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  Akshainie Kamma The 11 spellers, of which nine are Indian-Americans and 2 among them are Kamma Girls will compete for the champion title during the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals on July 8, a statement said on Monday Nine of the 11 finalists for this year's US Spelling Bee contest are Indian-Americans, reflecting the dominance young kids from the small ethnic community have had on this prestigious and high-pressure endurance test for more than a decade now. The 11 spellers, of which nine are Indian-Americans, will compete for the champion title during the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals on July 8, a statement said on Monday. During the in-person finals, the Bee will have the option of activating a spell-off if needed. The spell-off would be activated in the closing minutes of the competition if a champion has not yet been declared in a traditional, one-person, one-word round, it said. The National Bee is a high-profile, high-pressure endurance test as much as...

This year, the Glassdoor Employees' Choice Awards for the Top CEOs feature six distinct company categories across the  U.S. ,  Canada ,  UK ,  France  and  Germany . In the U.S., Glassdoor has revealed the 100 Top CEOs (honoring CEOs at employers with 1,000 or more employees) and the 50 Top CEOs at small & medium companies (honoring CEOs at employers with fewer than 1,000 employees). "Over the past year, company leaders around the world faced unprecedented challenges to support employees during the COVID-19 crisis. Now, the employees have spoken and it's clear that these CEOs excelled and found new ways to support their people when the world of work flipped upside down," said Christian Sutherland-Wong, Glassdoor chief executive officer. "Through a challenging year, it's inspiring to see Top CEOs who, according to their employees, adapted to change, redefined visions and led with transparency while putting the health and safety of employees first. I exte...

Microsoft  has named Chief Executive Officer  Satya Nadella   as its new chairman, in place of  John Thompson . India-born Nadella, who replaced  Steve Ballmer  as  Microsoft CEO  in 2014, has been instrumental in scaling up the Redmond, Washington-based company's business including billion-dollar acquisitions like LinkedIn, Nuance Communications and ZeniMax. The company said Thompson, who took over as chairman from co-founder  Bill Gates  in 2014, will serve as lead independent director. The top-level executive change comes just over a year after Gates stepped down from the board, saying he would focus on philanthropic works of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world's biggest charities. The company had last month said it conducted a probe into Gates' involvement with an employee almost 20 years ago after it was told in 2019 that he had tried to start a romantic relationship with the person. Microsoft had declined to com...

  Megha Ganne , a 17-year-old American amateur with Indian parentage, shocked the big names in women’s golf by taking the lead in the first round of the US Women’s Open. The high school student is the first amateur in 15 years to do so since Jane Park achieved the feat in Newport Country Club in 2006, two years after Ganne was born. She was in sole lead at 5-under before she dropped a shot at the 18th to fall into a share of the lead. Ganne shared the lead with English professional Mel Reid at the The Olympic Club’s Lake Course where the women are playing a Major for the first time. Lurking a shot behind the leaders were Angel Yin, Megan Khang and past KPMG Women’s PGA champion Brooke Henderson. Major champions Lexi Thompson, Shanshan Feng and Yuka Saso were sitting two strokes back. Ten other players were at even par, including 2018 champion Ariya Jutanugarn and Lydia Ko, as only 15 players managed to shoot under par at the Par-71 course. The New Jersey girl, Ganne, had come into ...