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Friday, January 30, 2026
TopicMotor racing

Topic: motor racing

Bengaluru’s pride is Monaco’s speed king. Kush Maini, the first Indian driver to win F2 race

The 24-year-old’s win is not just about speed—it’s about joining an elite group of drivers who have conquered Monaco’s unforgiving street circuit.

Race car drivers blink around same points on a track, bat eyelids less when they speed, finds iScience study

While the blinking frequency of drivers differed, they generally blinked at around the same points on each circuit, with their rate of blinking decreasing as they drove faster.

Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin look a strong package ahead of F1 in Bahrain

The Spaniard moved to the Silverstone-based team from Renault-owned Alpine at the end of last season after signing a multi-year deal as a replacement for retiring Sebastian Vettel.

Buddh International Circuit is India’s white elephant. The future of motor racing looks bleak

The racing circuit at Greater Noida is a lesson in hubris and also why there should be more planning before building infrastructure.

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India’s ‘mother of all deals’ with Europe comes with a troublesome cousin—Turkey

Established in 1968, the EU Customs Union is a foundational pillar of European economic integration. With Turkey in the mix, India’s biggest deal with the EU suddenly looks more complicated.

More states giving out cash transfers. They aren’t substitutes for investments: Economic Survey

Number of states implementing unconditional cash transfers increased fivefold between FY23 and FY26, half of them estimated to be in revenue deficit, report says.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.