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• India needs a Top 20 audit firm ecosystem, not just a Desi Big Four, says Baker Tilly ASA’s Ajay Sethi
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• Worldline names Srikanth Seshadri as CFO amid strategic overhaul
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• Pepsico Bottler Varun Beverages appoints Pankaj Madan as CFO
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Economic Times

• Apcotex appoints Vivek Thakur as CFO
• Schneider Electric to buy remaining stake in India business for $6.4 billion
• India exporters steel themselves as tariff clock ticks down
• Ola Electric held talks on potential high-yield debt financing: Sources
• India should replicate smartphone export success across industries: Amitabh Kant
• India's manufacturing hits 14-month high as Asia-Pacific logistics rents stay flat in H1 2025
• Worldline names Srikanth Seshadri as CFO amid strategic overhaul
• Electronics makers shop for cos to tap western clients
• Income Tax Department enables online filing of ITR-3 form
• Microsoft in advanced talks for continued access to OpenAI tech: Report

CA Club India

• Drunk CGST Clerk Sells Sensitive Tax Files as Scrap for Rs 5000 in Nagpur
• 18% GST Fixed on User Development Fees Charged by Airlines: Government Clarifies in Lok Sabha
• Karnataka MP Raises Concerns Over Income Tax Act Amendments Impacting CA Services
• No Change in LTCG Tax Rates in Income Tax Bill 2025, Clarifies IT Department
• ICAI Limits 60 Tax Audit Assignments Per CA Partner from FY 2026-27
• Excel Utilities for Updated Returns in ITR-1 and ITR-2 for AY 2021-22 and 2022-23 Now Available
• Govt Issues 5,892 AEO Certificates to Boost Exports and Imports as of June 2025
• GST on Apartment Maintenance: No Burden on Residents, Clarifies FM Sitharaman
• Ex-ED Officer Sentenced to 3 Years in Bribery Case by Special CBI Court in Bengaluru
• CBDT Offers Relief to Taxpayers: Returns Invalidated Due to Technical Errors to Be Reprocessed

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• Rape crisis centre to launch single-sex only meetings after trans row
• UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350-year history
• Dating safety app suspends messaging after hack exposes thousands of women's images
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