WASHINGTON (TIP): Bruhat Soma, a 12-year-old Indian American seventh-grade student from Florida, has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after he spelt 29 words correctly in the tiebreaker, maintaining the dominance of the children from the small ethnic community in the prestigious competition. His championship word was “abseil”, which is defined as “descent in mountaineering by means of a rope looped over a projection above.”
LONDON (TIP): Senior Indian origin Scotland Yard officer Neil Basu has been appointed as the counter-terrorism chief, as announced in an official statement said. Mr. Basu, currently the Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner, will be promoted […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Disgraced mogul movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been sued by his former Indian American personal assistant who has alleged that she was subjected to sexual exploitation and a “sexually hostile” work environment […]
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