inc’s capex in FY27 as firms hit pause on new investments
• NFRA flags audit quality gaps at Singhi & Co; cites insufficient evidence in one engagement, calls for overhaul of documentation
• I-T Dept rolls out revamped TRACES portal for TDS compliance: What’s new for taxpayers

Economic Times

• Aditya Birla Housing Finance raises Rs 2,750 cr from Indriya via stake sale
• Digital lender Kreditbee in unicorn club with $280 million at $1.5 billion valuation
• India says IPO approvals valid for longer amid Middle East war
• IIFCL to double InvITs exposure to Rs 6,000 cr this fiscal
• IPO filings surge in March as 38 firms file DRHPs with SEBI
• IPO mobilisation hits record Rs 1.79 lakh crore in FY26, but weak listings and cooling demand signal caution
• SAEL Industries, Vishvaraj Environment, Symbiotec Pharmalab among 6 cos get Sebi nod for IPOs
• Uday Kotak raises Infina Finance stake via family trust as Kotak Group trims holding
• Mega IPO Wave: SBI Funds and Manipal Hospitals ready DRHP filings
• RIL appoints 17 bankers for a potential Rs 40,000 crore Jio Platforms IPO

CA Club India

• Big GST Relief: GSTN Enables Interest Re-Calculation under Table 5.1 of GSTR-3B
• EPFO Introduces Form 121 Under New Income Tax Act 2025, Replaces Forms 15G and 15H
• CBIC Issues New Guidelines for Returned Export Cargo Amid Strait of Hormuz Disruption
• CBIC Issues Big Relief for Exporters on RoDTEP and RoSCTL Claims Amid Short Realisation
• Form 43 FAQs 2026: Filing Process and Eligibility Explained
• Form 66 Explained: CBDT Clarifies Book Profit Reporting Rules
• Income Tax Department Issues Key FAQs on Form 16 for Salaried Taxpayers
• New Form 188 Replaces Rules 95 and 109: Everything Employers Need to Know
• Income Tax Department Clarifies Form 157 FAQs: Key Rules for Individuals Before Leaving India
• SCAM ALERT: Fake 'Quantum AI' Investment Scheme Misuses FM Sitharaman's Name

BBC News

• Iran says Strait of Hormuz is 'open' but tracking shows few ships moving
• 'Staggering' I was not told Mandelson failed vetting, says PM
• Chris Mason: Mandelson saga is a messy palaver - and the questions continue to swirl
• A man wrongfully served 17 years for rape. Now another man has been convicted
• Irish fugitive and alleged crime boss Daniel Kinahan arrested in Dubai
• 'I'm the lucky one' - more than one in three young men now live with their parents
• Pregnancy vaccine reduces baby hospital admissions for RSV by 80%
• Mortgage rates show signs of falling after Iran war peak
• Clair Obscur takes top Bafta Games Award but misses out on clean sweep
• Orbán's era was over in a flash and Hungary's next PM is a man in a hurry

Yahoo News

• New York loses nearly $74 million for not revoking 33,000 illegal licenses for immigrant truckers
• A world going broke: IMF says America’s $39 trillion national debt is actually a global problem—and AI may be the only rescue
• I feared my son had a brain tumour but he'd been poisoned with vitamin D
• Kremlin acknowledges criticism after blogger warns Putin 'squeezed' Russians could erupt
• Germany already told its workers to ditch four-day weeks and work-life balance. Now the government wants to cut their pay for calling in sick, too
• Remains found in car ID'd as family who mysteriously vanished in 1958
• UK's Starmer says more than a dozen countries ready to join Hormuz defensive mission
• Greene says Trump told her if her ‘son were to get killed,’ it would be her fault
• Zelenskiy: Ukraine believes Russia will try again to involve Belarus in the war
• China urges travelers to avoid Seattle airport after 20 scholars were denied entry to the US