Abhishek Sharma was discharged from hospital on Wednesday, leaving the Indian camp relieved. The big-hittng opener was hospitalised on Monday night due to a stomach bug and missed Tuesday’s practice session at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. However, Tilak Varma, a crucial part of India’s top four, said the team management will take a call whether Abhishek would play against Namibia on game day, depending on how well the opener feels. “When we reached Delhi, he (Abhishek) went for some examinations at the hospital. Having said so, will India draft Abhishek straightaway into the XI just a day after his discharge from hospital?

Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, a prominent House Democrat, is alleging that Attorney General Pam Bondi “spied” on her online searches while she was reviewing documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. The accusation comes after Bondi was seen at a contentious congressional hearing on Wednesday holding what appeared to be a record of the lawmaker’s search history. Rep. Jamie Raskin released a statement regarding the Trump Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) alleged monitoring of Democrats’ search history for unredacted Epstein documents. During the hearing, one of the printouts Bondi referred to was labelled “Jayapal Pramila Search History". Jayapal is not the only Democrat in Congress to question the Justice Department's system for accessing the Epstein files.

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MCX gold price was trading lower by ₹676, or 0.43, at ₹1,58,079 per 10 grams. MCX silver rate was trading lower by ₹1,950, or 0.74%, at ₹2,61,068 per kg. Spot gold price fell 0.4% to $5,058.64 per ounce after rising more than 1% in the previous session. Gold Price Outlook According to Trivedi, MCX gold price for April futures is likely to stay range bound with negative undertone, with an intraday trading range of ₹1,57,000 to ₹1,60,000 zone. On the domestic front, he added that MCX gold price is expected to find support around ₹1,56,000, with resistance placed near ₹1,60,500.

A recent excise duty hike on cigarettes has rattled tobacco stocks, with investors bracing for margin pressure, potential volume erosion and a possible surge in illicit trade, even as underlying demand remains sticky. - Feedback@livemint.comAn additional excise duty on cigarettes and tobacco products, on top of the 40% GST, took effect on 1 February. (PT)An additional excise duty on cigarettes and other tobacco products, over and above the highest 40% goods and services tax (GST) rate, took effect on 1 February. As a result, cigarette prices have increased by ₹22-25 per pack of lO sticks. Shares of ITC Ltd, the country’s largest cigarette maker, have fallen 21% since the excise duty hike was announced on 31 December 2025, while Godfrey Phillips India Ltd is down 22% since the announcement.

Mint BangaloreHUL Q3 preview: results may reveal key consumption trendsHindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) will announce its third-quarter results on Thursday, but more than the numbers, investors will look for clues on how India’s consumption story is shaping up after major structural and regulatory changes in the recent past.

The VC's move is driven by India’s digital public infrastructure and financial inclusion gaps- Rwit Ghosh rwit.ghosh@livemint.comThe Nandan Nilekani-led venture capital firm sees India's fintech opportunity as wide open, with digital infrastructure in place and ample scope for new consumer and MSME-focused offerings. (AFP)Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani’s venture firm Fundamentum is preparing to sharpen its fintech bets in its upcoming third fund, banking on India’s digital public infrastructure and a widening financial inclusion gap to drive the next wave of growth, said a top company executive. “India’s digital public infrastructure is set up and ready, ecosystem is ready, and the market is still completely wide open from a financial inclusion point of view,” Mayank Kachhwaha, who leads fintech investments at the firm, said.

Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) will announce its third-quarter results on Thursday, but more than the numbers, investors will look for clues on how India’s consumption story is shaping up after major structural and regulatory changes in the recent past. - Neethi Lisa Rojani neethi.rojan@livemint.comAn extended winter in north India due to La Niña is expected to boost the performance of HUL's winter portfolio. In the September quarter, the company reported a net profit of ₹2,694-crore and revenue of ₹16,034-crore. The company, often considered a proxy for consumption in India, made some key changes in 2025. The demerger of its ice-cream business Kwality Wall’s India Ltd. became effective on 1 December.

Mohsin Naqvi, the PCB chairman, has spoken out for the first time since Pakistan decided to play the February 15 match in Colombo. ADVERTISEMENT‘We didn’t keep any condition (in our negotiations) other than Bangladesh,” Naqvi told reporters in Peshawar on Tuesday. “Our only aim was to get Bangladesh some respect, to right the injustice that had been done to them. However, after days of back-channel discussions and negotiations between the PCB, BCB and the ICC, the Pakistan government withdrew the boycott threat. The ICC released a statement saying the BCB would not be sanctioned for its refusal to play their T20 World Cup matches in India.

Lawmakers complaint of excessive redactionsBondi had a series of other heated confrontations with members of the House Judiciary Committee who expressed frustration with the amount of Epstein material the department has redacted and withheld. "I have spent my entire career fighting for victims, and I will continue to do so," Bondi said in her opening statement. He has accused Epstein of using his money to buy properties and goods and says he severed ties around 2007, after Epstein was first criminally charged. Bondi blast 'theatrics'The Epstein files have dogged Bondi throughout her tenure as Trump’s attorney general. The Justice Department’s decision last summer to initially not release further material sparked a furious reaction from some of Trump’s online supporters.

WealthApp Group, a city-based wealth management platform, is stepping up its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to sharpen portfolio construction and investment decision-making in an increasingly competitive advisory market. In 2025, WealthApp constituted an internal AI team to evaluate client portfolios and enhance decision-making, supported by highly encouraging results from its annual client satisfaction survey,” co-founder and group CEO Anindya Paulchaudhuri said. He said the AI framework is designed to address a long-standing challenge in wealth management — over-reliance on recent performance and market popularity in fund recommendations. The international business vertical of WealthApp has gained traction, generating over $1 million in new business through cross-border partnerships, foreign exchange solutions and global diversification strategies. As of December 2025, the WealthApp group manages wealth for over 1,500 client families, reflecting a 40 per cent year-on-year growth over the last 12 years.

1 8 Soumyajit DeyADVERTISEMENT“The craft (of making phuchka stands) is at least 250 years old. We have always used organic materials – bamboo, wicker and paper. “If there is water in the bamboo planks, the structure won’t be strong enough. Among our clients, our work is more renowned than that of Tripura, which is famous for bamboo craft.”8 8 Soumyajit DeyBoma, another artisan, sat nearby, scraping bamboo planks with ease. On Ramesh Dutta Street, bamboo is more than just a raw material.

Happy Hug Day 2026: Valentine’s week holds special significance in the world of romance. A week of love, romance, heartwarming gestures and messages, each day in the week is a different expression of one feeling: Love. Happy Hug Day 2026: Valentine’s week holds special significance in the world of romance. A week of love, romance, heartwarming gestures and messages, each day in the week is a different expression of one feeling: Love. On February 12, the sixth day of the love week, is celebrated as Hug Day.

The White House has quietly softened elements of its factsheet on the proposed US-India trade framework, dropping a reference to India opening up the domestic market for American pulses and recasting New Delhi’s touted $500 billion import pledge as a statement of intent rather than a firm commitment. India is the world’s largest consumer of pulses, accounting for more than a quarter of global demand, according to theUnited Nations. Farmer groups in the country — a major voting bloc — had raised concerns about a lack of clarity on the deal and concessions offered to the US. However, both versions of the factsheet mention “additional products” – a broad sweep that could involve multiple items. Trade economists have flagged the perils of India agreeing to such a deal, which will be hard to fulfil and could spell disaster for its current account deficit if India sticks to its end of the bargain.

The world of the Bengali bhadralok seems to be preoccupied with bouts of navel-gazing (or introspection if you so prefer) over its future. From the social media, I discovered another recent publication on the future of Bengalis by a distinguished former professor at Calcutta University. And finally, I was a speaker at a festival of global Bengalis where the intriguing question, ‘Does Bengali imply bhadralok?’, was posed and addressed with some humorous banter. The enlightened Bengali would love to believe that the earlier bar on including Muslims in the bhadralok fold has disappeared. The past five decades — coinciding with the truncation of West Bengal’s economy and shrinking opportunities — have seen a brain drain of the bhadralok.