DSBK’s one-of-its-kind superbike racing event ‘The Adrenaline Cup’ on October 9 in Dubai
Dubai: DSBK is all set to organize its first, one-of-its-kind superbike racing event ‘The Adrenaline Cup’ on October 9 at the Dubai Autodrome here in the United Arab Emirates.
With the concept of ‘One day, One race, One trophy’ the event is grabbing global attention from the racers and sports enthusiasts. The theme of the race aims to bring top racers from across the world together for the race.
Unlike other global motorcycle races, The Adrenaline Cup will be a championship in a single race to test the riders' grit and willpower.
In a world of sporting events like ‘Isle of Man', World Superbike Championship, and the Grand Prix, DSBK’s event offers a different angle to the sport as it will give everybody the chance to race with and against some of the biggest names in the celebrity and motor racing world. "We've had a tremendous response from bike enthusiasts globally and considering that this is the first-of-its-kind superbike racing event, we are positive that this is going to be a pivotal moment in the history of superbikes." Salman Yusuf Khan, actor and director was quoted as saying in a Khaleej Times report.
Nasir Syed, renowned biker and founder of Creative House Scaffolding, added: "The DSBK Adrenaline Cup promises to be one of the most exciting and thrilling superbike racing events ever to be held in Dubai. The coverage for the event will provide a huge boost in exposure as well as access to leading industry experts to all the participants."
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Wayanad LS bypoll: Priyanka crosses lead achieved by Rahul in 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Wayanad (Kerala) (PTI): Top Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was on Saturday comfortably cruising towards her maiden electoral win from Wayanad in Kerala, as she surpassed the lead achieved by her brother Rahul Gandhi in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls earlier this year with party leaders and ally IUML predicting a big win for her amid the counting trends.
The Congress-led UDF's candidate from this hill constituency, Priyanka, extended her lead by over 3.8 lakh votes after five hours of counting of the ballots in the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, according to the Election Commission.
Reacting to the lead achieved by Priyanka, Congress' ally Indian Union Muslim League and Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said she would get more votes than her brother Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha polls in April this year and will win by a record margin.
"An amazing first trend on counting day is the massive early lead for our leader @priyankagandhi ji in Wayanad, Kerala, by-election. People of Wayanad are surely going to record in victory margins today and Priyanka ji will make Parliamentary debut with a grand win," Reddy said in a post on 'X'.
IUML supremo Panakkad Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal said that going by the trends, Priyanka will get more votes than what Rahul got and the majority she achieves would also be higher than that of her brother.
A similar view was expressed by IUML's national general secretary P K Kunhalikutty.
On the other hand, BJP leader Anil K Antony, earlier in the day, had claimed that though Priyanka has achieved a good lead, her victory margin would be less than what Rahul got in the 2024 and 2019 LS polls in the hill constituency.
According to the latest EC figures, Priyanka had a lead of 3,82,975 with 5,78,526 votes. LDF's Sathyan Mokeri was behind her with 1,95,551 votes and NDA's Navya Haridas was in the third spot with 1,04,947 votes.
Rahul had got 6,47,445 votes and won by a margin of 3,64,422 votes against his nearest rival, CPI's Annie Raja, in the LS polls this year. In 2019, he had got 7,06,367 votes and had won by a margin of 4,31,770 votes.
After winning from Rae Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh as well, in this year's polls, Rahul vacated the Wayanad seat, and the party nominated his sister Priyanka, paving the way for her electoral debut.
The bypoll turnout in Wayanad, which has over 14 lakh registered voters, was around 65 per cent, a decline from the close to 74 per cent in the LS polls held in April this year and much lower than the over 80 per cent turnout in the hill constituency in the 2019 general elections.
The counting of votes commenced at 8 am with postal ballots being taken up first.
The strong rooms, where the EVMs were kept, were opened more than an hour before counting began.
The bypoll for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat was held on November 13.
Of the 16 candidates who contested, the main contenders are Priyanka, ruling CPI(M)-led LDF's Sathyan Mokeri, a political veteran, and BJP-headed NDA's Navya Haridas.
