TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 2017

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Pakistan International School conducts science activity

Study finds canola oil may be harmful for

the brain

ON A BRITISH ‘(TEA)SCAPADE’

The hunt for finding the idyllic fusion of tea, ambience and food in London.

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The One India Association (OIA) affiliated to ICC under the aegis of Indian Embassy

(Qatar) celebrated its 3rd annual function at Asoka Hall on Decem-ber 7. Saurabh Bharadwa j(MLA Delhi State Legislature , National Spokesperson & Delhi Secretary of Aam Aadmi Party), Girish Chaudhary (National Observer to Kerala AAP) & CR Neelakandan (Convener of Kerala AAP) were the chief guests. Dr Jawed Zaidi, Prof Atif Iqbal, Habib un Nabi, Faisal Al Hudawi, Dr Nizar

Kochery, Safeeru Rahman, Abdu Salaam Kallivalappil, Jeevan Tom-son and Ashmat Alam also graced the occasion as special guests.

More than 175 people includ-ing children’s attended the function. Samreen and Nazia greeted all the attendees and Akshra & Janvi started the pro-gram with the prayer song, followed by welcome dance by Gayethri and Preethika. Dr M Vishwanathan, President of the Association, presented warm wel-come speech while DilipKutty, GS

presented the annual report of the association outlining the various activities and achievements dur-ing the last year. In appreciation of the efforts, CR Neelakandan, appreciated the efforts of OIA and emphasised on the unity of secu-lar forces in India while Shri Girish Chaudhary talked to build a bet-ter bonding between people of different faiths, region and lan-guage. He talked about the importance of media, and appre-ciated the works of OIA and emphasized the need to build

bonds between India and QatarDr Vishwanathan and Ziaud-

din Ahmad, conveyor of OIA UP Chapter presented mementos to the Chief Guests. Main highlights of the programme included pre-senting award of excellence for outstanding work done by nota-ble Indians in various fields. The awards were presented to Faisal Al Hudawi for Media, Dr Nizar Kochery for Excellence in Profes-sion, Safeeru Rahman K for Sports & Abdu Salaam K for Social Service.

Science teachers of the junior wing at Pakistan International School, along with the students of grade three and four organ-ised a healthy food activity under the supervision of

Vice-Principal, Muhammad Rizwan. Principal,Nargis Raza Otho along with the chief guest, Hafiz Junaid Amir Syal, Vice-Chairman of Pakistan International School, inaugurated the activity.

The programme started at 10am. Vice-Chairman and the Principal visited all the stalls. For presentation, the students had made charts. These charts were displayed on the tables.

Each student was given one topic to explain. Following were the topics.

i. Importance of foodii. Avoid junk foodiii. Food pyramidiv. Food groupsv. Importance of watervi. Importance of physical exercisevii. BMIIt was a curriculum-based activity. All the pupils were very

well prepared. Hafiz Junaid appreciated all the participants. He was really impressed by the up to date information of the students of the junior wing. All the science teachers actively participated. Their hard work made this event successful.

One India Association honours outstanding people

Pakistan International School (PIS) conducts science activity

COVER STORY TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 201704

The Washington Post

The Duchess of Bedford was hungry. It had been hours since the lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria had eaten

breakfast at Belvoir Castle, and din-ner - as always - would be served at 8. What was a famished function-ary to do? She called for tea and a light repast to be served in her chambers, and the enduring Eng-lish custom of afternoon tea soon became the rage.

What could be more perfect for the traveler than a relaxing pause (anytime from 11:30 am until 7:30pm, depending on the tea salon) with enough sandwiches, scones and pastries to substitute for lunch or dinner?

During a recent two weeks in London, I was by myself; tea for one just hit the spot. I reserved months ahead and wove afternoon teas through my stay as a ribbon of glo-riously relaxed interludes.

Once again, I was reminded that it’s true that you get what you pay for. Although every one of my teas was superb, some were even more so, and the most expensive ones were at the top. Generally, after-noon tea at a lovely place like Kensington Palace’s Orangery will cost close to $40, and the very best will cost about twice that.

My favourite was, indeed, among the most expensive, at about $79. The Foyer at Claridge’s has been hosting afternoon tea for 150 years, and certainly has it perfected.

The high-ceilinged tearoom is all cozy and colourful in its signa-ture Claridge’s sea-green and white, from the beautiful carpet and striped china to the cushy uphol-stered tub chairs and pillows. A gorgeously sculptured, twisted and knotted glass chandelier hangs over the towering centerpiece of green and white flowers.

The pianist and cellist were playing “Cheek to Cheek” as I was ushered to a round, white-clothed table with a bouquet in the center. My waiter, in a crisp, white jacket and Claridge’s green bow tie, pre-sented the menus of teas and delectables with a flourish.

“Let me tell you how we make

the perfect cup,” he said, and assured me that he would return with a second cup if I decided to switch from Assam. I settled in to people-watch. As the piano and cello played on, I surveyed couples of several vintages: a group of ele-gant women in hijabs, a mother and young daughter with a big bow in her hair.

Perfect little tea sandwiches came quickly, lined up like crop rows - as they were at each of the tea spots I tried. Claridge’s version of the usual sandwich varieties are the best. Their Cotswold roast

chicken, layered with asparagus and avocado in crème fraîche on rye, and the Scottish salmon, with dill and rock samphire mayonnaise on malt bread, are superb.

I tried to pace myself, know-ing from experience - this was the fifth of the eight afternoon teas during my stay - that the scones and pastries were still ahead. By now, the duo’s music and the tea I had chosen had me in dreamland.

As with nearly all of the tea spots, Claridge’s serves plain and raisin scones with clotted cream

and jam (including its secret rec-ipe for Marco Polo gelee, a variation on strawberry jam). Many places also offer lemon curd. All you can eat - if you dare.

Although my waiter never stopped trying to convince me to switch teas, he kept bringing fresh pots of Assam. Like the other high-end spots I tried, Claridge’s tea menu recommends different vari-eties for different dishes, like wine pairings. The piano and cello were on to “Tea for Two” and I was sink-ing back into my comfy chair, loving the scene.

In London, two solid weeks of tea for one

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Nearby, on one side, was a group of six Americans talking pol-itics. On the other, three women speaking Arabic. All very hushed. Not a jarring sound to be heard. Gorgeous.

I rallied as my waiter presented a platter of pastries that included the lightest strawberry cream tart with tiny streusel crumbles, the lightest lime-cream macaroon and the lightest chocolate cream with caramel on a crispy bottom. And finally, I took his advice to try an infusion to accompany the desserts and enjoyed a light lemon grass herbal tea.

It was 6:30pm, and the lights dimmed as a bass took the cello’s place for “There Will Never Be Another You.” There could never be another tea like this one, for sure.

None of the afternoon tea spots rushed me. I spent an hour and a half to two hours at each. And the hosts and waiters didn’t bat an eye-lash about giving a onesome a nice perch from which to savor the experience.

Here are some high points of the other afternoon teas during my two-week survey.

Overall runner-up: The Savoy Hotel, where the scones are supremely soft and doughy, better than Claridge’s, and the setting gor-geous, with its 1904 glass cupola.

Best for an intimate, quiet

setting: Brown’s Hotel, where the tearoom is oak-panelled and low-ceilinged. Top hint: a fromage blanc lime and ginger tart.

Best if you prefer stylish dress and a strict men’s dress code: The

Ritz Hotel, the only one I visited that is still requiring a coat and tie for men.

Best for a view: Aqua Shard, on the 31st floor of Britain’s tallest sky-scraper, where the glass-walled restaurant is contemporary, you can see for miles up and down the Thames and the food is great.

Best for a world-class, encyclo-pedic selection of teas: The Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon at Fort-num & Mason, grocer to the queen.

Best for quicker, less expensive teas (three-way tie): The Wolseley, which seems to host more London ladies for tea; the Orangery at Ken-sington Palace, noisier, with slate floors and where kids seem more commonplace; the Portrait, atop the National Portrait Gallery, conven-ient at Trafalgar Square.

I rallied as my waiter presented a platter of pastries that included the lightest strawberry cream tart with tiny streusel crumbles, the lightest lime-cream macaroon and the lightest chocolate cream with caramel on a crispy bottom.

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BOLLYWOODTUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 2017 07

AFP

India cricket captain Virat Kohli is set to marry long-time girl-friend and Bollywood actress

Anushka Sharma in a much-antic-ipated wedding in Italy this week, according to media reports.

Rumours started swirling when Kohli pulled out of India’s limited-overs matches against Sri Lanka and Sharma also ducked out of her busy acting schedule in December.

Indian TV channels have gone into overdrive over what they have billed as the “wedding of the year”.

“A heritage property within a resort in Tuscany is being decked up for the wedding,” the Hindustan Times said on Sunday.

“Arrangements for a typically Punjabi wedding are reportedly

being made by the wedding plan-ner,” the newspaper added, citing unnamed sources.

The celebrity couple and their families have reportedly flown out of India for the week-long celebrations.

A grand reception is also planned in Mumbai on December 26.

There has been no confirma-tion from the couple.

The Indian captain has said he needed to rest because of his “mas-sive workload”, ahead of the national side’s tour of South Africa in January.

Kohli and Sharma, both 29, started dating in 2013 after they met during the filming of a shampoo advert.

The high-profile couple made their first public appearance a year

later during a football match.Kohli is one of the world’s high-

est-paid athletes and a huge star in cricket-crazy India, and Sharma is one of the top actresses in the multi-billion-dollar Indian film industry.

If the two stars do get hitched, theirs will be the latest in a list of

Bollywood-cricket weddings.From former India captain

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore to the recent Zaheer Khan-Sagarika Ghatge union, India has a long his-tory of marriages between cricket players and movie stars.

Actress Sonakshi Sinha feels that women have been playing the

“waiting game” for the long-est time as they are always waiting for permissions, val-idation, acceptance and approval.

Sonakshi admitted that she was accused of doing a lot of roles in films that were regressive.

“Fingers are always pointed at me. Nobody pulled up the writer who wrote the script or the director who made the film. It was always me and I used to be defensive about it thinking why this is happening to me is because I am just an actor but then I realised that may be, in some way they are right and maybe I shouldn’t be doing what I am doing,” she said.

“May be I should be doing something that doesn’t portray me as a damsel in distress which is why I started doing films like ‘Akira’ where I played a martial artist who was able to take care of herself.

“I did a film called ‘Force 2’ where I was a RAW agent. I did a film called ‘Noor’ where I played a working woman and honestly, all these roles empowered me in some or the other way,” she said.

The shooting for Reema Kagti’s u p c o m i n g

film “Gold” has concluded.

Akshay Kumar on Sunday shared a video of himself jumping in joy and captioned it: “A good beginning makes a good end-ing, True story. It’s a wrap for ‘Gold’, an incredible journey with a great team. See you at the movies.”

“Gold” is a sports drama directed by Reema Kagti and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under the banner Excel Entertainment.

“Gold” will mark the Bollywood debut of popular TV actress Mouni Roy and will feature Amit Sadh in a pivotal role.

The film is about India’s first Olympic medal win as a free nation in 1948 at the 14th Olympic Games at London. It will release on Independ-ence Day in 2018.

Akshay Kumar wraps up shooting for ‘Gold’

Women have been playing the waiting game for long: Sonakshi

Kohli-Sharma set to marry in Italy: Reports

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HEALTH TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 201710

IANS

Consuming soy foods such as soy milk and tofu and cruciferous vegetables such as cabbages, kale and broccoli may help

reduce common side effects of treatment in breast cancer survivors, researchers say.

Treatments designed to prevent breast can-cer recurrence often inhibit the body’s production or use of oestrogen—the hormone that can fuel breast cancer growth.

As a result, such patients often experience hot flushes and night sweats, among other side effects that are commonly post menopause.

Phytochemicals, or bioactive food compo-nents, such as isoflavones in soy foods and glucosinolates in cruciferous vegetables may be the source of the benefit, the researchers said.

While isoflavones bind to oestrogen recep-tors and exert weak oestrogenic effects, glucosinolates in cruciferous vegetables influ-ence levels of metabolising enzymes that can modulate inflammation and levels of oestrogen, possibly attenuating treatment-related symptoms.

The study addresses an important gap in research on the possible role of lifestyle factors, such as dietary habits, in relation to side effects

of treatments, said lead author Sarah Oppeneer Nomura from the University’s Georgetown Lom-bardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

For the study, published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, the team included 173 non-Hispanic white and 192 Chinese Americans. Women who consumed more soy foods also showed suggestive associations with lower

reporting of other symptoms, including joint problems, hair thinning/loss and memory, but these associations did not reach statistical significance.

Thus, until more study is conducted, breast cancer patients should not suddenly start eat-ing soy, if they have not consumed it before, the researchers warned.

Frequent travelling that causes jet lag could increase your risk of can-

cer because it tends to disturb our body clocks that are controlled by the same mechanism that causes tumours, finds a study

The findings, reported in the Daily Mail, showed that people’s internal body clocks have a major influence on cell multiplication and has the potential to prevent cancer.

“Our internal clock is in sync with external light and dark cues, and prompts people’s behaviour and activity levels,” lead author Angela Relogio from the Charite-Medical University in Berlin, was quoted as saying by Daily Mail.

“Based on our results, it seems to us that the clock is likely to act as a tumour suppressor,” Relo-gio added. For the study, published in the journal PLOS

Biology, the team analysed a pro-tein known as RAS, which is inappropriately activated in around one quarter of cancerous cells, in mice.

RAS which controls cell mul-tiplication in the body also influences people’s internal body clocks or circadian rhythm.

This occurs via two proteins—INK4 and ARF—that are known to suppress cancer.

“One cannot stop wondering whether disrupted circadian tim-ing should be included as a next potential hallmark of cancer,” Relogio said.

Previous study had noted that cell shape fluctuates over time, determining their lifespan and could be linked to the onset of cancers’. Changes in the bio-logical clock have also been known to increase the risk of heart diseases and diabetes.

Two tablespoons of canola oil daily may worsen memory, learning ability as well as

cause weight gain in people with Alzheimer’s disease, claims a study.

The study, conducted on mice, suggested that the long term con-sumption of the vegetable oil which is often promoted as a healthy cooking oil may actually harm the brain.

Mice fed on the canola oil-enriched diet weighed significantly more than mice on the regular diet. Canola oil, or canola for short, is a vegetable oil derived from rapeseed.

Consuming canola oil for over a period of six months also led to

impairments in working memory. Moreover, brain tissues from the mice on canola diet revealed that these animals had greatly reduced levels of amyloid beta 1-40.

Amyloid beta 1-40 is the more soluble form of the amyloid beta proteins and is generally consid-ered to serve a beneficial role in the brain. It acts as a buffer for the more harmful insoluble form, amyloid beta 1-42.

Conversely, Alzheimers mice fed a diet enriched with extra-vir-gin olive oil had reduced levels of amyloid plaques and phosphor-ylated tau and experienced memory improvement, the researchers said.

How jet lag could up cancer risk

Soy, broccoli maycut breast cancertreatment’s side effects

Canola oil may be harmful for the brain: Study

SCIENCETUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 2017 11

IANS

Black holes are known as vora-cious eaters of stars because of their intense gravitational

pull, but when astronomers got a rare opportunity to measure one such system’s magnetic field, they found it weaker than expected.

A 40-mile wide black hole

8,000 light years from Earth named V404 Cygni offered astron-omers the rare opportunity to measure its magnetic field pre-cisely, according to a study published in the journal Science.

The researchers found the mag-netic energy around the black hole is about 400 times lower than pre-vious crude estimates.

The measurements bring scientists closer to understanding how black holes’ magnetism works, deepening our knowledge of how mat-ter behaves under the most extreme condi-tions—knowledge that could broaden the lim-its of nuclear fusion power and GPS systems.

The measurements will also help scientists solve the half-century-old mystery of how “jets” of particles traveling at nearly the speed of light shoot out of black holes’ magnetic fields, while everything else is sucked into their abysses, said study co-author Stephen Eikenberry, Professor of

Astronomy at the University of Florida in the US.

The researchers developed the measurements from data collected in 2015 during a black hole’s rare outburst of jets.

The event was observed through the lens mirror of the 34-feet Gran Telescopio Canarias located in Spain’s Canary Islands.

As collection of space data increases, Nasa is exploring the infu-

sion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into space communica-tions networks to meet demand and increase efficiency.

Software-defined radios like cognitive radio use AI to employ underutilised portions of the electromag-netic spectrum without human intervention.

The Federal Communi-cations Commission (FCC) permits a cognitive radio to use the frequency while unused by its primary user until the user becomes active again. The recent development of cognitive technologies is a new thrust in the architecture of com-munications systems.

The Space Communica-tions and Navigation (SCaN) Testbed aboard the Interna-tional Space Station (ISS) provides engineers and researchers with tools to test cognitive radio in the space environment.

The testbed houses three software-defined radios in addition to a vari-ety of antennas and apparatus that can be con-figured from the ground or other spacecraft.

Project Manager for the SCaN Testbed and cognitive communications.

In the future, a Nasa cognitive radio could even learn to shut itself down temporarily to mitigate radiation damage during severe space weather events.

Adaptive radio software could circumvent the harm-ful effects of space weather, increasing science and exploration data returns.

Nasa looks at AI to communicate with space

Black holes may have weaker magnetic field than thought

Space gives a sense of humbleness & spirituality: Nasa astronaut

Nasa astronaut Jack David Fischer said space gives a sense of humbleness and spirituality. “Sight of the boundary-less Universe with its innumerable astro-

nomical bodies and movements make us felt how small and insignificant we are in this endless ocean”, said the Nasa astronaut at the Odisha Knowledge Hub Lecture series here. He said thousands of scientists over the years have made it possible to explore space.

Responding to a query put by a student, Fischer said, “Walking in space gives an amazing and transfixing expe-rience”. Reacting on the existence of aliens in space, Fischer said: “I cannot say that we are the only living beings in this boundary-less universe. There might be living beings in other solar systems.”

He added: “Space has taught us how we the people from different countries can come together to work for the growth of science and technology.”

Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan said in the year 2009, Jack Fisher was selected as a member of the Nasa Astronaut Group-20 for his distinguished achieve-ments in military service and astronautical space engineering.

TECHNOLOGY TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 201712

The Washington Post

I gave Amazon.com a key to go into my house and drop off packages when I’m not around.

After two weeks, it turns out letting strangers in has been the least-trou-bling part of the experience.

Once Amazon owned my door, I was the one locked into an all-Amazon world.

When Amazon first floated the idea of Amazon Key, an Internet-connected lock it can access, people had two responses. 1) THIS IS CREEPY. 2) I kind of want this, so my packages don’t get stolen.

But make no mistake, the $250 Amazon Key isn’t just about stop-ping thieves. It’s the most aggressive effort I’ve seen from a tech giant to connect your home to the Internet in a way that puts itself right at the centre.

The good news is nobody ran off with my boxes - or burgled my house.

The bad news is Amazon missed four of my in-home deliveries and charged me (on top of a Prime mem-bership) for gear that occasionally jammed and makes it awkward to share my own door with people, apps, services - and, of course, retail-ers - other than Amazon.

Amazon’s path to home domi-nation requires persuading Americans to connect appliances and everyday things to the Internet

- thermostats, lights, even water fil-ters. With the Echo speaker and

Alexa talking assistant, it’s had more luck than most companies at getting us interested.

What Amazon gets right is that the so-called smart home has to solve real problems. Smart locks have been around for years, but Amazon Key finds a real use for them: stopping package theft.

Amazon smartly paired the lock with its security Cloud Cam. Having a camera - which only you can watch, and which must be powered up for the door to unlock - makes this a little less terrifying. (If the power goes out, you can always open the door with an old-fashioned key.)

When you use Amazon Key, you get a phone alert with a window when a delivery might occur. If no one is home, the delivery person taps an app that grants one-time access to unlock your door, places the pack-age inside, then relocks the door. The moment the door unlocks, the Cloud Cam starts recording - and sends you a live stream of the whole thing. It’s a surreal 15 seconds.

Amazon’s drivers earned high marks for discretion. Most of them

opened the door just enough to slide in a package. None of them stopped to use the toilet. None of them took a cookie - not even when I set some by the door with a card. If only it worked

The other reason smart home tech has been a tough slog for Sili-con Valley is that houses come in so many shapes and ages. And there’s a lot at stake if tech fails where you live. My Amazon Key setup was fin-icky, even though Amazon sent someone to help. My installer was friendly, but found a problem with my decades-old door he wasn’t authorized to fix - the spot where the deadbolt went into the frame slightly misaligned. I paid a locksmith $100 for a new strike plate, which was Amazon’s recommendation.

That wasn’t enough. From time to time, my Kwikset Convert lock makes a screech that would alarm a hyena, and flashes a warning in the Key app about jamming.

Even worse, that happened dur-ing an Amazon delivery. Fortunately, the driver kept trying until the door

actually locked. Amazon said it thinks my lock is not properly installed. I also might have had a better experi-ence with one of the two other compatible smart locks, whose designs are bulkier.

Then I heard Amazon Key got hacked. Researchers found a way a rogue delivery person could cause the security camera to freeze and then potentially lurk in your house. Amazon said customers weren’t really at risk, but pushed a software update to provide quicker notifica-tions if the camera goes offline during delivery.

The biggest head scratcher: Of eight in-home deliveries, Amazon missed its original delivery window on four of them. It sent some inaccu-rate alerts about when packages might arrive, which is especially unnerving when drivers might be entering your house. (The packages all arrived eventually, a day or more late.) This is a record-breaking online shopping season, but this is the part of the business I expect Amazon to get right.

Researchers found a way a rogue delivery person could cause the security camera to freeze and then potentially lurk in your house.

Amazon wants a key to your house. I did it. I regretted it.

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

A father takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast and meets

up with an old friend who makes him feel inferior about his life’s

choices.Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTERNOVO — PearlPaddington 2 (2D/Animation) 10:20am, 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:00, 9:10 & 11:20pm Daddy’s Home 2 (2D/Comedy) 10:00, 11:45am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 4:40, 6:00, 8:00, 9:30, 10:00pm & 12:00midnight Marrowbone (2D/Horror) 10:00am, 2:20, 6:40 & 11:00pm Brad’s Status (2D/Comedy) 12:10, 4:30 & 8:50pmCoco (2D/Animation) 10:00am, 12:30, 3:00 & 5:30pmJustice League (2D/Action) 8:00 & 10:45pmThe Osiris Child (2D/Action) 10:30am, 2:40, 6:50 & 11:00pm Christmas All Over Again (2D/Comedy) 12:30, 4:40 & 8:50pmJungle (2D/Action) 11:00am, 4:00 & 9:00pmThor: Ragnarok (2D/Action) 1:30, 6:30 & 11:00pmActs of Vengeance (2D/Action) 10:00am, 2:00, 6:00 & 10:00pmSheikh Jackson (2D/Arabic) 12:00noon, 4:00, 8:00pm & 12:00midnightThe Mountain Between Us (2D/Action) 10:00am, 2:00, 3:00, 6:50, 8:00 & 11:45pm Wonder (2D/Drama) 12:30, 5:30 & 10:30pmPaddington 2(2DIMAX/Animation) 10:00am, 12:10, 2:20, 4:30, 6:40, 8:50 & 11:00pm

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ASIAN TOWNPunyalan (Malayalam) 6:00, 6:30, 8:45 & 9:15pmRichie (Tamil) 5:00, 7:15, 8:45, 9:30, 11:00 & 11:45am Kodiveeran (Tamil) 6:00pm

AL KHORRichie (Tamil) 11:15am, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 & 11:45pm Punyalan (Malayalam) 12:30, 3:15, 6:00, 8:45 & 11:30pm Just Getting Started 10:30am, 3:00, 7:30pm & 12:00midnightJungle (Tamil) 12:30, 5:00 & 9:30pm

BRAD STATUS

Paddington 2 (Adventure) 2:30pm Olaf And Coco (2D/Animation) 4:30pm Punyalan Private Limited (2D/Malayalam) 2:30 & 11:30pm Anna Durai (2D/Tamil) 2:30pm Brad’s Status (2D/Comedy) 7:00 & 9:30pmChristmas All Over Again (2D/Comedy) 5:00pm Marrowbone (2D/Horror) 7:00pm Jungle (2D/Action) 9:00 & 11:15pmFurkey Returns (2D/Hindi) 5:00 & 9:00pm The Osiris Child (2D/Action) 7:30pm Kodiveeran (2D/Tamil) 11:15pm

Paddington 2 (Animation) 11:00am & 1:15pm Richie (Tamil) 1:20, 6:10 & 8:40pm Jungle 3:00, 5:30 & 11:50pm Furkey Returns (Hindi) 4:20, 7:10 & 10:10pm Coco 3:30 & 6:10pm Marrowbone 11:00am, 3:50 & 11:10pm Brad Status 11:00am, 1:00, 10:30pm & 12:30am Punyalan (Malayalam) 11:00 & 1:40pm

Anna Durai (2D/Tamil) 2:30pm Brad’s Status (2D/Comedy) 5:00 & 9:30pm Paddington 2 (Adventure) 2:30pm Marrowbone (2D/Horror) 7:15pmPunyalan Private Limited (2D/Malayalam) 2:15 & 9:00pm Olaf And Coco (2D/Animation) 4:30pm Jungle (2D/Action) 7:00 & 11:30pmRichie (2D/Tamil) 5:00pm Furkey Returns (2D/Hindi) 7:00 & 11:30pm The Osiris Child (2D/Action) 9:15pmKodiveeran (2D/Tamil) 11:15pm

Punyalan Private Limited (2D/Malayalam) 2:30 & 11:00pm Kodiveeran (2D/Tamil) 2:30pm Jungle (2D/Action) 7:30 & 11:30pmOlaf And Coco (2D/Animation) 3:00 & 5:30pmBrad’s Status (2D/Comedy) 5:00 & 9:30pm Christmas All Over Again (2D/Comedy) 5:15pm Anna Durai (2D/Tamil) 7:00pm Marrowbone (2D/Horror) 7:00 & 9:30pmThe Osiris Child (2D/Action) 9:15pm Richie (2D/Tamil) 11:30pm

CINEMA PLUSTUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 2017 13

CROSSWORD CONCEPTIS SUDOKU

ALL IN THE MIND

08:00 News08:30 Counting the

Cost09:00 Al Jazeera World10:30 Inside Story11:00 News11:30 The Stream12:30 My Tunisia13:00 NEWSHOUR14:00 News14:30 Inside Story15:00 The Coming War

On China 16:00 NEWSHOUR17:00 News17:30 The Stream18:00 Newsgrid19:00 News19:30 TechKnow20:00 News20:30 Inside Story21:00 NEWSHOUR22:00 News22:30 The Stream23:00 Al Jazeera World

13:00 Bunk’d 15:05 Miraculous

Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir

16:20 Stuck In The Middle

17:00 Tangled: The Series

18:15 Descendants Wicked World

20:10 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir

20:35 Disney The Lodge

22:40 Evermoor Chronicles

23:05 Rolling With The Ronks

23:20 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir

13:50 River Monsters

16:35 Untamed & Uncut

17:30 Treehouse Masters

19:20 Australia Doesn’t Just Want To Kill You

20:15 Cats 10121:10 Shamwari:

A Wild Life21:30 Shamwari:

A Wild Life22:05 North

Woods Law23:00 Australia

Doesn’t Just Want To Kill You

23:55 Deadly Islands

00:50 Untamed & Uncut

13:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier

13:55 Deadliest Catch

14:40 Gold Divers: Under The Ice

15:25 Diesel Brothers

16:10 Street Outlaws

17:00 How Do They Do It?

17:50 Storage Hunters UK

18:20 Container Wars

18:50 Deadliest Catch

21:00 Madiba21:50 Bushcraft

Build-Off22:40 Ed Stafford:

Left For Dead

King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Yesterday’s answer

Conceptis Sudoku: Conceptis Sudoku

is a number-placing puzzle based on a

9×9 grid. The object is to place the

numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so

that each row, each column and each

3×3 box contains the same number

only once.

BAKE, BARBECUE, BASIN,

BOIL, BRAISE, BROIL, CAN

OPENER, CHEF, CODDLE,

CONDIMENT, COOK, CUPS,

FORK, FRIED, FRYING PAN,

GRILL, HEAT, KNIFE, MARINATE,

MICROWAVE, MIXER, OVEN,

PEPPER, PLATE, POACH,

RECIPE, RELISH, ROAST,

ROLLING PIN, SALAD, SALT,

SAUCE, SAUCEPAN, SIEVE,

SKILLET, SPATULA, SPOON,

STEAMED, STEEPED, STIR FRY,

TIMER, TOASTED.

TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 2017BRAIN TEASERS14