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• Exclusive: NFRA halts fresh disciplinary orders till Supreme Court clarity over procedural issues
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• N Chandrasekaran gets into driver’s seat for TCS AI ride
• CFOs welcome RBI policy pause, see ‘Goldilocks’ macro conditions for India
• RBI Monetary Policy Committee keeps repo rate unchanged at 5.25%
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Economic Times

• ED issues fresh summons to Anil Ambani, wife in money laundering case
• Sebi plans to cut minimum SIF investment
• Section 87A tax rebate allowed on both long and short term capital gain income from equity for AY 2024-25 by ITAT Indore; Know why
• India-US trade deal to make sure only Indian and American products get the benefits, White House says
• New I-T rules, forms by March; Income Tax Act to take effect from April 1, 2026
• US may refund small penalties on India over Russian oil buys
• BYD sues US over Trump tariffs, seeks refund for levies paid since April
• India may skip Feb 19 Gaza Peace Board meet
• BSE shares jump 5% to record high after Q3 profit jumps 174%
• Kotak Mahindra Bank CTO Bhavnish Lathia resigns less than a year after appointment

CA Club India

• Raghav Chadha Calls for Nil LTCG Tax on Equity Investments for Individual Investors
• CBDT Proposes New Form 130 for TDS on Salary, Pension and Interest Income Under IT Act
• CBDT to Replace Forms 3CA, 3CB and 3CD with Consolidated Form 26
• Permissible Day and Time for Inspection by Valuation Officers under Draft Income Tax Rules, 2026
• Guidelines for Audit and Inventory Valuation Expenses under Draft Income Tax Rules, 2026
• Rule 86 Explained: Safe Harbour Definitions under Draft Income Tax Rules, 2026
• New Rule 166 Prescribes Conditions for Defective Return Under Section 263(7)
• Draft Income Tax Forms 2026 Released: Category-wise Table of 190 Draft Forms Explained
• CBDT Seeks Stakeholders' Inputs on Draft Income Tax Rules and Forms Under IT Act, 2025
• Draft Income Tax Rules, 2026 Released: Major Changes in Capital Gains, Perquisites and Non-Resident Taxation

BBC News

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• Watch: BBC in Tehran for first time since protest crackdown
• FBI releases images of masked person in hunt for Savannah Guthrie's mother
• Norwegian biathlete Laegreid wins bronze then confesses to affair on TV
• Afghan asylum seeker guilty of raping girl, 12
• Former Daily Mail editor tells hacking trial allegations are 'preposterous'
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