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NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders finally opened their account in IPL 2026, picking up their first point after their clash against Punjab Kings was abandoned following just 22 deliveries at Eden Gardens on Monday. Led by Ajinkya Rahane, KKR shared a point apiece with Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab Kings after incessant rain and a wet outfield forced the match to be called off.With this result, Punjab Kings climbed to the top of the IPL 2026 points table. They now sit at No. 1 with five points from three matches, having registered two wins and one no result so far this season.For…

93 Syracuse University Programmes to End as Part of Curriculum Restructuring Syracuse University has announced plans to eliminate 93 academic programmes, including bachelor’s degrees, graduate offerings, and certificate courses, as part of a strategic overhaul aimed at aligning its curriculum with student demand.According to a report by Higher Ed Dive, the move is not driven by financial stress, but rather by an effort to make the university’s academic portfolio “more focused, more distinctive and more aligned with student demand,” Provost Lois Agnew said in a campus-wide communication.Low enrolment drives decisionUniversity officials revealed that only 258 students are currently enrolled across…

A trader named James Wynn turned $100 million into $900. Not over years of bad decisions, over a concentrated stretch of leveraged Bitcoin shorts on the derivatives platform Hyperliquid, culminating in his sixth liquidation in two weeks on April 6, 2026. That number – $900 – is what remains after one of the more extreme public displays of leverage risk crypto has ever produced on-chain. This isn’t just one trader’s bad luck. It’s a real-time demonstration of exactly what high-leverage trading does when the market moves against you – and why the warnings aren’t exaggerated. (Source – HypurrScan) What Actually…

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Grayscale Investments has officially submitted an S-1 registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a groundbreaking Near Protocol (NEAR) exchange-traded fund (ETF). According to the submitted S-1, Grayscale intends to convert the Near Trust into an ETF and rename the Trust as Grayscale Near Trust ETF. This filing now represents a strategic expansion beyond BTC and ETH products, challenging the established regulatory perimeter for altcoin-based investment vehicles. As a result, the application could pave the way for a new era of institutional access…

Created on April 05, 2026 The WTI crude oil price continued its strong uptrend last week and closed at $112 as the crisis in the Middle East accelerated. USOIL has now jumped by over 104% from its lowest level this year.Trump’s Ultimatum Deadline to Iran NearsThe WTI crude oil price continued rising and flipped that of Brent, the global benchmark for the first time in years. This rally continued after President Donald Trump delivered a speech justifying his attack and highlighting his plans. The main risk this week is that Trump’s ultimatum to Iran expires on Monday, opening a new…

Much has been writ­ten late­ly about the cri­sis in Hol­ly­wood, which has left many appar­ent­ly sure-fire block­busters floun­der­ing, the­aters emp­ty, and pro­duc­tion jobs lost. There are many fac­tors in play — some of them, as few diag­noses fail to point out, struc­tur­al — but can we ignore the pos­si­bil­i­ty of fatigue, per­haps even bore­dom, with film itself? We’ve post­ed in recent years here on Open Cul­ture about the decay of cin­e­ma, the rise of “visu­al muzak” on Net­flix, why movies don’t feel real any­more, and why movies don’t even feel like movies any­more. Even if they’ve lim­it­ed their expo­sure to big-bud­get spec­ta­cles,…

Rucker worked with Stapleton on his 2010 album ‘Charleston, SC 1966'Darius Rucker in April 2026; Chris Stapleton in May 2025 in Frisco, TexasCredit: Absolute Radio Country/X; Rich Polk/Penske Media via GettyNEED TO KNOWDarius Rucker opened up about nearly refusing to record a certain song after hearing Chris Stapleton’s demo”He had done it so well,” the Hootie & the Blowfish frontman said on Absolute Radio Country, referring to the track “Come Back Song”Rucker worked with Stapleton on his 2010 LP Charleston, SC 1966Darius Rucker opened up about how he nearly refused to cut a song after hearing the version Chris Stapleton…

Composer Daniel Pemberton says that the most challenging score of his career was the one he created for “Project Hail Mary,” re-teaming with “Spider-Verse” directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. In an interview, Pemberton talked about creating a consistent theme that included different moods to support the scenes on earth and in space, human and alien, comic, exciting, and tender. That included some unusual instruments and sounds, from a rare 1950s instrument made of glass to a squeaky faucet and a bunch of children clapping and stomping for percussion. The film takes place on Earth and in space, with distinct…

Every few years, political leaders promote sporting mega-events such as the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup as engines of economic growth, promising tourism booms, job creation, and infrastructure development. That same narrative is now playing out in the United States, as it prepares to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles — both presented as major economic opportunities. Yet decades of evidence tell a different story. Studies and past experience show that these events rarely deliver the promised windfalls, often resulting instead in cost overruns, heavy public spending, and infrastructure that…

Source: Economic Times