Economic Times Top Stories

• ETCFO Leadership Summit: Anand Rathi urges CFOs to balance growth ambition with strategic risk discipline
• CFOs call for agility, judgement and stress testing amid rising global uncertainty
• CFOs identify manufacturing, AI and capital discipline as India’s next growth engines
• CFOs see shift from finance custodians to digital stewards as AI and cloud reshape enterprises
• War: A Speed Breaker for India’s Growth?
• 7th ETCFO Leadership Summit: India Inc CFOs to steer growth, capital strategy amid global volatility
• US-Iran War: India Inc must prepare and hedge for risks, not panic, say experts
• GST collection grows 8.1% to over Rs 1.83 lakh cr in Feb
• Charitable trusts challenge I-T dept's irrevocability clause
• India allows eligible manufacturers to defer customs duty payments from April 1; aims to boost liquidity and exports

Economic Times

• Corporates pivot to banks as primary funding source amid bond market volatility
• Warner Bros merger to saddle Paramount Skydance with $79 billion debt
• Sebi to place 'big focus' on strengthening corporate bond market: Tuhin Kanta Pandey
• India Inc. likely to sustain 8-10 pc revenue growth in Q4: Report
• Vedanta Resources mobilises $350 million in fresh borrowing
• OpenAI funding on track to top $100 billion with latest round
• Warburg Pincus talks in final lap to buy Integrace Health for Rs 1,200 crore
• India Inc could raise a cool $100 billion as RBI eases ECB norms
• Major VCs line up top dollars for coordinated AI capital push in India
• KKR could deploy $20 billion in India over the next decade, says cofounder Henry Kravis

CA Club India

• ED Arrests Two CAs in Rs 641 Crore Cyber Fraud and Money Laundering Case Under PMLA
• Charitable Trusts Oppose Mandatory Irrevocable Clause for Tax Exemption Registration
• Himachal CM Flags Rising Budget Pressure, Seeks Restoration of Revenue Deficit Grant
• BCAS Flags Concerns Over Finance Bill 2026 Proposals on SGB Taxation, Dividend Rules and TDS Norms
• GST Regime Has Eroded States' Financial Freedom: 7th State Finance Commission Chairman
• New Draft Format for TDS/TCS Book Adjustment: Full Details, Applicability and Compliance Guide
• Fino Payments Bank Clarifies GST Probe, Denies Any Tax Evasion
• ICAI Announces Direct Exam Centre Selection for CA May 2026 Exams
• Rahul Gandhi Demands Rollback of Tax on Disability Pensions, Seeks Higher ECHS Budget from FM Sitharaman
• India's Real GDP Grows 7.6% in FY 2025-26 Under New Base Year Series Released by MoSPI

BBC News

• Trump wants to pick Iran's new leader - will a hostile regime under fire agree?
• Huge US bomber lands at UK air base
• Oil price at two-year high after Qatar warns all Gulf production could stop within days
• Iranian schools, hospital and landmarks among civilian sites hit during US-Israeli strikes
• Flight paths squeezed as Iran conflict closes more airspace
• Man who murdered ex's sister and her children in revenge attack given whole-life sentence
• Driver who killed student after mistakenly hitting wrong pedal jailed
• Withheld Epstein files with accusations against Trump released by justice department
• Lenders lift mortgage rates as Iran war hits borrowing costs
• Three women interviewed on suspicion of sex trafficking in Al Fayed investigation

Yahoo News

• Iranian warship sunk by the US was sailing home after taking part in an exhibition hosted by India
• Former New Mexico Pre-K Teacher Arrested After Video Allegedly Shows Child Being Hit With Chair at Daycare
• 6 arrested in deadly parking lot shooting at Phoenix Costco
• China's 10-passenger electric aircraft, the Matrix, hints at how big flying taxis can be
• Britney Spears Arrested on DUI Suspicion in California, Adding Another Celebrity Name to Long List of Automotive Incidents
• Ford CEO Jim Farley 'absolutely flabbergasted' after ripping apart Tesla: 'We hadn't designed the … cars right'
• Fired Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore reaches plea deal to resolve home invasion case
• Gas station receives backlash after posting alarming notice on its door: 'How could this possibly be legal?'
• Daylight saving time returns Sunday. For millions, it will be the last time the clocks change
• US Homeland Security investigates whether Bovino made disparaging comments about Jewish faith