Two Indian-Americans win US Spelling Bee 2016
Two Indian-Americans, Nihar Janga (11) and Jairam Hathwar (13), were on Thursday declared co-winners of the US Scripps National Spelling Bee 2016 competition. Both the winners have won a trophy and $40,000 in cash and prizes. Notably, this is the third consecutive tie at the bee, which is a US institution since 1925.