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Chef Ana Matorell to bring ‘Flavours of Mexico’ at Astor Grill

Salman Khan’s new film to

release on Eid 2019

Rebirth of multifaceted property

Bruno H. Schöpfer said the rebirth of Bürgenstock Resort wouldn’t have been possible if Katara Hospitality didn’t show it’s generous support. We appreciate their patience, it took us 9-years to re-build this resort keeping the cultural roots alive.”

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CAMPUSWEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2017 03 ISC organises inter-school and men open swimming championship

Indian Sports Centre, an apex body of Indian Embassy, in asso-ciation with Qatar Swimming

Association organised an “ISC Doha Bank Inter-school & Men Open Swimming Championship”.

More than 75 children from 7 different schools participated in the competition and 45 men partici-pated from various companies and organisation in Men Open categories.

Main events in each category were, freestyle, backstroke, butter-fly Ssroke, breaststroke and medley relay, All the events were 50 metres swimming track, except for under 10, that was for 25 metres.

Glittering prize distribution cer-emony held at Qatar Swimming Association premises, Indian Ambassador H E P Kumaran, was

the chief guest and Khalid Abdul-lah, Board Member of Qatar Swimming Association, was the guest of Honor.

H E Ambassador of India to Qatar and patron of ISC, applauded the work of ISC and mentioned in

his address that, since inception of ISC, ISC performance is more than my expectation and I congratulate ISC for their wonderful work, keep UP the community sports activi-ties rolling and thanked for the support of Qatar Swimming

association, Board Member Khalid Abdullah appreciated the champi-onship and thanked ISC to organise such competition in association with Qatar Swimming Association, and extend his best wishes to Indian Embassy.

Birla Public School taking part at CBSE

Qatar National Swimming Competition

Birla Public School (BPS) students will participate at CBSE Qatar National Swimming Competition under way at Rishikul Vidhyapeeth, Sonpet, Haryana, India from October 20 to 26.

Varunika Balamohan of Class V will represent Qatar in 100m freestyle - under 11 girls category.

Stefone Shine Saju of class 10 will compete in 200M I.M in under 17 boys category. Shlok Reddy of class 11 in 50m and 100m back-strokein under 19 Boys category. Kevin Ashleyof class 6 to represent Qatar in 200 M Back Stroke in under 19 Boys category.

During the CBSE Qatar Cluster Swimming competitions held on May 14 and 15 at DPS-MIS, BPS students won a total of 26 gold, 61 silver, 64 bronze.

‘Go Green’ initiative at MESAs a part of the ‘Go Green’ initiative of MES Indian School,

which aims to inculcate a culture of conservation and eco-conscious among students, the tiny tots of MES Indian School,

accompanied by their teachers and the officiating Principal of the school, Hameeda Kadar, planted saplings on the vacant land area near the KG Section of the school on October 22.

This effective campaign was carried out in addition to the ongo-ing proactive kitchen garden project of the school, which was well received by the go green enthusiasts. Students were also briefed of the necessity of planting and preserving trees for protecting mother earth, and thus making the planet a better place to live.

COVER STORY WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 201704

Amna Pervaiz Rao Bürgenstock, Switzerland

The Peninsula

Katara Hospitality has invested QR2.11bn to renovates Bürgenstock Resort for people to enjoy the facilities in

the heart of Central Switzerland, on top of 2,800ft mountain ridge that offers stunning views of Lake Lucerne.

The facilities being offered at the resort make it easier for Arab visitors to enjoy halal food and Ara-bian culture in the heart of Central Switzerland.

Bruno H. Schöpfer, the Manag-ing Director of the Bürgenstock Selection, overseeing the develop-ment of the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne.

Talking to The Peninsula , Schöpfer said: “The rebirth of Bür-genstock Resort wouldn’t have been possible if Katara Hospitality didn’t show it’s generous support. We appreciate their patience, it took us 9-years to re-build this resort keep-ing the cultural roots alive.”

According to the Swiss stand-ards, Schöpfer said it is normal to re-build a place in few years but normally in Qatar you make a deci-sion and after six months the

building is ready. “We respect and appreciate supporting this project and making it successful.”

Locals and Arab visitors enjoy the facilities which give blend of

Arabian culture. Expressing the reactions of local

Swiss people he said: “Particularly the visitors from the Middle East demand for local (Swiss) experience and on the other hand they don’t want to disconnect from their own cultural roots. Keeping all in mind we built up this resort to give them a warm welcome in central Swit-zerland. We have put up few features in our rooms to keep their culture alive as well.”

“Staying away from your home-country makes you feel disconnected with your culture we don’t make our Middle Eastern visitors feel this way. We respect the aspects of Arabic cul-ture in which we have shown high respect for their privacy too,” Schöp-fer added.

The resort has opened the doors for Arab visitors to enjoy the facili-ties which include, Alpine Spa which is connected via museum corridor separate for ladies and men, swim-ming area separate for ladies and men. Enjoyable cuisines which include Persian, Chinese, Indian, Japanese and Thai cuisines serving Halal food for all Arab visitors.

Bürgenstock Resort : The project of the century

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“The oriental cuisine and shisha experience is highly appreciated by the Swiss locals, we have attracted more of local guests at Sharq Oriental Res-taurant and Spices Kitchen & Terrace. These cuisines have been highly appreciated by the Arab visitors, we take care of the halal specifications. We have also hired Arabic speaking and understanding staff to cater all the Middle Eastern guests,” Schöpfer fur-ther noted.

The Bürgenstock Hotel & Alpine Spa offers a live cooking experience in its Spices Kitchen & Terrace. The restaurant features authentic Chinese, Indian, Japanese and Thai cuisines cooked in original tan-doors, woks, naan oven, duck oven and dim sum steamer.

Some of the dishes featured on the menu include Indian Adraki Lamb Chops, Thai inspired Thod-MunPla (red curry flavoured king fish cake with cucumber relish) and Chinese Siu Mai.

The open kitchen has four stations and a range of specialist chefs dedicated to each cuisine. The design reflects the concept of an Asian-fusion res-taurant with sleek lines and warm tones, seating 130 guests inside and 66 outside on the panoramic ter-race, which has views across to the peak of Pilatus, Rigi and the lake.

Bürgenstock Resort brings Sharq Oriental Res-taurant, which offers traditional Arabic culinary experience with various mezze, grill dishes and aro-matic shisha. With its Middle Eastern style decor both inside and on the terrace of the former Villa Daniel.

Sharq serves Persian dishes by Iranian and Leb-anese chefs in a sleek relaxing environment. Seating up to 129 across two floors and the terrace, guests will experience a culinary trip through the Orient.

The Water Pipe Lounge and Terrace has spec-tacular views to the lake and private dining is available for groups of up to twelve. Dishes include typical mezze and grilled meats for an authentic taste of the region. Delights of the menu include Roukak (filled puff pastry roll with Arabic cheese, parsley and black cumin), Hummus, Falafel, and Kabab Kubi-deh (ground lamb kebab with onions, saffron and black crushed pepper).

COMMUNITY WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 201706

She’s called the “Mother of the Nation” by the people of Pakistan, but how much is

really known about the life of Fatima Jinnah?

A new book from Georget-own University in Qatar (GU-Q) Professor Mohammed Reza Pir-bhai hopes to shed some light on the woman behind the name.

In the 50 years since her death, Fatima Jinnah: Mother of the Nation is the first scholarly biography to focus on the life of the author, activist, and stateswoman in full.

To celebrate its release, GU-Q will be host-ing a book launch event at its Education City campus at 6:00pm tomorow.

Pirbhai began the research for the book five years ago—a lengthy process which involved weaving together new and often con-flicting views of Jinnah to tell the story of her life.

“She was one of the most important women figures in the Pakistan movement and the anti-colonial movement in pre-divided British India,”

explained Pirbhai. “Post-partition, she even ran for president in 1964—which made her the first woman in the world to run for head of state. The fact that no one outside Pakistan had writ-ten about her was a glaring gap in scholarship.”

Using national archives, writings by her associates and colleagues, and the writing and correspondence of women from advocacy

groups and educational institutions, the book offers insight into her public and personal life. Pirbhai also uses Jinnah’s story as a lens to address larger issues.

“One of the goals of the book has been to not merely write a biography, but to use biog-raphy as a means to writing social history,” said Pirbhai, explaining how Jinnah’s life is exam-ined in the context of subjects such as women in politics and Islamic reform movements in colonial India and post-colonial Pakistan.

Fatima Jinnah: Mother of the

Nation is Pirbhai’s second book, following the publication of Reconsidering Islam in a South Asian Context in 2009.

The scholar, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, has published widely on topics related to Modern South Asia, including Muslim and Hindu nationalism, British colo-nialism, and gender in regional focus.

Bazm-e-Alig celebrates 200th birthday of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Bazm-e-Alig, the association of the alumni of Aligarh Mus-lim University in Qatar,

celebrated bicentenary birth anni-versary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan on October 20 at Marriott Hotel, Doha.

Born on October 17, 1817 in Delhi, Sir Syed pioneered modern education for the Muslim Commu-nity in India.

He founded Mohammadan Anglo -Oriental College in 1875 in Aligarh which later developed into the Aligarh Muslim University.

His work gave rise to new gen-eration of Muslim entrepreneurs and politicians. The members of the Bazm-e-Alig paid homage and trib-utes to the great reformer.

The programme started with the greetings of Khushnoor Khan (General Secretary of Bazm) and recitation of the Holy Quran by

Master Hamad Tahir. A brief talk on Sir Syed was deliv-

ered by Nadeem Mahir in Arabic. An informative Presentation was also delivered on the contributions of Sir Syed in the educational reforms in India and the history and contribu-tions of Bazm-e-Alig in Qatar.

Chief Guest of the evening, Engineer Ahmad Jassim Al Jolo, the

President of Federation of Arab Engineers and Chairman of Qatar Society of Engineers, applauds the efforts of Sir Syed in his address and congratulated all the members of Bazm-e-Alig on this occasion.

Moosa Zainal Moosa, former advisor to the Minister of Culture and Heritage, the Patron of Bazm-e-Alig, welcomed the Chief Guest

and all the members and spoke at length about Sir Syed and his mis-sion. He also pointed towards the speech recently delivered at United Nations by H H Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, wherein he praised expatriates for their sup-port and their contribution towards the development of the Country. Indians are the largest community amongst the expatriates, residing in the state of Qatar.

The President of the association, Afroz Alam in his address urged the members to unite and work toward the cause of Sir Syed. He highlighted that in last two centuries commu-nity has failed to produce another Sir Syed and another AMU. He also outlined the objectives and the pri-orities of Bazm-e-Alig and the idea behind the formation of the asso-ciation in 1988.

GU-Q to host ‘Fatima Jinnah: Mother of the Nation’ book launch

MARKETPLACEWEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2017 07Chef Ana Martorell to bring ‘Flavours of Mexico’ at Astor Grill

Mexican guest chef, Ana Mar-torell, in collaboration with the Embassy of Mexico and

sponsored by Qatar Airways, will bring her culinary talents to Qatar, showcasing traditional Mexican cui-sine in a unique culinary journey available only at Astor Grill, located on the first floor of The St Regis Doha, from October 29 until November 4.

Promising vivacious, colourful Mexican flavours, the exclusively curated menu by the St Regis’ Exec-utive Chef, Joseph Murphy and guest Chef, Ana Martorell is avail-able during this week for dinner at Astor Grill, alongside the regular menu featuring prime cuts and sea-food prepared on the grill.

Guests wishing to experience this unique experience will be treated to four exquisite courses from the set menu; they will start the culinary experience with the delicious grilled Caesar salad, which was first created in Mexico, fol-lowed by noodles Tlayacapan style with the lamb shank filled tortilla ‘inflata’ for main course. To finish, guests will be treated to a mouth-watering molten chocolate delicacy

cooked in a pure clay pot. In addition to the set menu

available at Astor Grill, The St Regis Grand Brunch, starting November 3 will showcase Mexican influenced dishes also prepared by Chef Ana Martorell such as mushroom que-sadillas, stuffed corn dough pastries, green enchiladas, enfrijoladas rosa-rito amongst others. With shaded tables displayed on the spacious outdoor terrace, overlooking the Olympic-size pool and the Arabian Gulf, music aficionados will enjoy live rhythms performed by the res-ident band of The Club and Latino tunes created by The Resident DJ to enhance the specialty Mexican

theme. “The collective goal is to captivate and surprise guests with original dishes that incorporate Mexican flavours with Arabic influ-ences. The menu will showcase high quality, locally sourced ingredients and Mexican spices, a culinary fusion between the two cultures” said Chef Joseph Murphy.

Come and explore ‘The Flavours of Mexico’ at The St. Regis Doha, where you can tantalise your taste buds in the ultimate variety of Mex-ican dishes, all served with The St. Regis flawless service.

The ‘Flavours of Mexico’ speci-ality 4 course set menu will be

available at Astor Grill from Octo-ber 29 until 4 November, from 4:00pm to 11:00pm on Saturday to Thursday and from 6:30pm to 11:00pm on Friday at the cost of QR300 per person.

The St. Regis Grand Brunch is from 12.30 noon to 4:00pm and packages start from QR350 inclu-sive of soft beverages andQR450 with enhanced beverages.

To make a reservation please contact 4446 000, Whatsapp +97433870925 or email dining.res-ervations@stregis.com. You may also visit www.stregisdoha.com for more details.

As part of observing Interna-tional Stuttering awareness day on October 22, Depart-

ment of Speech Language Pathology, Qatar Institute for Speech and Hearing (QISH) con-ducted a seminar at various schools in Doha.

Sany Abdul Raouf Mohamed Aly Naiim, one of its senior Arabic

speech therapist conducted classes on Stuttering for the parents and teachers at Abdulla Abin School for boys and Althaim Primary school for girls.

Stuttering is a disorder of vocal communication marked by the involuntary disruption of fluent speech. Stuttering is a condition which can be easily identified by

anyone in your family, school or friends and it can be managed through timely intervention by a certified speech & Language Pathologist & Behavioural Thera-pist. Merlin Thankam Thomas, Senior Speech Language Pathol-ogist of English section, presented a speech on the above topic at MES Indian School.

She claimed that a child with stuttering disorder usually appears to be insecure because of his/her poor communication ability.

Such student appears to be poor in self-esteem and it adversely affects his/her educa-tion. She emphasised the importance of parents and teach-ers involvement in identification and rectification of stuttering in school children.

QISH holds seminars on stuttering disorder

LIFESTYLE WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 201708

AFP

A Turkish Airlines plane that crash landed at Kathmandu airport two years ago will be

welcoming ticket holders on board again -- not for a flight but as the Nepali capital’s first aviation museum.

The Airbus A330 was carrying 224 passengers when it skidded off the runway at Kathmandu’s airport in March 2015, coming to a stop with its nose buried in the grassy verge on the edge of the tarmac.

No one was hurt, but the crash shut Nepal’s only international air-port for four days as technicians struggled to move the plane.

It was eventually dragged to a

disused corner of the airport where it sat rusting for two years -- until pilot Bed Upreti had an idea.

“It is unfortunate that the aircraft (had) an accident and was grounded, but I saw a perfect opportunity,” Upreti said.

He bought the metal carcass and has invested $600,000 to turn it into an aviation museum.

Upreti’s first task was moving the 63-metre plane across the road from the airport to the museum’s lot -- which proved harder than expected.

He previously brought an aban-doned Fokker 100 -- which is about half the size of an Airbus A330 -- and transported it 500 kilometres to Dhangadi in Nepal’s far west

where he also set up a museum, though on a smaller scale that this one.

“Transporting that plane across districts was much easier than relo-cating the Airbus metres away from the airport,” Upreti said.

Working only at night when the airport was closed, it took a team of engineers from Turkey six weeks to dismantle the plane into 10 pieces, before loading them onto trucks for the 500 metre journey across the road.

It took another two months to put all the pieces back together.

With all the seat stripped out of the belly of the plane, the new museum feels surprisingly spacious.

The business class section of the plane will feature a model of the Wright Brothers’ first aircraft -- the first machine to successfully take to the sky -- and in the tail there will be a cafe.

More than 150 miniature dis-play planes will chart the history of aviation as well as the story of Nepal’s flying industry.

Himalayan Nepal is heavily reli-ant on a network of domestic air routes to compensate for its limited road network, though the country’s airlines have a poor safety record.

For many in the impoverished country, the airfares are also beyond their means.

“It (the museum) will give a chance to some Nepalis who might never fly to step into a plane,” said engineering student Shyam Rauni-yar, 22, who was part of the team that put together the replica of the Wright Brother’s plane.

Upreti hopes that the museum will inspire young minds to become pilots and engineers, and is confi-dent that it will be a hit with visitors.

“Passers by are already peeking to get a glimpse,” he said.

Nepali pilot revives crashed plane as aviation museum

FOODWEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2017 09Ellie Krieger The Washington Post

I don’t use my slow cooker often, but I am most likely to break it out in the summer when my

overall culinary mission, besides getting to my nearby farmers mar-ket each week, is to avoid standing over a stove or firing up my oven. This time I looked toward a differ-ent region of the Mediterranean for another summer vegetable dish that lends itself to that appliance and landed in Sicily, with this caponata.

It is an “agrodolce” (sour-sweet) tomato and eggplant stew that is studded with the textures and tastes from celery, raisins, olives, capers and pine nuts. This version is as simple to make as could be. You just toss together everything (except the pine nuts) in the slow cooker and turn it on.

Using small eggplants elimi-nates the prospect of bitter seeds, so you don’t need to salt the vege-table or fry it ahead as most recipes call for, and I was happy to discover that there is no need to peel the tomatoes, either.

After 2 1/2 hours when the veg-etables are soft and beginning to lose their shape and the flavors have melded, you allow it to cool to room temperature and then stir in the toasted pine nuts.

I enjoyed the batch I made sev-eral different ways throughout the week. I served it in a small bowl to spoon onto crostini for my guests. I spread it generously onto crusty bread and topped it with slices of fresh mozzarella and basil leaves for an open-face sandwich for lunch (I did put that in my toaster oven to melt the cheese.

Does that count as turning on the oven?) And I served it as part of a large antipasti spread for dinner

one night. I still had some left over, which I froze to enjoy again some-time down the road — no heat required.

Slow Cooker Caponata8 servings (makes about 4 cups)This version of the classic Sicil-

ian sweet and sour eggplant and tomato stew, is as simple to make as it gets. Just toss everything (except the pine nuts, which are stirred in later) together in the slow cooker. You’ll need a slow cooker with a capacity of at least 4 quarts.

Serve it at room temperature with crostini as an appetizer, spooned onto sandwiches, tossed into pasta or as part of an antipasti spread.

Make Ahead: The caponata can be refrigerated in an airtight con-tainer for several weeks.

Ingredients1/4 cup white vinegar3 tablespoons olive oil2 tablespoons tomato paste2 tablespoons honey3/4 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon freshly ground

black pepper3 Asian or small Italian egg-

plants (1 1/2 pounds total), unpeeled, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

5 medium Roma or plum toma-toes (about 1 pound), seeded and cut into small dice

1 small onion, cut into small dice2 medium ribs celery, halved

lengthwise and then thinly sliced crosswise

1/3 cup golden raisins3 tablespoons capers, rinsed

and drained3 tablespoons coarsely chopped

green olives3 tablespoons pine nutsFresh basil leaves, for garnish

StepsWhisk together the vinegar, oil,

tomato paste, honey, salt and pep-per in a liquid measuring cup.

Combine the eggplant, toma-toes, onion, celery, raisins, capers and olives in the slow cooker. Pour the vinegar mixture over the vege-tables and toss to coat. Cook on high for 2 1/2 hours. Transfer to a bowl or storage container and allow to cool completely.

Toast the pine nuts in a dry skil-let over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until golden and fragrant. Cool com-pletely, then stir the pine nuts into the cooled caponata. Serve gar-nished with basil leaves.

Nutrition: Per serving: 150 cal-ories, 3 g protein, 19 g carbohydrates, 8 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 mg cho-lesterol, 230 mg sodium, 4 g dietary fiber, 13 g sugar.

Sicilian vegetable salad

HEALTH WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 201710

Five new malaria vaccine targets identifiedIANS

US scientists have identified five malaria vaccine targets that have the potential to

reduce the parasite’s ability to invade blood cells.

Malaria is a disease caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmit-ted by the bite of infected mosquitoes.

In 2015, malaria was responsi-ble for the death of nearly half a million people globally and it infects more than 200 million people each year.

The results showed that the vac-cines may be most effective if they target multiple parasite factors at its most vulnerable stage -- when invading human red blood cells.

Red blood cell invasion is an essential step in the parasite’s life-cycle and is a stage when the parasite is at its most vulnerable and exposed to the immune system.

Further, the malaria parasite should be targeted in combination.

Alone, no single antibody gave protection against malaria in peo-ple. However, combinations of the new antibodies did protect against the parasite, the researchers

suggested.“Producing a successful vaccine

against parasites is challenging because they are very complex organisms with many components, making it difficult to know which ones to target,” said Gavin Wright, from the Wellcome Trust Sanger

Institute in the US. For the study, published in the

journal PNAS, the team raised rab-bit antibodies against 29 potential targets, then tested the antibodies against two different strains of the deadly Plasmodium falciparum malaria, one from Africa and one from Asia.

Of the 29 antibodies, the researchers discovered five that reduced the parasite’s ability to invade red blood cells in both malaria strains.

Moreover, the researchers also used video microscopy to watch the parasite attempt to invade red blood cells with and without the presence of antibodies.

They discovered that the differ-ent antibodies were attacking the parasite at different steps as it invaded the red blood cell.

Thus pairing antibodies that each acted at different steps led to a more effective combination, the researchers said.

Reuters

A newborn girl in Canada developed a life-threaten-ing infection after being

delivered in a hot tub, according to a case report that some doctors say offers fresh evidence that women should not deliver babies in water.

The baby girl was delivered full-term and was healthy at birth. But she was hospitalized at eight days old with high fever, poor feeding and fussiness, and then was moved to the intensive care unit (ICU) because her organs were failing, researchers report in the medical journal CMAJ.

She was diagnosed with sep-sis, a life-threatening immune response to an infection with Legionella bacterium that entered her bloodstream. This bacterium thrives in warm water, and the hot tub, which was filled days before

her birth, may have created an ideal environment for an infection.

This baby’s experience “serves to highlight a severe and poten-tially fatal adverse neonatal outcome of underwater birth, especially when prefilled heated pools are used,” said lead author Dr. Michelle Barton of Western University in London, Ontario.

“Although freshly filling a hot tub may reduce the risk, serious infections can still potentially occur in newborns whose immune systems are quite weak.”

The baby had been born underwater in a hot tub at home, supervised by a midwife. The hot tub had been filled three days before birth, a practice that can lead to increased concentrations of bacteria such as Legionella in the water as it thrives in temper-atures from 20 to 42 degrees Celsius.

After multiple tests, she was started on antibiotics to treat infec-tion and began to improve. She spent five weeks on a ventilator in ICU before she left the hospital.

The baby might have died, however, if she hadn’t been tested for Legionella and given an anti-biotic regimen tailored to this diagnosis, Barton said.

Doctors in the US and the UK advise against water birth in hot tubs or pools with jets because of an increased risk of contamina-tion, and they also caution against filling the tubs in advance, researchers note.

For mothers, laboring in water may help ease pain, lower the need for anesthesia and potentially speed up the early, or first, stage of labor before the cervix is fully dilated and the baby is ready to emerge, according to the Ameri-can College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).Because

rare but serious complications have been documented with water births, and because evidence of benefits that might outweigh these risks is lacking, women should avoid delivering babies in water, said Dr. Joseph Wax, chairman of ACOG’s committee on obstetrics practice and an author of the guidelines. “It is recommended that delivery occur on land and not in water,” Wax, a researcher at Tufts University School of Medi-cine in Boston, said by email.

Heated tubs are especially dangerous, noted Dr. Alastair Sut-cliffe, a researcher at the Institute of Child Health at University Col-lege London who wasn’t involved in the case report.

“Warm water is an ideal envi-ronment for some bugs to grow,” Sutcliffe said by email. “Babies are not dolphins – those are born underwater – humans are land mammals.”

Infants born in water births at risk of infections

BOLLYWOODWEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2017 11

IANS

Continuing the tradition of releasing his films on the fes-tive occasion of Eid,

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan (pictured) has booked the auspi-cious date for his 2019 release titled

“Bharat”.The film is an official adapta-

tion of 2014 South Korean film “Ode to My Father”, which depicted mod-ern Korean history from the 1950s to the present day through the life of an ordinary man.

It showcased events such as the Hungnam Evacuation during the 1950 Korean War, the government’s decision to dispatch nurses and miners to West Germany in the 1960s and the Vietnam War.

The film was identified as potential content for the Indian audience following its screening at the Berlin Film Festival, which was attended by filmmaker Atul Agni-hotri who will be backing “Bharat” as a producer, read a statement.

It traces the journey of a man that starts in 1947 and ends in 2002.

Agnihotri, who is also Salman’s brother-in-law, said: “It’s the jour-ney of a country and also a person, both of whom go by the name of Bharat.”

“That film is just the starting point for us, but since it was an inspiration, we wanted in all fair-ness to officially own it and acquired the remake rights before going ahead with ‘Bharat’,” he added.

“Bharat” will be helmed by director Ali Abbas Zafar and will feature Salman as the protagonist.

“I feel I contribute better as a producer. Ali is a friend, I love his work and eventually it’s all about connecting with the source. If you speak to him, you will realise that Ali is far more passionate about the material,” Agnihotri said.

He also said it’s a “huge respon-sibility” to make a film with Salman as “there are big expectations that come with the job”.

“I’m very conscious about Sal-man’s fan base and what they want. And once again, I’m convinced that being a family film it’s worthy of coming during the festive time. And anyway, an Eid release is always every producer’s preferred choice,” Agnihotri said.

The film will go on floors in April next year and it will require a lot of travel and elaborate sets.

They will shoot in Abu Dhabi and Spain, besides Punjab and Delhi in India.

Pankaj Tripathi bags Best Actor Award at Cape Town film festIANS

Pankaj Tripathi, who has won the Best Actor title at the Cape Town International Film Market and Festival for “Mango Dreams”, says appreciation of talent anywhere in the world

always feels good.“If an actor’s work is appreciated anywhere in the world, it

always feels good. A lot of hard work goes behind every project and it takes years of perseverance and dedication to achieve success.

“The fact that I have been recognised on an international level, is very humbling,” Pankaj told IANS over phone from Mohali where he is currently shooting a new film.

“Mango Dreams”, directed by John Upchurch, is about a Hindu doctor with dementia and a Muslim auto-rickshaw driver who form an unlikely friendship as they cross India in search of the doctor’s childhood home.

Pankaj essays the auto-rickshaw driver, while the role of the doctor is essayed by theatre veteran Ram Gopal Bajaj.

The actor’s work in “Newton” and “Bareilly Ki Barfi” has been widely appreciated in the recent past. He is also excited about the selection of “Newton” as India’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars.

Veteran director I V Sasi diesIANS

Acclaimed Malayalam film director I V Sasi, who was instrumental in the success

stories of superstars Mammootty, Mohanlal and Jayan, died yester-day, according to family sources. He was 67.

In a career spanning close to four decades in which he also helmed some Tamil and Hindi projects, Sasi directed nearly 150 films. He was ailing for sometime.

He is survived by his wife, the popular yesteryear actress Seema, a son and a daughter.

His last rites will be con-ducted once his daughter, who is based in Australia, reaches the country, according to sources in the know of developments.

Sasi, who was inactive in the film world for a while, was plan-ning to get back to his passion.

He had announced a blockbuster film with technology geek Sohan Roy to make a film on Iraq’s inva-sion of Kuwait in 1990.

The news of Sasi’s demise drew emotional tributes from the film fraternity.

Innocent, a member of the Lok Sabha and the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA), said Sasi’s departure was an irreparable loss to the Malayalam film industry.

“When I started my career, Sasi was a director and he went on to reach heights which not many can reach. He proved through his films that a director stands above actors,” Innocent said. Hugely popular writer-director Ranjith said he heard the news at his hotel room in Kozhikode.

It was in this room that Sasi always stayed when he directed his films in this city.

Salman Khan’s new film to release on Eid 2019

ENTERTAINMENT WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 201712Will ‘Ragnarok’ be Marvel’s biggest film?The Washington Post

One of the more common critical swipes at Marvel Studios’ Thor franchise has been that despite the comic chops of its

stars, the tone has been as weighty as the super-hero’s hammer, if not his gold-tress extensions.

In “Thor: Ragnarok” (opening on November 3), the third film in the Asgard series, Disney/Mar-vel’s myth-laced muscleman sheds his long locks, and with them, it seems, the pseudo-Shakespear-ean gravity of the cinematic proceedings.

Because fresh director Taika Waititi has light-ened the mood, “Ragnarok” is the best-received Thor film so far among critics. Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Tom Hiddleston (Loki) again suit up, aided and abetted by the humor of Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Hera (Cate Blanchett) and Grandmas-ter (a wry, campy Jeff Goldblum).

Both previous films, 2011’s “Thor” (score: 57) and 2013’s “Thor: The Dark World” (54), received middling aggregate marks from Metacritic.

“Ragnarok,” on the other hand, has a next-level 74 as of Monday, based on 17 reviews. (“Ragnarok” also has a 98 percent “certified fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes, far above “Thor’s” 77 and “Dark World’s” 66.) “Ragnarok’s” scores could dip a bit

as more reviews arrive, but the trend should hold to form.

The challenge for critics, it seems, is how best to describe the franchise’s fun-loving new vibe.

“Daft as a badger sandwich and twice as funny,” writes Empire’s James Dyer - who, like Total Film’s Kevin Harley, tabs this the Marvel cinematic universe’s most humorous film yet.

“A goofy, kitschy-but-fun romp,” says IGN’s Jim Vejvoda.

And Entertainment Weekly’s Chris Nasha-waty calls the self-aware movie “basically a Joke Delivery System.”

What many of the critics especially agree on is that given Marvel’s decade of Hollywood superhero domination, steering Thor toward the funny was a necessary tack - a countermeasure

“against the inevitable creative fatigue,” writes Screen International’s Tim Grierson.

“’Thor: Ragnarok’ is almost an admission that you can’t play this material straight,” says the Guardian’s Steve Rose. “This is probably the wis-est strategy.”

One that could have Marvel laughing all the way to the bank, as “Ragnarok” - following a $645 million worldwide haul for “The Dark World” - has a shot at becoming the first Thor film to top $700m.

Andrew Lincoln wants

to be in ‘Star Wars’

IANS

Actor Andrew Lincoln, who is currently working on the hor-ror show “The Walking Dead”,

says if he wasn’t starring in the show he would like nothing more than get-ting his hands on a lightsaber in the sci-fi franchise “Star Wars”.

Lincoln, 44, says he and his co-star Dave Morrissey, who played lead antagonist the governor in sea-sons 3 and 4, were surprised they never got roles in “Harry Potter” as Britishers but they hope they will be in “Star Wars” in the future, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“Dave Morrissey and I... we used to sort of joke that we were the only actors in British Equity that hadn’t been in the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise, so maybe I would have been wiz-arding about Hogwarts or hobbit-ing about Middle Earth. And I always fancied the idea of getting my hands around a lightsaber.”

Reuters

Pop star Pink (pictured) soared to the top of the US Billboard 200 album chart

yesterday with one of the year’s biggest album sales debut, beat-ing out new albums from rapper Gucci Mane and rocker Beck.

“Beautiful Trauma,” Pink’s seventh studio album, sold 408,000 album units in its first week. This comprised sales from albums and songs and streaming consumption, according to fig-ures from Nielsen SoundScan.

The strong first week sales is the biggest debut for a female artist this year and the fourth biggest album debut of 2017, coming in behind Kendrick Lamar’s “Damn.,” Drake’s “More Life” and Ed Sheeran’s “Divide.”

The Billboard 200 chart tal-lies units from album sales, song

sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album).

Gucci Mane’s “Mr. Davis” debuted at No. 2 with sales of 70,000 album units while Beck’s

“Colors” opened at No. 3 with 46,000 album units. Singer-songwriter St. Vincent was the only other new entry in the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart

with her album “Masseduction” at No. 10.

On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online single sales, alt-rockers Imagine Drag-ons climbed one spot to the top with “Thunder.” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s star-studded Puerto Rico hurricane relief charity sin-gle “Almost Like Praying” dropped from No. 1 to No. 51.

Pink’s ‘Beautiful Trauma’ tops Billboard chart

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Iphone X demand is substantial, but not exceptionalReuters

Days before Apple Inc’s much-awaited iPhone X opens for preorders, a survey by bro-

kerage Bernstein showed that demand for the device will be sub-stantial, but not exceptional, with about a quarter of the respondents planning to buy the phone.

Heightened anticipation around the 10th anniversary iPhone, which opens for preorders on October 27 and begins shipping from November 3, has already dented demand for the just-launched iPhone 8 and 8 Plus.

Apple shares fell last week after reports of iPhone X production delays and weak sales of iPhone 8 models.

“The excitement surrounding

the iPhone X appears to be mag-nitudes higher than actual purchase intent – 48 percent of respondents agreed/strongly agreed that they were ‘excited for the iPhone X,’” Bernstein said, cit-ing a survey of 1,112 iPhone owners in the United States, UK and China.

Apple launched iPhone 8 and 8 Plus last month amid muted reception as fans awaited the iPhone X, and a survey by broker KeyBanc Capital Markets had pointed out that older iPhone 7 models outsold iPhone 8.

While it was doubtful how many iPhone users will upgrade to the $999 iPhone X, an over-whelming majority will still choose an Apple device, according to the survey.

“Consumer loyalty to iPhone

remains remarkably strong, despite persistent complaints about high prices and worries about declining innovation, with only 3 percent of respondents

stating that their next phone would *not* be an iPhone,” Bernstein said.

Apple shares were up 0.5 per-cent at $157 on Monday afternoon.

Amazon unveils new Kindle app

IANS

Global e-tailer Amazon on Tuesday announced an all-new Kindle app that

is designed for book lovers and provides easy access to the most popular Kindle features.

“We’ve built the new Kindle app from the ground up for book lovers, giving readers easy access to everything they might want to do with their books, all in one place,” said Chuck Moore, Vice President, Kindle.

The Kindle app features a new look and feel inspired by the books. Details include larger book covers, new fonts, a new app icon, and new light and dark back-ground themes to choose from.

New bottom bar navigation automatically shows an icon of the book you are reading, mak-ing it easier to get back to reading at any moment.

The bottom bar also provides quick access to Kindle’s most popular features allowing you to switch between the pages of your book, your library, your personal bookstore, the com-pany said.

IANS

A group of Chinese scientists have developed an intel-lectual suit which are fitted

with large-area textile sensors that can detect temperature, ph levels, pressure and other indica-tors showing the health status of a person.

At the third International Con-ference on Nanoenergy and Nanosystems in Beijing, Wang Zhonglin, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced the invention, reports Xinhua news agency.

The suit, via wireless trans-mission, can send signals to a cellphone, a computer, or even to a doctor’s computer a thou-sand miles away, so a person’s health can be monitored anytime and anywhere, said Wang.

The conference, organised by the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, is one of the most influential in the field of nanoscience and energy.

This year it focused on top-ics such as nanogenerators,

self-powered sensors and systems, piezotronics, piezophototronics, energy storage and self-charging power systems. Over 700 scien-tists from more than 30 countries attended the conference that ended on Monday.

Wang also mentioned “nano tattoos”. These stickers on the arm, which can be shaped as a

pattern much like a tattoo, will be able to administer drugs into a patient’s veins, providing a pri-vate and painless way of injection for diabetics.

“Scientists have made proto-types of all these gadgets at the institute’s technopark. They are expected to hit the market in two to three years,” said Wang.

Scientists develop ‘intellectual suit’

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HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

The story of Parava revolves around pigeon race, a game, which is

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Monster Family(2D/Animation) 12:00noon, 2:20, 4:40 & 7:00pm Golmaal Again (2D/Hindi) 12:00noon, 3:10, 6:20, 9:30pm & 12:40amGeostorm (Thriller) 12:00noon, 2:20, 4:40, 7:00. 9:20 & 11:40pm Mersal (2D/Tamil) 12:00noon, 3:20, 6:40, 9:20 10:00pm & 12:40am

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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.

ASTRONOMICAL, ATOM,

COLOSSAL, DOT, ELEPHANTINE,

ENORMOUS, GALACTIC,

GARGANTUAN, GIANT, HUGE,

IMMENSE, INFINITESIMAL, IOTA,

ISOTOPE, JOT, JUMBO, LARGE,

LITTLE, MASSIVE, MICROBE,

MICROSCOPIC, MINISCULE,

MINUTE, MITE, MOLECULE,

MONOLITHIC, MONUMENTAL,

NEUTRON, NUCLEUS,

PARTICLE, PINCH, POINT,

PROTON, SCINTILLA,

SMALL, SMIDGEN, SPECK, TINY,

TREMENDOUS, VAST.