Economic Times Top Stories

• Big Four battle for India’s $2-billion and growing GCC work
• UAE VAT changes to increase costs and compliance burden for Indian businesses
• Tata Sons reviews AoA to meet Sebi listing norms
• FSSAI issues notices to Nestle India, Hindustan Unilever over misleading claims and non-compliances
• Exporters may be asked to monitor supply chains' indirect emissions
• India’s two economies
• India Mauritius DTAA tightens test for treaty benefits, puts investment structures under scrutiny
• IDBI Bank: From Kingfisher's wreckage to Fairfax's big bet
• WPI inflation surges to 11.39% in September as fuel, manufactured goods prices climb
• NFRA flags SA 260 compliance gaps, warns against tick-box auditor communication with audit committees

Economic Times

• Jio Platforms IPO GMP signals 22% potential listing gain; issue opens on October 21
• AT1 Bond Impact: YES Bank evaluates capital actions to counter CET1 compression
• AI infra boom faces financing risks as data centre bond spreads widen: Goldman Sachs
• Gold edges higher on softer oil; Fed rate outlook in focus
• Rupee rises to 94.80 against US dollar, but crude oil threatens recovery
• Bulls retreat as Sensex falls over 400 points, Nifty slips below 23,100. What's next for D-Street?
• Oil prices ease as Trump waives Russia sanctions, Middle East risks persist
• Big Four battle for India’s $2-billion and growing GCC work
• Exporters may be asked to monitor supply chains' indirect emissions
• JSW Steel gets relief as Odisha HC quashes Rs 696 crore demand; sets aside Rs 1,473 crore notice

CA Club India

• TDS Challan for FY 2025-26 Valid for TY 2026-27 Under Cross-Year Utilisation Rules
• Tax Audit Extension Demand to 31st Oct 2026 Amid GST Relief and Court Rulings
• GSTN Introduces New e-Invoicing Facility for Reverse Charge Transactions: RCMDOM and RCMIMP Explained
• ICAI Issues Eligibility Guidelines for CA Foundation and Intermediate January 2027 Exams
• ICAI Issues Permanent Exemption Guidelines for CA Intermediate January 2027 Exams
• SEBI Proposes SME IPO Rules 2026: Rs 3 Crore Average Profit and 500 Allottees Proposed
• Net Direct Tax Collections Rise 13.21% to Rs 13.38 Lakh Crore Till 14th Oct 2026
• RBI Clarifies Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve Rules for Authorised Dealers
• Central Excise Duty Revised to Rs 2.5 and Rs 8.5 Per Litre from 16th October 2026
• CBIC Chairman Discusses 57th GST Council Reforms with Trade Associations in Bengaluru

BBC News

• Companies exploiting welfare system by using residents as 'cash cows', BBC finds
• France's government under pressure after widespread violence
• Inside the shadowy world of anti-Putin sabotage from within Russia
• Watch: Russian saboteur working for Ukraine shares reconnaissance videos
• Home sellers cut asking prices on 3,000 properties a day
• Watch: Inside Chicago's battle against the synthetic drugs flooding the US
• NHS bosses say smaller maternity units may have to close
• 'Postcode lottery' driving children's inequality in England, commissioner warns
• Burnham says youth employment and training crisis is a 'moral failure'
• Cindy Crawford 'beyond heartbroken' after death of son Presley at 27