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Honda powers Alex Palou to the 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship
31 Aug 2026
Alex Palou earned his fifth NTT INDYCAR SERIES title today at the Milwaukee Mile—all five of which have come with Honda power.
Hunter Lawrence Wins First 450 AMA Pro Motocross Championship
31 Aug 2026
Honda HRC Progressive rider Hunter Lawrence secured his first AMA Pro Motocross 450 National Championship on Saturday at Ironman Raceway, capping a hard-fought, season-long battle with his brother and teammate, Jett Lawrence.
Milwaukee Mile Double Header Honda Message Points
27 Aug 2026
Twice as nice: The NTT INDYCAR SERIES event at the Milwaukee Mile returns to a double-header format for 2026, with the Snap-On Makers and Fixers 250 on Saturday and the Snap-On 250 on Sunday.
Honda Battles Back to Podium Finish in Virginia is for Racing Lovers Grand Prix
27 Aug 2026
Honda teams fought through a challenging qualifying session and a caution-filled race at VIRginia International Raceway to score a podium finish in the Virginia is for Racing Lovers Grand Prix
Honda HRC Progressive Sweeps Budds Creek MX, Clinches Manufacturers and 450 Riders Championships
25 Aug 2026
Honda HRC Progressive had plenty to celebrate following this weekend’s penultimate round of AMA Pro Motocross at Budds Creek MX Park in Mechanicsville, Maryland.
Alex Palou, Kyle Kirkwood lock out front row for Honda in Washington DC
24 Aug 2026
Alex Palou led a Honda front-row lockout on the streets of Washington DC in the one-of-a-kind race, the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington DC, around the National Mall.
Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington Honda Message Points
24 Aug 2026
Inaugurating a new grand prix: The Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington is the third maiden event in the 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season.
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You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
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You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
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Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
