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Gujarat Titan Director Vikram Solanki. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Even while waiting for just one win to seal its place in the play-offs, Gujarat Titans (GT) is not taking Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lightly ahead of their Saturday’s Indian Premier League (IPL) engagement at the Eden Gardens here.GT’s Director of Cricket, Vikram Solanki, said his team had a lot of respect for the host. “KKR have had their injury issues. The fact is that out of the last five matches they have won four, so they are obviously playing good cricket. We must respect that,” Solanki said at…

Kolkata: Gujarat Titans’ captain Shubman Gill inspects the pitch during a practice session ahead of an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans, in Kolkata, West Bengal, on May 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Facing contrasting scenarios, Gujarat Titans (GT) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will meet in a crucial fixture of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday (May 16, 2026).The second-positioned Shubman Gill-led GT will look to record another win and confirm its berth in the playoffs.The eighth-spot holder, Ajinkya Rahane-captained KKR, which…

Hyderabad, Telangana: Petrol price touched Rs. 110.90 at the Hindustan Petroleum fuel station in Hyderabad on Friday, May 15, 2026, after oil-marketing companies increased the price by Rs. 3 across all variants. “By the time we reached for our duty at 7 a.m., we have the new price. Earlier it was 107.51. So the price is up by Rs. 3.39 paise,” said the person manning the fuel dispenser. Photo: NAGARA GOPAL / The Hindu | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL The ₹3 per litre hike in the prices of petrol and diesel implemented on Friday is expected to yield an additional…

Ishan Kishan with Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary. (Photo:X/@samrat4bjp) Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday (May 15, 2026) handed over a cheque of ₹1 crore to cricketer Ishan Kishan for his contribution in winning the 2026 T-20 World Cup.Kishan, who has his roots in Nawada district of the State and had spent his early childhood in Patna, called on the Chief Minister at his office.The 27-year-old wicket-keeper batsman received a warm welcome from Mr. Choudhary, who placed a stole around Kishan’s neck and presented him with a memento before handing over the cheque.“Member of the Indian cricket team which won…

The West Asia crisis did have an impact on India’s exports to the region. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Despite significant headwinds to trade due to the West Asia crisis, the value of India’s merchandise exports grew nearly 14% in April 2026 to $43.6 billion, official data released on Friday (May 15, 2026) showed. This performance was due in part to the overall rise in prices as well as to the efforts by Indian exporters to diversify their markets, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said on Friday (May 15, 2026). The overall trade deficit, counting merchandise and services, fell 30% in April…

Earlier in the year, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal had expressed his confidence that the CETA, signed in July 2025, would be implemented in May 2026. Photo: DPR PMO/ANI Photo The implementation of the India-U.K. trade deal has hit a late-stage hiccup due to a new regulation on steel imports the U.K. has said it will implement from July 1, which was not part of the trade negotiations. The India-U.K. Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) was expected to come into force in May 2026, but now the two sides are trying to work out a “creative solution” to ensure the deal is…

Virat Kohli opened up on his future in international cricket and playing the 2027 ODI World Cup, saying that if he is made to prove his worth and value despite his dedication towards the game, the “space is not meant to be for him” and he stays ready always for a series, no matter what.Virat was speaking on the RCB Podcast, in a video posted on the franchise’s official X handle. Third in the Orange Cap list with 484 runs in 12 innings, including a century and three fifties, Virat is currently playing international cricket as an ODI exclusive player.…

For representative purposes | Photo Credit: Getty Images The recent announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging individuals to reduce their consumption of gold and petrol brought to the fore what many analysts have warned about: India’s situation on the external front is far from rosy. The rupee has witnessed significant depreciation over the last few weeks, while the rise in LPG prices has caused hardships for the working classes and triggered a reverse migration of workers back to villages.Let us focus on the question of capital flows. The outbreak of hostilities in the Persian Gulf and the closure of…

Venus Williams is a multiple-time Grand Slam champion, in singles and doubles. The American boasts five Wimbledon and two US Open singles titles, to go with a staggering 14 doubles crowns across all four Majors, all of them alongside younger Serena.The siblings have won three Olympic Games doubles gold medals, while Venus is a singles gold medallist too, having gone all the way at the Sydney Games in 2000. But she is no longer the force she once used to be, of course.In 2011, she was diagnosed with Sjogren’s Syndrome, a chronic systemic autoimmune disease which affects the entire body…

India’s April retail inflation, at a 13-month high of 3.48%, is only marginally higher than its March print of 3.4%, and continues to remain deceptively benign. Wholesale inflation has more than doubled to 8.3% in April from 3.88% in March — a 42-month high — signalling that substantial upstream price pressures are still working their way through the economy. Unsurprisingly, the spike in the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) has been led by soaring fuel and power prices, which rose 24.71%, while petroleum and natural gas prices surged 67.2%. This clearly indicates that the full impact of rising energy costs has…