Ananya Vinay of Fresno, California, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, taking home a $40,000 cash prize after 12 hours of picking her way along a precarious lifeline of consonants and vowels.
Scotland Yard have offered a reward of 10,000 pounds to anyone who can help solve the murder of Satnam Singh.
A software engineer from Andhra Pradesh, who was working for Infosys, and his three-year-old son have drowned in a swimming pool in the US, according to news reports. Nagaraju Surepalli, 31, was from Guntur.
Hours after the US President walked out of the Paris climate accord, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reiterated India’s commitment to reducing carbon emission and leaving an earth which is “beautiful and pure” for the future generations.
At least 37 persons were killed at a casino here in an attack which was claimed by the Islamic State even though the police continued to deny that the incident was terror-linked.
"The new contract will see a number of changes for customers. These changes help the government reduce costs and ensure those who benefit directly from the UK immigration system make an appropriate contribution," a government statement said.