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  WOW! 12-year-old Indian-American boy wins National Spelling Bee, takes home $50,000 | VIDEO

  World | May 31, 2024 14:17 IST

  Bruhat Soma, 12, hails from Tampa, Florida and his parents migrated from the Indian state of Telangana. He has won three spelling bee championships before coming to Washington, and spelled 29 words correctly in 90 seconds in a crucial tie-breaker round, outpacing Faizan Zaki.

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  National Spelling Bee canceled for first time since 1945

  World | April 21, 2020 21:10 IST

  This year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee has been canceled after organizers concluded there is “no clear path to safely set a new date in 2020” because of the coronavirus pandemic. 

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  Indian-American wins Spelling Bee contest

  World | June 01, 2018 11:26 IST

  Thursday night emerged the top speller from a record-shattering 515 contestants at 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee

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  CNN anchor rakes up Twitter storm with ‘racist’ comments on Indian-American Spelling Bee champ

  World | June 05, 2017 12:28 IST

  Netizens are lashing out at a CNN anchor for allegedly making a "racist" remark against Indian-American national spelling champion Ananya Vinay, assuming that the 12-year-old is "used to using" Sanskrit due to her heritage

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  12-year-old Indian-American Ananya Vinay spells 'marocain' to win US National Spelling Bee

  World | June 02, 2017 13:16 IST

  Ananya Vinay is the 13th consecutive Indian-American to win the bee and the 18th of the past 22 winners with Indian heritage

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  Get your words right before you mess up with the National Spelling Bee; here’s why

  Mouthful | May 27, 2016 18:58 IST

  In a battle with the National Spelling Bee, the smallest of errors would turn the gun right back on you.

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  National Spelling Bee ends in tie for third straight year, Indian-Americans declared co-champions

  World | May 27, 2016 14:16 IST

  Oxon Hill: The words were tougher. The final rounds lasted longer. The result was the same. The Scripps National Spelling Bee ended in a tie for the third consecutive year Thursday night, with Jairam Hathwar

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  Meeting two special Indian-Americans on PM Modi’s likely list of engagements during US visit

  India | May 13, 2016 12:45 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s US visit next month for a bilateral summit with US President Barak Obama will see the PM make time to meet a special duo of Indian-Americans – Vanya Shivashankar

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  Indian-American win Spelling Bee for sixth straight year

  World | May 31, 2013 9:27 IST

  Washington, May 31: Arvind Mahankali from New York has scripted history by winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the year 2013, becoming the sixth Indian-American to win the title in a row.“The words were