Economic Times Top Stories

• Simplified GST Registration to boost compliance, ease of doing business; experts flag low cap, tough exit
• India’s services growth cools to 58.9 in October, inflation relief boosts business confidence
• Exclusive: ICAI proposes majority-control rule for multidisciplinary partnership firms
• ECL framework can be misused for smoothing profits, warns Ashok Haldia on governance risks in banks
• Audit watchdog NFRA rolls out model strategy to fix audit planning flaws and raise accountability standards
• Exclusive: Govt reviews procurement norms to help build ‘Desi Big Four’ in audit and consulting
• Hitachi Payments eyes $1 bn revenue, betting on global expansion, AI, and new product lines, says CFO
• India’s manufacturing PMI jumps to 59.2 in October, fastest expansion in five years
• Anil Ambani's Reliance in ED storm; more than 40 properties worth ₹3,000 crore attached
• Trump tariffs trigger 37.5% drop in Indian exports, alarm bells ring across key sectors

Economic Times

• Meta’s AI-powered Ray-Ban glasses to launch November 21 in India
• India's Crompton Greaves quarterly profit falls as cooler weather crimps demand for fans
• FM asks banks to ensure staff speak local language
• PhysicsWallah grows 33% in Q1FY26, but losses widen
• Timex India Q2 profit jumps 70% to Rs 30 crore; premium brands and e-commerce fuel record growth
• Rupee sidesteps gains in Asian peers as deprecation bias lingers
• KFC's India operator Devyani International posts quarterly loss as demand muted
• Google’s new ‘Project Suncatcher’ to build AI data centres in space
• Simplified GST Registration to boost compliance, ease of doing business; experts flag low cap, tough exit
• Delhivery CFO Amit Agarwal to step down; Vivek Pabrai named successor

CA Club India

• 20 States Report Dip in GST Collections in October Amid Transition to GST 2.0 Rate Structure
• FM Sitharaman Announces Next-Gen Customs Reforms, Reaffirms Fiscal Discipline and Growth Vision
• CBIC Clarifies GST Registration Requirement for Importers Storing Goods in Warehouses Outside Their Home State
• CBDT Grants Income Tax Exemption to Karnataka Housing Board Under Section 10(46A)
• Income Tax Department Withdraws Long-Pending Rs 8500 Crore Transfer Pricing Case Against Vodafone India
• CAT Cuttack Imposes Rs 20,000 Cost on CBIC Officer for Non-Compliance in Suspension Case
• ICAI Presents Pre-Budget Suggestions for Union Budget 2026-27
• Income Tax Department Warns Taxpayers Against Fake Messages and Phishing Scams
• CBI Books CGST Assistant Commissioner in Jaipur for Rs 2.54 Crore Disproportionate Assets
• Finance Ministry Invites Industry Suggestions for Union Budget 2026-27 on Direct and Indirect Taxes

BBC News

• Crime fixer caught by BBC offering to erase £60k fines on migrant workers
• Watch: BBC reporter confronts man at centre of illegal worker network
• Celebrity Traitors final briefly uploaded 24 hours early outside UK
• ADHD services shutting door to new NHS patients as demand soars, BBC finds
• Man who murdered 'Good Samaritan' after ploughing car into him during wedding brawl jailed
• Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says
• UK facing long, tough flu season, NHS chiefs warn
• Chris Mason: The justice system is failing - the buck stops with Lammy
• Are Christians being persecuted in Nigeria as Trump claims?
• Why the battle still rages over land ownership in Scotland

Yahoo News

• Nvidia's Jensen Huang: 'China is going to win the AI race,' FT reports
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• See how this California In-N-Out solved its biggest traffic problem
• Judge in Comey case scolds prosecutors as he orders them to produce records from probe
• Homeowners file restraining order after HOA issues outlandish neighborhood-wide fine: 'This has been a nightmare for 3 years'
• Your iPhone just got another huge update – here's why you should install it immediately
• Photos from inside Gaza show destruction wrought by Israeli military efforts to root out Hamas
• Joe Manchin tells Jon Stewart former Dem voters believe party cares more about subsidizing unemployed than helping workers
• UPS plane crash videos show explosion; audio captures air traffic control, dispatch response
• Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, November 5, 2025: Rates are inching down