The split second decisions that reigning world champions Mercedes take during a race are a result of real time data provided by Tata Communications, Formula One's connectivity partner since 2012 and now the only Indian presence in the paddock.
The impact of the explosion "was so massive" that the factory, which was being run from a residential building, collapsed, the police said.
Diageo may not be able to recover $135 mn loan from Mallya firm
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
4,809 members of the electoral college comprising MPs and MLAs set to elect the successor to incumbent Ram Nath Kovind.
It is a sea of men clad in veshtis with distinctive party colour border design seeking votes with a smile and folded hands for their party candidates. The town is abuzz, with electioneering at its peak, and teeming trendy cars criss-cross the busy roads and bylanes bringing in more and more leaders from elsewhere for campaign.
Nico Rosberg cruised to victory in the first Formula One race held in Azerbaijan on Sunday and increased his championship lead over Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton to 24 points. While the German enjoyed an uneventful drive in the late afternoon sunshine, triple world champion Hamilton worked up a head of steam as he wrestled with his car's settings without the team being able to help.
Australian Daniel Ricciardo celebrated his first Formula One victory on Sunday in a Canadian Grand Prix that put Red Bull back on top of the podium and dealt Mercedes a first defeat of the season.
The France-Austria-Britain sequence of races poses a fresh logistical challenge for teams hitherto committed only to back-to-back weekends, with the 21-round season hurrying to the halfway point.
The win also set a record, one that Hamilton had previously shared with seven times champion Michael Schumacher, of 41 wins from pole position.
...the BJP's template of operation was different or if the Centre and the state were ruled by dissimilar parties? asks Shyam G Menon.
In UP and Bengal, it is willing to sacrifice its interests to stop the BJP and would work towards ensuring the BJP did not win incremental seats in Odisha and Telangana.
Team principal Otmar Szafnauer and technical Andrew Green said in a video interview at last weekend's British Grand Prix that it was time to 'give credit where credit was due'.
Indian drinks and aviation tycoon Vijay Mallya plans to gather his Formula One, cricket and soccer interests into one company and float it on the Mumbai stock exchange early next year. As well as his Formula One team, Mallya owns the Royal Challengers Bangalore cricket team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and has 50 percent stakes in Kolkata-based Mohun Bagan and East Bengal soccer clubs.
Firm makes disclosures of improper transactions worth Rs 1,225.3 crore with entities linked to beleaguered businessman
Struggling smaller F1 teams like Sauber and Force India have long argued that the distribution is skewed in favour of leading manufacturers, who receive special payments regardless of how they perform on the track.
Formula One has abandoned controversial plans to reintroduce refuelling from 2017 after teams decided it would not be a good move, Force India deputy principal Bob Fernley said on Friday.
Formula One's first foray into night-time racing got under way on Friday with Italian Giancarlo Fisichella steering his Force India car onto the streets of Singapore to start free practice.
A new draft proposal circulated among Nuclear Suppliers Group member states early this month could pave the way for India to become a member of the elite club, but this is unlikely to happen before the end of the Barack Obama presidency next month.
Lewis Hamilton will have to pay $335,700 for his licence to race in Formula One in 2008.
McLaren's Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton seized pole position for the Italian Grand Prix from Force India's Adrian Sutil on Saturday. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen will line up in third place for Sunday's race.
At the age of 23, the Briton became the youngest F1 driver to win at Monaco and secured membership of an elite that all Grand Prix racers aspire to join.
Britain's Lewis Hamilton eased his Mercedes to a dominant victory in the German Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday and secured his fourth victory in a row.
Lewis Hamilton avoided mayhem around him to open the F1 season with a pole-to-flag victory in a crash-strewn Australian Grand Prix.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the Indian Grand Prix on Sunday and stretched his Formula One championship lead over Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who was second, to 13 points with three races remaining.
There is nothing of the level of Yes Minister, House Of Cards, Madam Secretary or Veep but there are at least 10 Hindi series and an OTT-released film or two, to whet the viewer's appetite for power-mongering, corruption and intrigue.
Vijay Mallya's nameplate gleamed on the door of his office in the Force India hospitality at the Indian Grand Prix on Thursday while a team sponsor board outside carried the words 'Fly Kingfisher'.
McLaren's test driver Pedro de la Rosa was second in 1:19.287 with BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica third on the timesheets at the Formula One testing in Jerez.
A selection of Formula One cars and memorabilia will be auctioned off at the airport over a six-week period from February 19.
Lewis Hamilton pulverised the track record to claim pole position on Saturday ahead of a US Grand Prix that could secure the Mercedes driver's fourth Formula One world championship.
Rajiv Chandrashekhar, Rajya Sabha MP, explains that the argument that other government servants are eligible for OROP is incorrect and the comparison is laughable.
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Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Sauber's Mexican rookie Esteban Gutierrez were handed three-place grid penalties at the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday for impeding rivals in qualifying.
As the Texas capital prepares to host the first Grand Prix in the United States in five years, some in laid-back Austin say this weekend's glamorous race clashes with the city's soul.
It had given the BJP a tough fight in 2017 winning 77 of the 182 seats at stake.
Embattled Indian business tycoon Vijay Mallya on Friday made a rare public appearance in the United Kingdom as he attended the free practice sessions ahead of Sunday's British Grand Prix, in Silverstone.
Lewis Hamilton took a huge stride towards a fourth Formula One title on Sunday with victory in an incident-packed Singapore Grand Prix after Ferrari title rival Sebastian Vettel crashed out at the start.
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The jinx seems to be over for Force India as Paul di Resta grabbed a fifth spot in a scintillating qualifying session at the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps, Belgium on Saturday.
Team by team analysis of Sunday's US Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas.
