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Vijayawada-based archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam made India proud, winning two bronze medals at the ongoing World Archery Championships in the Netherlands on Saturday. "I am very happy to share it with you all that V Jyothi Surekha, Arjuna Awardee from Vijayawada has won two bronze medals at the 50th World Championships being held at the Netherlands from June 10 to 16," Vennam's father Surendra said in a communication to the press. Vennam won the bronze in the individual compound and compound women's categories. She beat Yesim Bostan of turkey in the 145-145 shoot off by shooting 10-9 in individual compound women's category. "Jyothi Surekha Vennam upset world number two Yesim Bostan in a one-arrow shoot-off to win bronze at WAC 2019. Jyothi scored a 10 over Yesim's 9," World Archery said in a tweet. In compound women's team event, Vennam along with Muskan Kirar and Raj Kaur beat Turkey to 229-226.

Can you spell history? The 92nd Scripps National Spelling Bee had an epic ending with eight co-champions. The spelling bee was stopped after it went 20 rounds, which included a run of 47 correct words to end the competition. The decision was made after round 17, when it was decided that while there were plenty of words left in the dictionary, there were only enough challenging words for three final rounds. The eight co-champions are: Abhijay Kodali , Rishik Gandhasri, Erin Howard, Saketh Sundar, Shruthika Padhy, Sohum Sukhatankar, Christopher Serrao and Rohan Raja. Abhijay Kodali, 12, of Flower Mound, Texas, one of eight co-champions in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Friday, May 31, 2019, in Oxon Hill, Md. 

Bhavya Sarapaneni A vast field of roughly 11 million spellers across the nation has been pared down to just under 600 kids who are seeking to become the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. Numerous Indian American students figure among the 565 spellers who emerged from a more than eight-month journey in classrooms across the U.S. to take part in the national championship round in Washington, D.C. Among the spellers are  Bhavya Surapaneni Chaitra Tummala Nidhi Vadalamudi Pranav Kollu Nicole Chowdhury Meghana Nekkanti Harini Gottumukkala Ananya Bommineni Siri Doddapaneni Neha Kodali Pranathi Jammula Eesha Katta Abhijay Kodali Triyatha Jammula Nidhi Acharya Sanjana Kota Arnav Kolluru Amulya Ganta

P raneetha Nalluri of Kansas state have been named 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. The scholars are recognized for their accomplishments in academics, the arts and Career and Technical Education (CTE). The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars selects students based on their academic success, artistic and technical excellence, essays, school evaluations, transcripts, and evidence of community service, leadership and demonstrated commitment to high ideals. Created in 1964, the Presidential Scholars Program has honored more than 7,500 of the nation’s top-performing students. This year, 161 students from across the United States were selected as finalists, according to the U.S. Department of Education.9 Presidential Scholars Program.

Panda Panda was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in a by-election on September 3, 2015 as the MLA for Calgary-Foothills. Panda was re-elected on April 16, 2019, as the MLA for the newly formed riding of Calgary-Edgemont. Born in Sangam Jagarlamudi, Andhra Pradesh, India, Panda has lived in the constituency of Calgary-Edgemont for 15 years. An active member of his community, his volunteer experience includes serving as president of the Telugu Association of Calgary and as the first vice-president of the India-Canada Association of Calgary. Panda organizes an annual Food Drive for Calgary Veterans. A Professional Engineer by trade, Panda holds a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering and is a member of APEGA. He previously worked in the energy sector for 28 years, during which time he held Senior Management Positions with Reliance Industries Ltd. and Suncor Energy Inc. Panda was a key member of the Project Management Teams that built world scale...

Tarun Cherukuri of Vijayawada has been named as one of the Fellows of Obama Foundation for 2019. Of the 20 Fellows selected this year, 11 are from the United States and Mr. Cherukuri is among the nine from other nations. There were too many aspirants in the race as the Foundation received thousands of applications from over 160 nations and 780 cities from the United States alone. Mr. Chrukuri, along with other other Fellows, is a civic innovator working alongside communities to address the most pressing issues faced by society. Did he think he would make the cut? “I was pleasantly surprised to read about my selection. Though I was hoping for it, I knew that the selectivity rate was 20 among 5000+ applications from across the world. Eventually, I felt a sense of pride for Indus Action and our team being selected to represent India in the cohort,” he says over a phone conversation. Premier project Co-founder of Indus Action, which seeks to solve India’s deep-rooted problems ...

Kalanidhi Veerasamy - DMK, son of former minister 'Arcot' N Veerasamy defeated his nearest rival candidate MohanRaj of DMDK by margin over 4,61,000 votes in Chennai North parliament segment. In 2014 T G Venkatesh Babu (Kamma), AIADMK elected from here denied ticket this time.