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Hans India
30-06-2025
- Sport
- Hans India
Collector unveils poster of All India Junior chess competition
Karimnagar: District Collector Pamela Satpathy unveiled the poster of the 3rd All India Junior Chess Competition to be held on July 12 and 13 under the auspices of Genius Chess Academy in Karimnagar. Speaking on the occasion, she said that chess is a sport that gives a voice to the intelligence of children. Students who excel in chess will excel in all fields. She advised the organizers to organize the All India Competition to be held in Karimnagar with great enthusiasm. On this occasion, Genius Chess Academy Coach and Director Kankati Anoop Kumar explained to the Collector that the All India Chess Competition is being organised for the third time. All arrangements related to the competition are being made and the competition is being organised in the Swiss League format. Genius Chess Academy founder Kankati Kanakaiah, District Sports Department Officer Srinivas Goud, Employees Association President Daram Srinivas Reddy, Kali Charan, Bharadwaj, Sagar, and many others participated.
South China Morning Post
25-06-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
199 Hongkongers seek help after closure of ‘snow skin' mooncake inventor Taipan
About 200 employees of a 41-year-old Hong Kong bakery chain, known for its 'snow skin' mooncakes, have sought help after the firm's abrupt closure, a trade union has said, with debts snowballing to more than HK$38 million (US$4.8 million). The Hotels, Food and Beverage Employees Association said on Wednesday that workers at Taipan Bread & Cakes had already anticipated a possible closure because the company had not recruited more employees for producing and packaging mooncakes in mid-June, when sales usually started, adding the number of affected staff members was expected to increase. 'Many staff members had worked there for a long time. They hoped the company was just handling cash flow issues, so they stayed to observe,' Nerine Yip Lau-ching, the association's general secretary, told a radio programme. According to Yip, the bakery chain had stopped paying wages since May and staff's Mandatory Provident Fund for one to two months. But some workers opted to stay and see if the company would resolve its financing problems. Taipan earned its reputation with the creation of snow skin, or snowy, mooncakes in 1989. Photo: Handout As of Tuesday, the association has offered help to 199 staff members, mostly factory workers. The amount of money owed has grown to more than HK$38 million, involving mostly unpaid wages, payment in lieu of notice, severance and long service payments. But Yip said she expected the local food industry to be able to absorb the workers from Taipan and revealed that a major bakery factory on Tuesday had expressed wishes to recruit the affected staff.
The Hindu
16-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
AP GST staff take up frequent transfers with Chief Commissioner
AP GST officers and Employees Association's State Honorary President Chowdary Purushottam Naidu said on Monday that Chief Commissioner A. Babu responded positively to the association's concerns regarding the frequent transfers of staff in the department. Accompanied by APNGOs Association State President A. Vidya Sagar and General Secretary D.V. Ramana, Mr. Chowdary submitted a detailed memorandum to Mr. Babu at his office in Amaravati. They delegation highlighted that almost all officials and employees were being transferred frequently as their 'station seniority' was taken into consideration instead of their jurisdiction and responsibilities. Mr. Chowdary explained that though many officers and staff operate from the same office, they are assigned for GST collection responsibilities to far off locations. 'Mr. Babu understood the issues raised by the association and assured to bring our grievances to the notice of the higher authorities to avoid frequent transfers,' said the Association President, Allina Ramesh Kumar, Associate President, Rayi Venugopal, General Secretary, Chintala Kalyan. Women wing representative, M. Rajya Lakshmi, hoped that the government would make necessary changes for the General Transfer Guidelines-2025 in accordance to the requirements of the GST department.
