Formula 1’s official tyre supplier Pirelli has suggested that recent bad weather in Japan is contributing to the excessive tyre wear being reported by some teams after Friday’s free practice at Suzuka. Sebastian Vettel confirmed that Ferrari has been struggling with blistering, contributing to their big deficit to Mercedes in today’s two 90 minute sessions. …
Daniel Ricciardo confirmed Red Bull’s anticipated form in Hungary on Friday morning, the Aussie clocking in with the fastest time and just edging out Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel by 0.049s. Ricciardo’s team mate Max Verstappen concluded the session third, leading Kimi Raikkonen and the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. Hungarian Grand Prix – …
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Valtteri Bottas says his own race hadn’t been sacrificed by the need to act as Lewis Hamilton’s loyal ‘wingman’ in the Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on Sunday. Bottas started from fourth place on the grid but lost a position at the start to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, which proved the start …
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Reports out of Germany are alleging that billionaire Lawrence Stroll – the father of Williams driver Lance Stroll – has acquired a majority stake in the Sahara Force India team. On the back of co-owner Vijay Mallya’s own financial woes, the Silverstone-based outfit’s future has appeared uncertain, with F1 rife with rumors of the outfit’s …
Brazil’s Amazon rainforest witnessed worst deforestation in more than a decade, the country’s government report stated. The findings of the report clearly undermine the officials’ claims that activists and environmentalists had exaggerated concerns. Deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest increased by 29.5 per cent in 12 months, the highest rate since 2008. The rainforest lost 9,762 …
Just as they did in the wake of 9/11, corporate media outlets—led by cable news networks—are spreading hysteria, fueling anti-immigrant sentiment, and beating the drum for war by providing “context-free coverage of terror,” as one analyst put it this week. The 24/7 coverage of Friday’s attacks in Paris and their aftermath, marked by speculation and …
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Bihar-based Anand Kumar, founder of the famed Super 30 facility, shared some thoughts on JNU fee hike row saying that the matter must be resolved amicably. The Super 30 facility prepares underprivileged yet talented children to crack IIT entrance exams. Jawaharlal Nehru University students have been protesting for nearly three weeks against the draft hostel …
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Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), on the southern tip of the Kowloon peninsula, has seen some some of the most violent and dramatic scenes in almost six months of anti-government demonstrations. Multiple arrests were made around the campus Monday, as protesters attempted to leave, only to be met with tear gas and rubber bullets. ### …
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Industrialist Anand Mahindra who heads the prestigious Mahindra & Mahindra conglomerate, besides being a role-model for aspiring entrepreneurs, is also immensely adored by netizens on Twitter. We all know the Internet isn’t a very kind place, but Anand Mahindra gets a lot of love, which shines brighter with every tweet. Reuters A simple scroll through the business tycoon’s …
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The documents, which were published by the New York Times on Saturday, represent one of the largest ever data leaks from inside the Chinese government. Their disclosure provides a rare window into the secretive policy decisions around the continued mass incarceration of religious and ethnic minorities. ### According to the US State Department up to …
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