Washington: Indian-origin Sathwik Karnik has won National Geographic Bee 2013 contest after gruelling rounds testing his geographic knowledge about lions in Botswana, mountain ranges in Asia and port cities in England. To clinch the title, Karnik, 12, correctly named Chimborazo as the mountain in Ecuador that represents the farthest point from the Earth's center.
Karnik, a native of Norfolk, south of Boston, is a 7th grader at King Philip Regional Middle School. He will take home the spoils of the Bee prize that include a USD 25,000 college scholarship, an all-expenses paid trip to the Galapagos Islands, and a lifetime membership to the National Geographic Society, National Geographic reported. Competitors also get the chance to compete on behalf of the United States in an International geographic competition.
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06:08 AM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat government on Thursday denied a media report that Gir lions are affected by the same virus which had wiped out 30 per cent of the lion population in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park in the 1990s. The news report, which appeared today, stated that scientists in India have recently found Pestes des Petits Ruminants Virus (PPRV) to be behind the death of a lion in Gir the first...
10:32 PM, May 16, 2013
London: Joe Root maintained his case for inclusion in the England team to play New Zealand in the first Test at Lord's next week by scoring 179 for the second-string England Lions in a draw against the tourists at Grace Road on Sunday. Root, the Lions captain, was named Saturday in a 12-man squad for the first of a two-Test series which culminates later this month at the Yorkshire batsman's...
09:11 AM, May 13, 2013
London: New Zealand opener Hamish Rutherford thrived in the chilly conditions of Leicester, hitting a century for a confidence boost ahead of next week's first Test against England at Lord's. Rutherford ended the first day of the tour game against England Lions at Grace Road unbeaten on 116 as New Zealand reached 184 for three on a day curtailed by rain to just 44 overs. It was an innings which...
08:20 AM, May 10, 2013
Gujarat is the last stand of the Asiatic lion. But a recent Supreme Court order stating that the lions should be moved to another sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh has both the Gujarat government and the villagers there up in arms. ...
09:43 AM, Apr 28, 2013
London: A British television channel is pulling a comedy about a group of hapless terrorists from its schedule in the wake of the deadly Boston Marathon bombings. The Film4 channel was planning to air the movie "Four Lions" next Monday. The 2010 film is a dark comedy about four incompetent British Muslim jihadists who undergo terrorism training before trying to attack the London Marathon. Film4 said on Wednesday it has...
11:45 PM, Apr 17, 2013
The Supreme Court has ruled that some numbers of Asiatic Lions, till now only limited to the Gir forests in Gujarat, should be relocated to Madhya Pradesh. The court holds that in case of a natural calamity or outbreak of an epidemic, this will give the species a better chance of survival. CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Does this also...
06:25 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Bhopal: Welcoming the Supreme Court's decision to shift Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Palpur Kuno wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said here on Monday that the move would not only result in creation of a new home for the lions but also ensure a rise in their numbers. "Madhya Pradesh has made adequate arrangements to shift and rehabilitate Asiatic lions and took all steps for...
10:40 AM, Apr 16, 2013
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government on Monday said it will study the full judgement of the Supreme Court on relocation of Asiatic lions to Madhya Pradesh before deciding its future course of action on the issue. Currently, Gujarat's Gir sanctuary is the only home to Asiatic lions, an endangered species. The apex court on Monday directed the Centre to shift the Asiatic lions from the Gir forest to Kuno Sanctuary in...
10:40 PM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has given its go-ahead for the relocation of Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh in the next 6 months. The two BJP-ruled states, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, had been locked in a dispute over whether the Asiatic lions should be relocated out of Gujarat or not. The Madhya Pradesh government wanted Gujarat to send a few lions from the Gir forest to Kuno Palpur...
02:35 PM, Apr 15, 2013
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11:16 PM, Mar 28, 2013
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01:20 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Members of the Sialkot Stallions team, who went to South Africa late last year to play in the Champions League Twenty20, remain unhappy with the share given to them from the appearance fee of USD 500,000 by the Pakistan Cricket Board. ...
10:38 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Cricket Australia (CA) on Sunday replaced Ben Cutting with Luke Butterworth in the Australia A squad for the last two unofficial one-day matches of the VB Series against England Lions in Sydney. ...
02:51 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Durham allrounder Ben Stokes has played five ODIs and two Twenty20s for the full England side while Kent pace bowler Matt Coles was knocking on the door. ...
04:35 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Cricket Australia (CA) on Wednesday added Josh Hazlewood, Gurinder Sandhu and Peter Handscomb to the Australia A squad which is playing visiting England Lions in six unofficial one-day games. ...
02:55 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Cricket Australia announced that Marsh will take no further part in the series against the England Lions. ...
03:39 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Uttarakhand Lions lifted the inaugural GPL trophy that was contested between eight teams of four players each. ...
11:05 AM, Feb 13, 2013
Uttarakhand Lions, who were third overnight and seven shots adrift of leaders Punjab Lancers and five behind second-placed Nippon Kenwood Delhi Darts, zoomed to the top at 34-under. ...
06:40 PM, Feb 10, 2013
