Indian-origin boy wins Bee contest
Washington: Sathwik Karnik, a 12-year-old Indian-American boy, has won prestigious National Geographic Bee contest after getting all five questions right as children of community members continue to dominate the geography bee and the spelling bee competitions in the US.
Indian flight attendant jailed in Dubai
Dubai: An Indian man working as a flight attendant for Emirates airline has been sentenced to six months in prison by a court here for stealing credit cards from two passengers and then using them to buy mobile phones. The 28-year-old man, who has been identified only by his initials DT, was also fined 6,000 Dirhams and ordered to pay the same amount to the passengers he stole from.
25 killed in 2 car bombs in Niger
Niamey (Niger): Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit inside a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 25 people and injuring 29, according to the Ministry of Defence.
Indian-origin doc jailed for spying
london: An Indian-origin doctor found guilty of using a secret camera inside his wristwatch to record his abuse of female patients at his surgery has been jailed for 12 years by a British court. Davinder Jeet Bains, 45, had admitted 39 sex offences at Swindon Crown Court while he worked as a general practitioner at a medical practice in Royal Wootton Bassett in south-west England.
aus likely to allow Sikhs wearing turban
Melbourne: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard promised to look into allowing Sikhs to wear turbans at work places and also while riding a motorcycle. “We will work with your community to help make the necessary changes requested on cultural and religious grounds,” Gillard assured Australian
Sikh Association members in a closed door meeting at a Gurdwara in Glenwood, a
suburb of Sydney.
us: Assad continues to butcher his own people
Washington: Calling for an end to violence in Syria, the White House has said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continued to butcher his own people and therefore he is needed to go. “There is no question that Bashar al-Assad continues to butcher his own people, to take brutal actions as he clings onto power. And there is no question that Hezbollah is assisting him in that effort,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said.