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The high-stakes intensity of the IPL 2026 playoffs took center stage at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh on Wednesday. In a roaring clash during the crucial Eliminator match, the Rajasthan Royals (RR) locked horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). While playoff encounters are traditionally defined by veteran nerves, it was a 15-year-old prodigy who stole the spotlight, leaving fans and cricket pundits entirely awestruck.Ravichandran Ashwin urges Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s family to protect rising RR starVaibhav Suryavanshi’s breathtaking IPL 2026 Eliminator knock against Sunrisers Hyderabad has now earned praise from Ravichandran Ashwin, with the former India spinner left…

The St. Louis Blues are a team to keep an eye on heading into the draft Andy Strickland: Darren Dreger on the Hockey Sense podcast on the St. Louis Blues being a team to watch heading into the 2026 NHL draft. They’d like to move up and could package No. 11 and No. 15, and would have to add a player if they want to go as high as No. 2. ** NHLRumors.com transcription Strickland: “Are you hearing anything on (Jordan) Kyrou, for example? Anything like Blues related, from a, are you there yet? Like, where, are you focusing on…

“As Americans struggle with the rising cost of gas, groceries, housing, and health care, President Trump’s priorities for taxpayer dollars are completely detached from the challenges families face every day,” Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, said in a statement.

Digital asset markets are slogging through a choppy 2026, with prices under pressure even as the underlying plumbing of the system quietly advances — from tokenization on Wall Street to quantum‑resistant upgrades on Bitcoin.  A new mid‑year update from Fidelity Digital Assets frames the year as one of “structural retooling,” where regulatory progress, infrastructure build‑out, and institutional experimentation are doing more work than headline prices suggest. Bitcoin is down about 13% year‑to‑date amid liquidation‑driven deleveraging, stubborn inflation and geopolitical shocks that have pushed rate expectations back toward tightening, Fidelity notes.  Yet the asset has outperformed many traditional benchmarks during recent…

An Austrian court on Thursday convicted a man of planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.The state court in Wiener Neustadt, south of the capital, found the 21-year-old defendant, an Austrian citizen known only as Beran A. in line with Austrian privacy rules, guilty on multiple charges including those related to the concert.The concert plot was thwarted, but Austrian authorities still canceled Swift’s three performances in August 2024.Beran A. admits to chargesHis defense attorney said Beran A. he admitted to the charges related to the concert…

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s skipper Rajat Patidar. (ANI Photo) BENGALURU: From being one of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s most dependable finishers to becoming a key figure in the backroom setup of the IPL defending champions, Dinesh Karthik has witnessed the franchise’s evolution from close quarters.In a freewheeling interview with TOI, the 40-year-old RCB mentor and batting coach spoke about the champions’ mindset within the squad, the emergence of captain Rajat Patidar as a calm leader, and coaching international stars. Excerpts:The mindset of a team defending the titleAt the outset, each player was given a structure outlining what they should be doing. In…

Kurmanchal Bank Clerk exam scheduled for June 7; admit cards released for 60 Uttarakhand vacancies Kurmanchal Nagar Sahkari Bank Limited has announced the exam date for the Assistant Grade-II Clerk/Cashier recruitment examination. The online written examination will be conducted on June 7, 2026, for 60 vacancies across branches in Uttarakhand. The examination process will be managed by IBPS at designated centres in the state.Candidates who registered for the recruitment process can download their admit cards from the official website, kurmanchalbank.bank.in. The hall tickets were released on May 25, 2026. Applicants must carry a printed copy of the admit card along…

The SEC has pulled back on releasing an ‘innovation exemption’ framework that would have given regulated crypto platforms a legal pathway to list tokenized versions of stocks like Apple and Tesla, a draft that was reportedly days away from publication before regulators reversed course to review industry feedback. The pause doesn’t mean tokenized stocks are dead. It means the legal on-ramp that US-regulated platforms were waiting for has stalled, while offshore products keep operating in the gray zone they already occupy. Michael Burry just warned the SEC The SEC wants to allow tokenized stocks to trade on crypto exchanges and…

NZD/USD is sitting at a major decision zone after the RBNZ’s hawkish surprise gave Kiwi bulls a fresh push. But with key U.S. GDP and PCE data up next, the pair still has to prove it can break through the 0.5900 area instead of getting slapped back by dollar strength.

Since it was first built as a Myce­naean fortress in the thir­teenth cen­tu­ry BC, what we now know as the Acrop­o­lis has been used to wor­ship not just Greek gods, but also, in lat­er peri­ods, the Vir­gin Mary and Allah. Now, of course, with its days of mil­i­tary and reli­gious func­tions long behind it, it stands as a set of ruins. Still, they’re very pop­u­lar ruins, as evi­denced by the crowds cap­tured in the video above from Manuel Bra­vo. Though most tourists at the Acrop­o­lis come with the idea that its build­ings would have looked more glo­ri­ous in the dis­tant…