The Mercedes driver was fastest in every phase of qualifying to take pole with a time of one minute 42.553 seconds, a track record.
In the Global Corruption Index, a survey of 133 nations conducted by Transparency International (an anti-graft watchdog), India stood 83rd, recording a score of 2.8 out of 10.
Ester Ledecka became the first person in Winter Olympics history to capture gold medals in unrelated events after the Czech won the snowboard parallel giant slalom on Saturday to go with her stunning Alpine skiing super-G gold.
The change means that Panghal, an Asian Games gold-medallist in 49kg, will now have to move to 52kg, while Thapa and Kaushik will have to forego the 60kg division and move up to the newly-created 63kg. Thapa is a three-time Asian Championships medallist and a world bronze-medallist, while Kaushik won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games last year.
The 18-year-old completed 65 laps with a best time exactly three seconds slower than Ralf Schumacher.
The 2019 Formula One world championship starts on March 17 with 21 races in a season that ends later than any since 1963.
Slovenia's Tina Maze overturned a deficit of 0.33 seconds from the first leg to defeat last season's champion Paerson by 0.12 seconds.
The Indo-Belarussian pair take on Jiri Novak and Petr Pala of Czechlovakia, at the ATP Estoril Open.
India is ranked 90th on a list of 146 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index, according to Transparency International ratings. India was ranked 83rd last year.
The Romanian will take on David Nalbandian in the final of the Munich Open.
The three-time winner of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship is not listed for the first round of the 2005 series.
A round-up of Saturday's Euro 2020 qualification matches.
Ferrari's technical director said the Finn is an exceptional driver who doesn't appear to make many errors.
The number of American diplomats in the US Embassy in Moscow and its four consulates across the country should be reduced to 455 by September 1, which is the same as the number of Russian diplomats currently serving in the US.
Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said she will pursue the matter with the finance ministry
Medal table from the World Athletics Championships 2013.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal shrugged off responsibility saying that he and his ministers had no powers and one should ask the PM.
The Indian government had in January 2010 launched VoA scheme to attract more foreign tourists to India.
With wages rapidly rising in China, all is still not lost. Wage costs in India are significantly lower and this fact could still help us turn the tide in our favour.
People who work long hours may have an increased risk of developing irregular heart rhythm,scientists have warned.
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that it was reviewing Sunday's race result after a timing discrepancy came to light.
All that you wanted to know about the European Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton took pole position at the Italian Grand Prix for the third year in a row on Saturday with Mercedes team mate and title rival Nico Rosberg joining the Briton on the front row of the grid.
The Athletics Federation of India named 40 probables for next year's World Championship.
He spoke to Rediff.com's Laxmi Negi on why ISL could prove to be a much-needed shot in the arm for Indian football and how it attracted him back to India.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Formula One's post-season shake-up took another spin on Tuesday with Williams announcing the departure of technical head Pat Symonds while Valtteri Bottas moved closer to Mercedes and Felipe Massa's retirement looked to be coming to an end.
India has been ranked at 142 among 189 countries in the latest World Bank's "Ease of Doing Business" report, a drop by two places from the last year's ranking.
A hat-trick by in-form Scotland midfielder James Forrest earned them a 3-2 home win over Israel in the Nations League and promotion to the competition's second tier on Tuesday.
'The Indian economy has been subsidised by the poor.'
Briton Mo Farah became only the second man to retain both Olympic track long distance titles on Saturday when he produced an utterly dominant performance to add the 5,000m gold to the 10,000 he collected a week ago.
Ferrari are closer to Mercedes than results have suggested in this season's two races and look like posing a real challenge, according to Formula One world championship leader Nico Rosberg.
The eight-time World champion was a class above the filed in the first leg of the UIM Powerboat World Championship Grand Prix.
