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Prince Yadav celebrates one of his three wickets against RCB. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler Prince Yadav said that his team was “just thinking match by match” after it stayed alive in IPL 2026 with a thrilling victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Ekana Stadium on Thursday (May 7).Prince said that while he was happy to dismiss Virat Kohli for nought, the team’s victory was sweeter. “If I had taken the wicket but we had lost, I wouldn’t be as happy, so the best thing is that the team won,” the 24-year-old said.Prince…

Staying fresh: Cummins says he switches off from cricket as much as he can. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Three defeats in its first four IPL 2026 games had already set alarm bells ringing around Sunrisers Hyderabad’s campaign.The explosive batting line-up looked capable of brilliance one day and collapse the next, while concerns over an inexperienced bowling attack only grew louder with every setback.Less than a month later, the narrative has flipped completely.The Cummins effect 🙌🧡 pic.twitter.com/JIvrUDQPN5— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) May 7, 2026Sunrisers now sit atop the table, playing with the swagger and assurance of genuine title contenders, courtesy of…

Rajasthan Royalss head coach Kumar Sangakkara. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR With two defeats in as many matches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara said the solution lay in sharper bowling execution and improved fielding ahead of Saturday’s (May 9, 2026) IPL clash against Gujarat Titans.“I think it’s just about trying to execute as well as possible and backing it up with some good fielding. We can be a little bit smarter, a little bit better in the field,” he said.Referring to the dropped catches in the loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad, he said that the recently installed LED lights at the…

Turn off that alarm. You do not need it. At Isai Karai, you are woken by chatty birds, a bright stream of sunlight, and the excitement about what is going to be served for breakfast.The new property by CGH Earth Saha, about 10 kilometres from central Mamallapuram, is tucked away in the midst of greenery, and is just about 150 metres from the beach. The sounds of the sea, and the breeze that rustles leaves, makes your body let loose, shoulders relax, jaws unclench, and calms the mind. “As travel preferences evolved, we noticed a growing inclination towards smaller, more…

State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) have bled an estimated ₹30,000 crore in losses since mid-March as they kept fuel and LPG supplies flowing without raising retail prices despite facing an energy disruption that is bigger than all previous crises combined.Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) have maintained uninterrupted supplies of petrol, diesel, LPG, aviation turbine fuel and other petroleum products since the start of the West Asia conflict, without raising retail prices despite a more than 50% surge in input costs.Their supply networks were stretched to the limit, as panic…

Repeated setbacks faced by U.S. President Donald Trump in American courts have further heightened uncertainty over the U.S. tariff regime, and India should wait for the United States to evolve a more stable and legally predictable trade framework before moving ahead with the proposed bilateral trade agreement, experts said.They said that this ruling is a crucial reminder that Mr. Trump’s global tariffs violated WTO (World Trade Organisation) rules, and their striking down by U.S. courts is a positive signal for multilateral trade norms.In another setback to the White House, a U.S. federal court has struck down the 10% global tariffs…

Ladakh, one of India’s most fragile landscapes, has a new set of invaders—a camouflaging moth that threatens the local farm-based economy.A quartet of scientists has recorded the Phalera cf. bucephala, a moth native to parts of Africa, East Asia, and Europe, in the Suru Valley of Ladakh’s Kargil district. The ‘cf.’ is often used in a zoological name when experts suspect a new record or a similar, but not identical, species.The scientist’s findings have stirred curiosity and concern because the larvae of this insect, commonly called the buff-tip moth, are voracious feeders and can strip an entire tree bare in…

Stocks sank and oil prices jumped on Friday (May 8, 2026) as U.S.-Iran clashes in the Strait of Hormuz jolted hopes for a deal to end the war and reopen the crucial waterway.Markets across the world have enjoyed a strong run this week on growing optimism that the 10-week conflict — which has sent oil prices soaring — will be concluded soon.Iran-Israel war LIVE updatesHowever, the risk-on mood was tempered on Thursday (May 7, 2026) following news that US forces had carried out strikes on Iranian military targets in response to an attack on three American destroyers in the Strait,…

I’ll be honest. I’m not an expert on the environment. I can’t plant a tree to save my life (or the planet). I can’t tell you why you shouldn’t endanger a species that is clearly labelled ‘endangered species’. I mean, if a basket is labelled “dust bin’, wouldn’t you use it as a dust bin?I am also no defence expert. I can’t tell you how India can defend its enlarged military installations on Nicobar against China’s DF-17 hypersonic missiles. But here’s the thing: I don’t need any expertise to defend the project. The intellectual prowess of a sea sponge is…

New Zealand’s Kane Williamson in action during a Test match against England in Hamilton, New Zealand. File | Photo Credit: AP Kane Williamson will continue his pursuit of 10,000 Test runs after being named Thursday in New Zealand’s squad to play Ireland and England in May and June.The squad features a shock omission from the England leg of the tour, Will Young left out in favour of Henry Nicholls.The 19-man squad will play a one-off Test against Ireland starting May 27 in Belfast before a three-Test series against England starting June 4.Williamson has 9,461 runs at an average of 54.7…