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PM right to urge politicians not to jump vaccine queue. States must ensure deserving get priority

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Broken bones, fractured jaws, bruised egos — The lesser-known tale of India’s pace bowling

In 'Speed Merchants', Gulu Ezekiel and Vijay Lokapally write about fast bowlers who would be known on the world stage if India's Test debut had come in 1920s rather than 1932.

The 14 August connection between Sachin Tendulkar and Don Bradman

Sachin Tendulkar scored his first Test century against England on 14 August 1990. On the same day in 1948, Don Bradman played his last Test against the same opposition.

Ravi Shastri calls Indian batting a ‘Ferrari’ after series whitewash of South Africa

India beat South Africa in the final Test of the three-match series by an innings and 202 runs Monday.

Not MS Dhoni, but Virat Kohli is India’s most successful Test captain now

With India's latest game against West Indies, it is the 28th win for the team under Virat Kohli's leadership, taking him ahead of M.S. Dhoni's record of 27, and Sourav Ganguly's 21.

ICC World Test Championship begins with the Ashes. Here’s all you need to know about it

The championship will see 9 Test-playing nations play bilateral series that will have points before the top two play the final in England in 2021.

On Rahul Dravid’s 46th birthday, 4 memorable innings from ‘The Wall’

In his 164-match Test career, Dravid performed the anchor’s role for the Indian middle order, scoring 13,288 runs at an average of 52.31.

Remembering Vijay Hazare, one of India’s first great batsmen & first successful captain

Vijay Hazare was famous for making twin centuries against Don Bradman’s ‘Invincibles’ in Adelaide, and also for getting The Don clean-bowled twice.

Cheteshwar Pujara: The portrait of a Test cricketer as a team man

Cheteshwar Pujara has all the time in the world, all the heart that is needed, all the humility that is required, and all the will to just bat, bat and bat.

Remembering Ranjitsinhji, the first Indian who played Test cricket for England

Ranji also served as a colonel in the British Army in World War I, and later was the Maharaja of Nawanagar princely state in what is now Gujarat.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.