Darbhanga: The third and final online round of the National Inter-School Cryptic Crossword Contest (CCCC 13.0) ended on 18 August with big wins for students from across the country. The contest, held online, saw hundreds of school teams take part.
At the national level, Anhad Kaur and Divya Dhiman from BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, secured the first position. Their schoolmate, Abhishek Dhanda, came second. The third spot went to Rudra Kumar and Shubham Shekhar from Darbhanga Junior Public School, who impressed with their strong performance.
State-level winners were also announced. Among them were Shivansh Mehta and Aditi Bhargava from Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), Shraddha Shree from Patna (Bihar), and Anjali Nanduri with Aradhya Ranjith from Hyderabad (Telangana). Students from Delhi, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal also made it to the list of state champions.
Now that all three online rounds are over, scores will be added up to prepare the final leaderboard. The top teams will then move to the Face-to-Face round, where they will compete directly for the national title.

















