Virginian 6-year-old Lori Anne Madison makes Spelling Bee history
June 1st, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Virginia, June 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Lori Anne Madison, a six-year-old girl from Virginia has become the youngest person ever to take part in the Spelling Bee competition. She was one of the ... Read more...
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Indian-American wins US spelling contest for fifth year running (Third Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 1 (IANS) Indian Americans continued to demonstrate their spelling prowess when Snigdha Nandipati, a 14-year-old girl, correctly spelled "guetapens", French word for ambush, to win the 2012 Scripps ... Read more...
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Snigdha Nandipati wins fifth Spelling Bee crown for Indian-Americans (Second Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 1 (IANS) Snigdha Nandipati, a 14-year-old Indian American girl, correctly spelled "guetapens", French for ambush, to win the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee crown and retain the coveted ... Read more...
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Indian-American Snigdha Nandipati is Spelling Bee champ (Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 9:08 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 1 (IANS) Snigdha Nandipati, a 14-year-old Indian American girl spelled the French for ambush, "guetapens", right to be crowned the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion."It's a miracle," ... Read more...
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Three Indian-American kids in Spelling Bee finals
June 1st, 2012 - 8:41 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 1 (IANS) Three Indian-American children were the only spellers left in the final championship round of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at a convention centre outside Washington ... Read more...
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Sukanya Roy wins the National Spelling Bee
June 3rd, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The National Spelling Bee was won by 14-year-old Sukanya Roy of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Roy is famous for writing the words invisibly onto her palms before ... Read more...
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Sukanya Roy wins America’s coveted spelling bee crown (Lead)
June 3rd, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 3 (IANS) Spelling tongue twister "cymotrichous", Greek for having wavy hair, Indian American Sukanya Roy has won the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee crown to retain the coveted ... Read more...
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Shaquille O’Neal Is Back With “Shaq Vs” On ABC
August 4th, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Aug 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) "Shaq Vs" season 2 episode 1 was premiered last night on ABC and it was liked and appreciated by its viewers for its innovative plot and ... Read more...
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Indian-Americans spell success with own contests
July 15th, 2010 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 15 (IANS) After dominating national spelling bees, enterprising Indian Americans have begun their own regional leagues that serve as a stepping stone to the South Asian Spelling Bee and the ... Read more...
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Anamika Veeramani Becomes The Third Consecutive Indian-American To Conquer The Spelling Bee
June 6th, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 6, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Many Indians, whether in India or overseas, have a strong relationship with the English language. It could be due to the Indian colonial association ... Read more...
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Ohio 8th Grader Anamika Veeramani Wins Spelling Bee Championship 2010
June 5th, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
June 5, (THAINIDAN NEWS) Anamika Veeramani became one of the most talked about teens in America, in spite of not being from the entertainment industry, by winning the 83rd Scripps ... Read more...
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Indian American teen wins 2010 US Spelling Bee contest
June 5th, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 5 (ANI): Indian American teen Anamika Veeramani has been crowned champion of the 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee here. She won the contest on Friday night.A 14-year-old from North Royalton, ... Read more...
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Indian-origin Ohio girl wins 83rd Scripps National Spelling Bee
June 5th, 2010 - 11:46 am ICT by ANI
Washington, June 05 (ANI): Indian origin girl Anamika Veeramani, 14, from North Royalton, Ohio, has won the 83rd Scripps National Spelling Bee.She is the third consecutive Indian-American to win the competition and ... Read more...
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Indian-American teen wins Spelling Bee crown
June 5th, 2010 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 5 (IANS) Spelling 'juvia' and 'stromuhr' correctly, Indian American Anamika Veeramani has won the 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee crown to retain the honour for the 'desis' ... Read more...
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Indian-origin NY boy enters Scripps National Spelling Bee final round
June 4th, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
New York, June 04 (ANI): Indian origin boy Arvind Mahankali, 10, of Queens, New York has entered the decisive round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.The fifth-grader from the Forest Hills ... Read more...
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Nobel laureate Ramakrishnan is India Abroad Person of the Year
March 6th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New York, March 6 (IANS) Indian-American Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been named the India Abroad Person of the Year 2009 by the ethnic weekly newspaper.
A total of nine awards were presented ... Read more...
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Kavya spells “ergasia” in Bee
May 30th, 2009 - 8:00 pm ICT by GD
Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas, spelt the word 'ergasia' right in the fourth round of the semi-final of the National spelling Bee. The word 'ergasia', a Greek word, means any form ... Read more...
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Kavya Shivashankar, Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 winner quits
May 29th, 2009 - 9:40 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
Kavya Shivashankar, the 13-year-old budding neurosurgeon from Kansas who took out last night’s championships in the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 finals is hanging up her dictionaries and thesauruses.Shivashankar, an eighth-grader ... Read more...
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Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009
May 29th, 2009 - 7:27 pm ICT by GD
Thirteen-year-old Kavya Shivashankar has notched the title of the nation's top speller. The girl from Olathe, Kansas spelled the word "Laodicean" correctly on Thursday night to win the 82nd Scripps National ... Read more...
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Kavya Shivashankar wins 82nd Spelling Bee championship
May 29th, 2009 - 5:32 pm ICT by GD
Well, it could not have got better for young Kavya Shivashankar as she came out with flying colors at the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009. On Thursday's finals she outlasted the ... Read more...
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Kavya Shivashankar wins Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009
May 29th, 2009 - 3:16 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
Kavya Shivashankar, a 13-year-old student from Olathe, Kansas, whose parents migrated to the United States from India has won the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 final.The victory was Kavya’s fourth ... Read more...
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Indian-origin girls bag first, third spots in Scripps National Spelling Bee
May 29th, 2009 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 29 (ANI): Kansas-based, Indian-origin girl Kavya Shivashankar, 13, has become America's spelling champion by winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee.The budding neurosurgeon from Olathe took home more than 40,000 dollars ... Read more...
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How champion ‘Bee’ Kavya spelled victory
May 29th, 2009 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 29 (IANS) India American teenager Kavya Shivashankar finally won it all in the televised US National Spelling Bee competition, nailing esoteric words from "hydrargyrum" to "Laodicean", coolly writing ... Read more...
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Kavya Shivashankar spells history for Indian American kids (Lead)
May 29th, 2009 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 29 (IANS) It was a dream come true for Kavya Shivashankar as she made history by lifting the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy to bring a third back-to-back victory of ... Read more...
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Indian American kid is champion Spelling Bee in US
May 29th, 2009 - 10:06 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 29 (IANS) Kavya Shivashankar made history as she lifted the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy giving a third back-to-back victory of the prestigious US championship by an Indian American kid.
Shivashankar, ... Read more...
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Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 final
May 29th, 2009 - 3:50 am ICT by John Le Fevre
The Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 finals will be on Thursday night, with the winner to receive more than $US40,000 in cash and prizes.Held in Washington DC in the ballroom of ... Read more...
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14 Indian American kids make it to ‘Spelling Bee’ semis
May 28th, 2009 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 28 (IANS) Fourteen Indian American kids have made it to the semi finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest with three of them among top contenders for ... Read more...
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Indian-American kids hot contenders for Spelling Bee
May 27th, 2009 - 9:46 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 27 (IANS) Three Indian American kids are the top favourites to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee title after last year's spelling champion, 14-year-old Sameer Mishra, son of ... Read more...
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Spelling Bee Goes to 7th Grader
March 4th, 2009 - 10:41 pm ICT by GD
13-year old Esther Park of Joe T. Robinson Middle School has won herself an all-expenses-paid trip to D.C. when she won the Arkansas Spelling Bee at the University of Arkansas at Little ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian to be valedictory speaker at US University
June 29th, 2008 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, June 29 (IANS) Malaysian Indian Dashini Jeyathuria, 24, has been selected for delivering the valedictory address at the University of Minnesota in the US. Jeyathuria has been selected from out ... Read more...
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Indian American teen wins U.S. Spelling Bee contest
May 31st, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 31 (ANI): An Indian American teen Sameer Mishra has won the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee contest held here.
Mishra, 13, a resident of Lafayette, Indiana, sealed his victory by ... Read more...
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Spelling Bee was a breeze for cool Sameer
May 31st, 2008 - 11:48 am ICT by admin
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 31 (IANS) Sameer Mishra, 13, who won back the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy for Indian Americans after three years credited his parents with telling him to stay ... Read more...
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Indian American wins prestigious US spelling bee
May 31st, 2008 - 11:39 am ICT by admin
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 31 (IANS) Sameer Mishra, 13, an eighth grader Indian American from Indiana, has won back the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy in the United States by spelling right ... Read more...
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8-year-old Indian American kid spells history
May 30th, 2008 - 10:19 am ICT by admin
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 30 (IANS) Sriram Hathwar, an 8-year-old Indian American boy, has become the youngest speller in the history of the Scripps National Spelling Bee even as he could not ... Read more...
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First Spelling Bee announced for South Asian children in US
May 29th, 2008 - 1:58 pm ICT by admin
New York, May 29 (IANS) Inspired by the fact that South Asian children routinely win laurels at the national spelling contests in the US, the first-ever annual Spelling Bee exclusively for them ... Read more...
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