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Jasprit Bumrah | Photo Credit: Rituraj Konwar India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah maintained his pole position among Test bowlers in the latest ICC rankings published on Wednesday (May 13, 2025).Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill were placed 8th and 9th among the batters, respectively with former England Test skipper Joe Root leading the charts with 880 points.Jaiswal has 750 points and Gill, who has climbed a spot, has accumulated 730 points. Harry Brook is second in the list followed by Travis Head and Steve Smith respectively.It must be noted that India is yet to play any of their WTC matches in…

Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee touched its lowest-ever intraday level of 95.80 against the U.S. dollar, weakening for the fourth consecutive session on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) due to elevated crude oil prices and fear of a prolonged global trade disruption amid the West Asia crisis.According to forex analysts, in the backdrop of surging crude oil prices, the government’s move to raise import duties on gold and silver may not be enough to ease the overall demand for the safe-haven greenback.Effective May 13, the government raised import tariffs on gold and silver to…

Asian Paints, Adani Ports, Tata Steel and Kotak Mahindra Bank were among the winners. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Benchmark equity indices slipped in the negative territory after rising marginally during early trade on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) amid elevated crude oil prices and persistent geopolitical uncertainty.Foreign fund exodus also hit investor sentiment.The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 75.64 points to 74,614.51 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 17.10 points to 23,391.10.However, both the benchmark indices failed to carry forward the momentum. The BSE benchmark traded 182.60 points lower at 74,362.19, and the Nifty quoted 41.05 points…

Jason Hickel, Salmaan Keshavjee, Maxine Burkett and Eugene T. Richardson, “Structural adjustment: damages, reparations and pathways to non-recurrence”, BMJ Global Health, March 2026.The 1970s were a good decade for the global South. Between 1960 and 1980, real per capita income grew across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Countries that had recently thrown off colonial rule were investing in public healthcare and education, protecting their industries, and organising production around national development.Then, beginning in the 1980s, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank began structural adjustment programmes across Asia, Africa and Latin America. Decades later, many countries in the…

Gold demand, particularly for investment purposes, has ⁠risen in India amid a recent rally in prices and negative returns from equities over the past year. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Government has ​raised import tariffs on gold and silver to 15% from 6%, government ‌orders said on Wednesday (May 13, 2026), as part of efforts to curb ​overseas purchases of the metals and ease pressure on ⁠the country’s foreign exchange reserves.The higher duties could dampen demand in the world’s second-largest consumer of precious metals, although they may help narrow India’s trade ‌deficit and support the rupee, one of Asia’s worst-performing…

At Bori Safari Lodge — a 12-room wilderness lodge on the edge of the Bori Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, operated by the boutique conservation-led hospitality brand Jehan Numa Wilderness — evenings settle in slowly. The property sits within the Satpura landscape, one of India’s oldest forest regions and part of the larger Satpura Tiger Reserve, where the mood feels markedly different from the more frenetic tiger circuits elsewhere in the country. The lodge leans into an earthier idea of safari luxury: mud-toned architecture, lantern-lit pathways, forest silhouettes at dusk and long cocktail hours that seem to stretch with the…

HyderabadFew cricketers understand the art of fast bowling and the tactical side of the game like Irfan Pathan. Once the poster boy of India’s pace revolution, he has now transitioned into one of the sport’s more respected analysts.Part of the broadcasting cohort in the ongoing Indian Premier League, the 41-year-old doesn’t shy away from tough questions: whether it’s assessing Rishabh Pant’s under-fire captaincy, identifying the next generation of fast-bowling superstars, or explaining what makes Bhuvneshwar Kumar a perennial threat. A conversation with him is an education.In an online interaction, Irfan delved into the biomechanics of swing bowling, the struggles of…

Mike Brearley once told me about his father who had played first class cricket for both Yorkshire and Middlesex. Late in life, damaged by Alzheimer’s, he had no understanding of the state of the game or the players he watched on television. “But,” said Brearley, “he could still be moved by a well-played stroke.” I often think of this.To be moved by a well-played stroke is a blessing, even when it may be among the last life has to offer. In the shorter formats, where the focus is on a kind of frantic, reckless batsmanship, there is still room for…

Priyansh and Prabhsimran… making the first six overs count. | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV When Punjab Kings overhauled Delhi Capitals’ 264 at the Arun Jaitley stadium last month, completing the highest successful chase in the history of T20s, the margin of surprise was minimal. A target of 265 should have been unconquerable. It proved anything but that.Prabhsimran Singh’s assault at the top and Shreyas Iyer’s composed authority in the middle had reduced a landmark total to a footnote.The chase was completed with seven balls to spare. IPL 2026 had already conditioned its audience to expect the extraordinary. This season has…

Gujarat Titans’ Jason Holder celebrates with Kagiso Rabada taking the wicket of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Heinrich Klaasen at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on May 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Gujarat Titans’ irrepressible new-ball attack outclassed Sunrisers Hyderabad’s marauding top order in a much-anticipated IPL 2026 clash as the home team stormed to a convincing 82-run win at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday (May 12, 2026).Titans pacers Kagiso Rabada (three for 28) and Mohammed Siraj (one for 11) ripped through SRH’s batting spine, reducing the away side to 32 for four in the PowerPlay in…