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Collapse of Ponzi Scheme Spreads Panic in West Bengal NYT - India Ink: An estimated $5.5 billion rupees have been lost and over 3 million people have been affected in one of the biggest financial frauds in India.

Indian-origin boy wins National Geographic Bee contest in US Deccan Herald: Sathwik Karnik, a 12-year-old Indian-American boy, has won the prestigious National Geographic Bee contest after getting all five questions right as the children of community members continue to dominate the geography bee and the spelling bee competitions in the US.To clinch the title, Karnik correctly named Chimborazo as the mountain in Ecuador that represents the farthest point from the Earths centre.Karnik, whose parents emigrated to the US as software professionals from Karnataka, got all five questions right in his one-on-one contest with 13-year-old Conrad Oberhaus, the runner-up.Karnik, a native of Norfolk, south of Boston, is a 7th grader at King Philip Regional Middle School.The national competition this time round turned out to be dominated by the Indian-Americans even as in the finals held in Washington yesterday, eight of the 10 finalists, who competed among the four million participants for the competition, were Indian-Americans.In addition to Karnik, the third place was grabbed by Sanjeev Uppaluri, 11, fifth-grader at Fulton Sunshine Academy in Roswell, a suburb of Atlanta and the fourth place went to Virginias Akhil Rekulapelli, 12, seventh-grader at Stone Hill Middle School in Ashburn.Karnik will take home the spoils of the Bee prize that include a USD 25,000 college scholarship, an all-expenses paid trip to the Galapagos Islands, and a lifetime membership to the National Geographic Society, National Geographic reported.In the geography bee, Akshay Rajagopal won the contest in 2008 while the 2012 competition was won by Rahul Nagvekar.In the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Indian-origin people remain unchallenged since 2008. Sameer Mishra (2008), Laodicean Kavya Shivashankar (2009), Anamika Veeramani (2010), Sukanya Roy (2011) and Snigdha Nandipati (2012).This is the third year in a row that a member of the Karnik family has placed in the top 10 of the National Geographic Bee.Sathwiks brother, Karthik, took fifth place at the 2011 Bee and sixth place at the 2012 Bee. But it is Sathwik who realised the family dream.Second-place winner and recipient of a USD 15,000 college scholarship was Illinois Conrad Oberhaus, 13, seventh-grader at Daniel Wright Junior High School in Lincolnshire, a suburb of Chicago.The six other finalists, who each won USD 500, were Tuvya Bergson-Michelson of California, Pranit Nanda of Colorado, Neha Middela of Michigan, Neelam Sandhu of New Hampshire, Harish Palani of Oregon and Asha Jain of Wisconsin.National Geographic Bee is an annual geography contest sponsored by the National Geographic Society since 1989.

IRS officer, inspector among 4 booked for manhandling woman Deccan Herald: An Indian Revenue Service officer and three others, including an inspector, were today booked in connection with alleged manhandling of a woman here.IRS officer Veerbhadram, suspended inspector P Srinivas Reddy and two others were booked under relevant sections of the IPC on a complaint lodged by the woman, a Government employee, over the incident, whose footage was broadcast by a local TV channel, they said.Reddy, attached to Balanagar Police station, was present at the time of the incident and was subsequently suspended.On May 10, Cyberabad Police chief had ordered an inquiry after the footage was aired. However, it is still not clear when and where the incident took place.The IRS official is alleged to have manhandled a woman over some matter and provoked her to attempt suicide, Cyberabad Police Commissioner Dwarka Tirumala Rao had said while ordering the probe.The woman has accused the IRS officer of harassing her and family members over a period of time, demanding Rs 25 lakh and proposing her for marriage.The IRS official has denied the allegations and termed the woman as a blackmailer. Veerbhadram has claimed he had sold a piece of land to the womans family and they owed him money

Heat wave causes power outages, anger in India NDTV: A blistering heat wave has caused massive power cuts and water shortages across much of north and western India, and some people are taking to the streets to express their anger with the government.Related StoriesNine infants die in West Bengal's Malda hospital in 24 hoursLong wait for a green card could be endingExplosion at fire cracker factory in Uttar Pradesh kills one, three injuredIndia well positioned to become net provider of security, says PM Manmohan SinghIntense heat wave to continue in Punjab, Haryana for two more days

Rapper tweets London attack live Deccan Herald: Ohhhhh myyyy God!!!! I just see a man with his head chopped off right in front of my eyes!, rapper Boya Dee live tweeted in horror as he saw the London terror attack unfold.Boya Dee tweeted furiously as two machete-wielding men brutally attacked and killed a soldier in southeast London Wednesday afternoon.The two attackers were later shot and injured by police. Prime Minister David Cameron said there were strong indications that it was a terrorist incident.These times i was just going to the shop for some fruit and veg and i see all that! tweeted Boya Dee.The two black bredas run this white guy over over then hop out the car and start chopping mans head off with machete!!, said another tweet, which reflects the savagery of the assault.People were asking whyyy whyyy they were just saying weve had enough! They looked like they were on sutn! Then they start waving a recolver, said a third tweet.Describing the scene when the police arrived, he tweeted: Oh my God!!!! The way Feds took them out!!! It was a female police officer she come out the whip and just started bussssin shots!!What began with a few simple messages about a mundane road crash near a primary school, within minutes turned into the Woolwich terror attack that unfolded live on Twitter.Stunned Britons took to Twitter and other social media to express their anger and anguish over the terror attack.

An old colony where people of all faiths live in harmony The Hindu: Sri Kanya theatre was and is still the hub of Railway New Colony in the neighbourhood of Dondaparthy, one of the old residential areas of the city. A village like atmosphere still prevails inside t...

10-year jail term for rape The Hindu: A 33-year-old man who raped his relative?s two-year-old daughter has been sentenced to 10 years? rigorous imprisonment by a Sessions court here.Additional Sessions Judge M. C. Gupta awarded...

Heat wave set to intensify The Hindu: Already touching new highs on the thermometer, Delhi is all set to get hotter still. The weatherman has forecast an intensification of the heat wave that has been prevalent in the Capital since Sat...

Green Tribunal sounds alert over damage to Dadri wetlands The Hindu: Notices to U.P, Greater Noida, Uttam Steels, Shiv Nadar varsity

I have stopped watching IPL: Neeraj Kumar The Hindu: Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar is a distinguished officer, having cracked some high profile cases in his long career, including the 2000 match fixing scandal. The 1993 Bombay blasts case...

SBI Q4 net falls 18.5 p.c.; shares tank 7 p.c. The Hindu: Country?s largest bank SBI on Thursday reported a 18.54 per cent decline in net profit at Rs. 3,299 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2013 on account of lower interest income, causing i...

Govt. told to notify witness protection policy The Hindu: While ordering prosecution of two witnesses, actor Shayan Munshi and ballistic expert P. S. Manocha, in the Jessica Lal murder case for perjury, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi...

Appeal against Green Tribunal?s order The Hindu: Former Mayor of East Delhi Municipal Corporation Annapurna Mishra has demanded that the Delhi Government appeal against the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order for evacuation of all unauthorised co...

Delhi plays host to South Asian winged visitors The Hindu: At a time when most of its water bodies are drying up due to the scorching heat, Delhi is witnessing a rare wildlife phenomenon at Shanti Van where nearly a dozen species of South Asian waterbirds...

Rahul to meet DPCC leaders today The Hindu: The scion of the Congress dynasty and vice-president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to spend a good part of Thursday at the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters, interacting with the party lea...

?Verdict on Kudankulam shocking? The Hindu: Activists and experts under the platform of the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament & Peace (CNDP) have termed the Supreme Court?s go-ahead to the controversial nuclear power plant at Kudankulam...

Girijan ryots receive national award The Hindu: The Sanjeevini Rural Development Society based at Araku in Visakha Agency received the Plant Genome Saviour Community Award along with a cash award of Rs. 10 lakh, from Union Minister of State for...

VIDEO: Toxic rice causes concern in China BBC - South Asia: A number of rice mills in the Chinese province of Hunan have been been closed down after dangerous levels of cadmium were found in samples, according to reports,

China's Li effusive in praise of Pakistan, but not everyone buys it Reuters: ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang praised the Sino-Pakistan relationship to the hilt on Thursday, urging the all-weather friends to boost cooperation in business, trade, energy and infrastructure and build a long-vaunted economic corridor.

Conversion of Gurajada?s house into memorial sought The Hindu: If the heirs sell the house the century-old building will be lost forever

VIDEO: Iron Man 3 is a superhero in China BBC - South Asia: Disney's Iron Man 3 film is set to become China's highest-grossing film of all time, opening the door for more business from Hollywood.

Record rendition, verily The Hindu: The mass recital of the national anthem ?Jana Gana Mana? for 1,04,128 times by students of 23 educational institutions in the city during 2011 entered into Limca Book of Records 2013. A total of 6...

Japanese octogenarian becomes oldest to reach Everest summit Reuters: KATHMANDU (Reuters) - An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday becoming the oldest person to conquer the world's highest mountain.

Vizag chosen for revised CDP The Hindu: Study to be taken up under Ministry of Urban Development and funded by World Bank

Pregnant with Phaneesh Murthy's child, employee to sue him Oneindia: Bangalore, May 23: Phaneesh Murthy would be sued as iGate employee, who was learnt to be pregnant with his child, accused him of sexually harassing her.Days after Murthy's statement overruling all allegations against him, California-based law firm appointed by Araceli Roiz

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