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Indian Express
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Nihal Sarin qualifies for Esports World Cup 2025 through Last Chance Qualifier, joins Arjun Erigaisi in the main event
GM Nihal Sarin became only the second Indian after Arjun Erigaisi to qualify for the Esports World Cup (2025) happening in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh. After failing to qualify at EWC through the two qualifiers, Nihal had to play through the Last Chance Qualifier in Riyadh, where he reached the finals of the Winner's Bracket after beating Russia's Andrey Esipenko, thus qualifying for the main event. Apart from Nihal, Anish Giri, Javokhir Sindarov and Levon Aronian also qualified for the EWC to complete the 16-player field for the main event. Nihal, representing Indian esports organisation S8UL, will now take on Sindarov in the final of the LCQ. GM R. Praggnanandhaa came agonisingly close to qualifying for the EWC but Anish Giri handed him a tough loss in the Armageddon in their match-up. Earlier, 12 players were finalised in the EWC roster for chess through the two-leg Champions Chess Tour 2025. Five-time world champion and world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, world No. 3 and popular Twitch and YouTube streamer Hikaru Nakamura and reigning co-world blitz champion Ian Nepomniachtchi qualified for EWC after finishing in the top three of CCT's first event, the Chessable Masters, which was played in February. Nine other players, including Arjun confirmed their spots through the second leg of CCT, the Classic 2025. The Esports World Cup brings together top esports clubs across 24 popular titles. EWC 2025 is happening in Riyadh from July 7 to August 24, featuring chess as an online event for the first time. The inaugural 2024 edition spanned eight weeks, while the 2025 event will be history's largest multi-title esports tournament with 2,000+ players, 200+ teams, and a $70 million (≈₹602 crore) prize pool.
Fashion Network
21-07-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Portuguese Inditex workers strike over alleged non-compliance since 2019
Workers at the stores of Spanish business Inditex in the Portuguese district of Porto went on strike on Saturday (July 19). The workers demanded compliance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CCT) for the retail sector, which has allegedly been neglected by the group since 2019. Inditex's eight brands (Bershka, Massimo Dutti, Oysho, Pull&Bear, Stradivarius, Tempe, Zara, and Zara Home) just reported sales of 8.274 million euros, 1.5% more than the previous year. The Trade, Office and Service Workers' Union of Portugal (CESP/CGTP-IN) is accusing the Spanish group of not respecting fundamental labour rights - such as the payment of back pay owed since 2019 and the granting of compensatory rest for work done on Sundays. The organisation called for a strike between 10 am and 1 pm on Saturday, covering all eight of the conglomerate's brands. The Inditex group has 6,700 workers in Portugal who are demanding compensatory rest and back pay. The gathering of the company's employees took place in front of the NorteShopping shopping centre, in Senhora da Hora, Greater Porto, with the aim of raising awareness among customers and workers from other companies of this irregularity on the part of Inditex, which has allegedly been going on for six years. The multinational has also recently considered a long-term incentive plan in cash and shares for members of its management team, including executive directors, and guest workers of the group, with up to a maximum of 750 beneficiaries. Textile giant Inditex was created in 1985 by Amancio Ortega and his first wife Rosalía Mera and is led by the co-founder's daughter from his second marriage, Marta Ortega Pérez, who has been president of the group since 2022, and CEO Óscar García Maceiras. The business saw growth slow in the first quarter of the 2025 financial year and its net profit in the period from February 1 to April 30 this year was 1,305 million euros, 0.8% more than in the same period in 2024.
The Star
16-07-2025
- Business
- The Star
Warisan TC expects RM1.85mil net gains from RM49mil Selangor land sale
KUALA LUMPUR: Warisan TC Holdings Bhd (WTCH) expects to record a net gain of RM1.85 million from the sale of an industrial property in Selangor to Leisure Event Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of property developer Avaland Bhd , for RM49 million. It was previously reported on July 1 that WTCH had divested the industrial property in Petaling Jaya to unlock value and strengthen its working capital. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, WTCH said the group intends to utilise the proceeds for working capital purposes, including procurement of inventory in the ordinary course of business (RM38.24 million), capital expenditure (RM9 million), as well as expenses and taxation for the disposal (RM1.76 million). WTCH said the disposal is being undertaken by its 75.5 per cent-owned unit, Comit Communication Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd (CCT), which has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Leisure Event. It added that the net book value of the property as per the audited financial statements of CCT for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2024, stood at RM45.4 million. - Bernama
New Straits Times
16-07-2025
- Business
- New Straits Times
Warisan TC expects RM1.85mil net gain from RM49mil Selangor land sale
KUALA LUMPUR: Warisan TC Holdings Bhd (WTCH) expects to record a net gain of RM1.85 million from the sale of an industrial property in Selangor to Leisure Event Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of property developer Avaland Bhd, for RM49 million. It was previously reported on July 1 that WTCH had divested the industrial property in Petaling Jaya to unlock value and strengthen its working capital. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, WTCH said the group intends to utilise the proceeds for working capital purposes, including procurement of inventory in the ordinary course of business (RM38.24 million), capital expenditure (RM9 million), as well as expenses and taxation for the disposal (RM1.76 million). WTCH said the disposal is being undertaken by its 75.5 per cent-owned unit, Comit Communication Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd (CCT), which has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Leisure Event. It added that the net book value of the property as per the audited financial statements of CCT for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2024, stood at RM45.4 million.
IOL News
16-07-2025
- General
- IOL News
Tunisian dog lovers push to save age-old desert hound
Veterenarian Olfa Abd trains Tunisian Sloughi hunting dogs on a beach in Cap Angela, in the Bizerte region on May 22, 2025. The Sloughis, known for their speed and slender physique, have for many centuries accompanied nomadic societies across North Africa, and have been featured in art and lore dating back at least to the Roman era. Image: FETHI BELAID / AFP Nemcha, Zina and Zouina, three North African Sloughi hounds, play on the beach in Tunisia where their ancestors have long roamed desert plains, seemingly unaware of the existential threat to their dwindling breed. The Sloughis, known for their speed and slender physique, have for many centuries accompanied nomadic societies across North Africa, and have been featured in art and lore dating back at least to the Roman era. But nowadays breeders and advocates say that unregulated crossbreeding, the decline of nomadic lifestyles and habitat shifts due to urbanisation mean that they might soon disappear. Olfa Abid, who was walking Nemcha, Zina and Zouina along the coast in northern Tunisia's Ras Angela, said the age-old breed is "part of our heritage, our history". "We must protect the Sloughi," said Abid, a 49-year-old veterinarian, her arms wrapped around one of her dogs. Recent years have seen a spike in unregulated crossbreeding, mixing the local Sloughi with other hounds often brought in from abroad to boost its speed for dog races, according to Abid. National kennel club the Tunisian Canine Centre (CCT) has been working to raise awareness and safeguard the breed, including by creating a dedicated registry with a regulated breeding scheme. The organisation's director Noureddine Ben Chehida said it also seeks to have the Tunisian Sloughi "recognised according to international standards" as a unique breed, under the guidelines of the International Canine Federation, the world's main dog breed registry. Such recognition would give the local Sloughi population a place on the international stage and help preserve its lineage at home, Ben Chehida said. Also known as Arabian Greyhounds, today the CCT estimates that fewer than 200 pure-bred Sloughis remain in Tunisia. With their short coats in sandy hues or grey and arched backs, the hounds' swift gait has earned them a precious spot in Tunisian folklore even as the desert life they once supported gradually vanishes. Historians debate how they first made it to this part of North Africa, but many attribute their arrival to nomadic tribes like the Mrazigs who live in the south of modern-day Tunisia. For centuries, or possibly even millennia, the Sloughis have been vital companions to desert nomads, helping them hunt and guard livestock. "Running like a Sloughi" is still a common saying in Tunisia. "It's a noble dog that was the pride of its nomadic owners," said Abid. "It's a primitive hunter with a purpose when food was scarce." She said the Sloughi has also had a more privileged standing compared to most dogs that are generally considered impure in Islamic cultures. Unlike other breeds, Sloughis have traditionally been allowed indoors and would even eat beside their owners, said Abid. In the southern town of Douz, on the edge of the Sahara desert, dog breeder Nabil Marzougui said the "proliferation of hybrid breeds" is putting the Sloughis' future at risk. "We inherited this dog from our forefathers," said Marzougui, calling for authorities to intervene to save the Sloughis as well as the ancestral tradition that they embody. The hounds require ample daily exercise, especially where hunting is no longer available or needed. This is why Abid said she had left the city to settle in the quiet coastal village of Ras Angela, on Africa's northernmost tip, where long stretches of sand serve as an ideal terrain for her three dogs to run around and roam free. Their seaside adventures, which Abid shares on social media, are now followed by thousands of people online. Hatem Bessrour, a 30-year-old agricultural engineer and the proud owner of a Sloughi named Cacahuete, called on fellow dog owners to register their pure-bred hounds with the national canine centre to support its breeding programme. The breed is part Tunisia's heritage, he said. "We must care for it just like we care for antiquities and archaeological sites." | AFP
