Kolkata, May 20 (ANI): Mumbai Indians’ Rohit Sharma during a warm-up session before the Indian Premier League 2026 match against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: The lead-up to Tuesday’s selection meeting was hectic. As the selectors prepared the roadmap for next year’s ODI World Cup in…
Fakhar Zaman and Saim Ayub ruled out of Australia ODIs (Image: ESPNcricinfo) Pakistan openers Fakhar Zaman and Saim Ayub have been ruled out of the upcoming three-match ODI series against Australia due to injuries, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed on Wednesday. The series is scheduled to begin on May 30 in Rawalpindi, with the…
Oil prices edged higher on Thursday as continuous supply disruptions due to the Iran conflict raised concerns over tightening fuel reserves across the globe. Benchmark oil prices traded marginally higher, with WTI Crude rising 0.58% to $98.83 a barrel and Brent Crude gaining 0.44% to $105.5 a barrel.The recovery comes after a sharp decline on…
Sanju Samson and Heinrich Klaasen NEW DELHI: A day after tempers flared during the high-voltage IPL 2026 clash between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad, Sanju Samson and Heinrich Klaasen moved quickly to put the controversy to rest with warm social media messages for each other.The two players were involved in a heated on-field exchange…
Aston Villa players celebrate with the Europa League trophy. (Pic credit: Uefa Europa League) Aston Villa finally ended three decades of waiting for silverware as a stunning display inspired by Youri Tielemans and Emiliano Buendía secured a dominant 3-0 victory over SC Freiburg in the Europa League final in Istanbul on Wednesday.It was Villa’s first…
BENGALURU/DELHI/MUMBAI: The shelves began emptying even before Parle Products could quite understand what was happening. By Wednesday evening, searches on Melody, the caramel toffee by the Mumbai-based manufacturer of biscuits and confectionery, had jumped over 190 times on Google, while search strings like ‘Melody Modi’, ‘Meloni Melody’ all had ‘breakout’ tags on the search platform….
MUMBAI: For long, stock market and mutual fund industry analysts have been saying that Indian investors are maturing fast, moving away from trading in direct stocks and investing for the long term through the fund route. Now, a Sebi research paper, using granular data, has bolstered that notion. Using holdings data of households in depositories,…
It’s advantage RR in IPL 2026 Playoffs race. (Pic credit: IPL) With five games remaining in the IPL 2026 league stage, LSG and MI are already out of contention for the playoffs while RCB, GT and SRH have qualified. RR are best placed among the others followed by PBKS and KKR. DC and CSK are…
MUMBAI: The war-led volatility in energy markets coupled with the risk of food inflation amid projections of below-normal monsoon rains this year could weigh on FMCG volume growth, Worldpanel by Numerator (formerly Kantar) said in its update on Wednesday. It estimated volume growth to drop to 3-4% if the situation doesn’t improve, as an unstable…
NEW DELHI: Grasim Industries reported a nearly 28% increase in its consolidated net profit to Rs 3,802 crore for Q4FY26 driven by its building materials, financial services and cellulosic fibres businesses on Wednesday. It posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 2,973 crore for the Jan-March quarter a year ago. On a standalone basis, Grasim…
