Ferrari's new team principal Mattia Binotto said earlier in the year that Vettel, as the team's "champion", would be given priority over Leclerc in certain racing situations, though he later clarified the drivers would be "free to fight".
Top officials of the Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia, which is planning to set up a manufacturing facility in India, met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday.
The sport's oldest and most successful team are hoping the car, with more red and less white in the livery following the departure of sponsor Santander, will take them to a first championship in a decade.
Alonso, who will make his McLaren debut after winning the Formula One championship for the past two years with Renault, had to make do with second place on the starting grid.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup, credited with expanding foreign ministry's social media outreach and handling sensitive issues deftly, was on Thursday appointed India's High Commissioner to Canada.
Nokia, the Finnish mobile handset major, is planning to locate its Network Operations Centre, for Asia operations, in Chennai, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Dayanidhi Maran, said on Monday.\n\n
European champions Liverpool made an emphatic start to the new Premier League season by scoring three times in the opening half an hour as they taught promoted Norwich City a harsh lesson with a 4-1 thrashing at Anfield on Friday.
Matthew Wilson, the only Briton competing full-time in this year's world rally championship, will never forget his first driving lesson.
India will attract $800 million in the manufacturing of telecom products and equipment during the current fiscal, Union IT and Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran said on Monday.
Finnish telecom giant Nokia has entered into a joint venture with China Putian Corp to develop and market third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunication technology.
Defending champion James Blake beat Swede Robin Soderling while Finnish fifth seed Nieminen got the better of Joachim Johansson in another semi-final.
Lewis Hamilton's Formula One rivals should beware the backlash because the four-times world champion's dip in form will not last long, his former Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg has warned.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen took pole position for the showcase Monaco Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday with world championship leading German team mate Sebastian Vettel alongside him on the front row.
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Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the French Grand Prix on Saturday with Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas alongside him on the front row.
Close on the heels of Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia announcing its manufacturing plans for India, a Taiwanese rival is in talks with the government to set up shop in the country.
Outlandish Finnish band Lordi won the Eurovision song contest.
Jaswinder Singh Sekhon, 27, now a Finnish national, used 200 stolen credit card numbers to defraud Wells Fargo Bank of $ 500,000.
The government has approved a Rs 675 crore (Rs 6.75 Special Economic Zone by Finnish telecom major Nokia near Chennai.
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Last Friday, the apex court had ordered Nokia to give a Rs 3,500-crore (Rs 35-billion) guarantee before it transferred its Sriperumbudur facility, one of its biggest plants globally.
He will replace Add Jacobs, who will retire after less than one year in the post at Shell.\n
Charles Leclerc put Ferrari on pole position for their home Italian Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday in a qualifying session that ended in farce and with drivers under investigation.
Narain Karthikeyan finished 17th in the first qualifying round at the San Marino Grand Prix
Finnish mobile handsets and electronic equipment maker Elcoteq on Monday opened its factory in Bangalore and said it will invest up to $100 million and hire 1,000 people by 2006 for the unit.
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The two companies have received most of the required regulatory approvals, including clearances from the European Commission and the US Department of Justice.
Five-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes front-row lockout with a blistering pole position at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Saturday.
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