Community Community MES Indian Speaker of School the National P6organises P16 Assembly a workshop for its of Pakistan Asad faculty members to Qaiser interacts with equip them with latest community members teaching methods. at the embassy.

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Fossil find Ancient whale with legs could stand on land and swim in water. P4-5

SENSATIONAL: An artist’s rendering of two examples of Peregocetus pacificus off the coast of present-day Peru. Scientists believe the ancient whales could walk on land and swim in the water.

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USEFUL NUMBERS Uriyadi 2 society. You understand why the protagonist has ‘Lenin’ in his DIRECTION:Vijay Kumar name. The walls of his house are adorned with the pictures CAST: Vijay Kumar, Sudhakar, Vismaya of Vladimir Lenin, Karl Marx and Che Guevara. If the original SYNOPSIS: The fi lm begins on a promising note but was set in the 90s, the sequel is set in the present day. doesn’t travel that way. Though not really a sequel to the earlier fi lm, the fi lm refl ects the lead character’s anger towards THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444

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Lakshmi’s NTR to NTR after Lakshmi Parvathi came into his life. NTR’s love DIRECTION: Agasthya Manju, Ram Gopal Varma story intertwined with political conspiracies which unravelled CAST: P Vijay Kumar, Rajsekhar Aningi, Yagna Shetty at that time that led to his dethronement. SYNOPSIS: The fi lm is based on factual events related THEATRE: Landmark ote Unquo u te Q “We are The Mall Cinema (1): Majili Royal Plaza Cinema Palace going to have peace even (Telugu) 2pm; Dumbo (2D) (1): Lucifer (Malayalam) 2:30pm; if we have to fi ght for it.” 4:45pm; Pet Sematary (2D) Lucifer (Malayalam) 5:30pm; 6:45pm; Lucifer (Malayalam) — Dwight D Eisenhower Lucifer (Malayalam) 8:30pm; 8:30pm; Shazam! (2D) 11:30pm. Lakshmi’s Ntr (Telugu) 2:15pm; Shazam! (2D) 11:30pm. Dumbo (2D) 5pm; Shazam! (2D) The Mall Cinema (2): Dumbo Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2D) 2pm; Shazam! (2D) 4pm; 7pm; Pet Sematary (2D) 9:30pm; Shazam! (2D) 6:30pm; Shazam! Natpe Thunai (Tamil) 11:15pm. (2): Dumbo (2D) 00:3pm; (2D) 9pm; Lucifer (Malayalam) Landmark Cinema (2): Lucifer Shazam! (2D) 5pm; Shazam! 11:15pm. (Malayalam) 2:15pm; Natpe (2D) 7:30pm; Manchester City The Mall Cinema (3): Lucifer Thunai (Tamil) 5:15pm; Lucifer Vs Tottenham - Uefa Champions (Malayalam) 2pm; Argentina (Malayalam) 8pm; Lucifer Legue (Live) 10pm. (Malayalam) 11pm. Community Editor Fans Kaattoorkadavu Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (Malayalam) 5pm; Uriyadi Ii Landmark Cinema (3): Dumbo Kamran Rehmat (3): Uriyadi II (Tamil) 2:30pm; (Tamil) 7:30pm; Project Ghazi (2D) 2:30pm; Shazam! (2D) Dumbo (2D) 5pm; The Smile e-mail: [email protected] (Urdu) 9:45pm; Natpe Thunai 4:30pm; Dumbo (2D) 7pm; Telephone: 44466405 (2D) 7:15pm; Pet Sematary (2D) (Tamil) 11:30pm. Uriyadi Ii (Tamil) 9pm; Lakshmi’s 9:15pm; Natpe Thunai (Tamil) Fax: 44350474 Landmark Cinema (1): Ntr (Telugu) 11:15pm. 11:15pm. Tuesday, April 9, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY

Cycling: Losail Circuit Sports Club WHERE: Losail Circuit WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 5pm Losail Circuit Sports Club, in association with Qatar Sports For All Federation, invites all cyclists, runners and walkers to train under the fl oodlights of Losail International Circuit every Wednesdays.

Hobby Classes WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art Centre WHEN:Wednesday – Monday Mamangam Performing Art Centre, is a holistic performing arts institution and a one stop solution for adults as well as children EVENTS of the old souq tradition. The stalls off er a looking to explore their talents in various wide range of gastronomies from all over art forms. We off er classes in contemporary, Artistic Gymnastic Classes the world. You can also browse and grab After School Activities Bollywood, hip hop, indian classical dance, WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb handcrafted artefacts, accessories, canvases, WHERE: Atelier music (Hindustani and Carnatic), arts and WHEN: Ongoing fashion wears, designer ornaments. WHEN: Ongoing craft, karate, yoga, percussion( Chenda, TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm Music and arts activities for students Thimila, Elathalam and Madhalam), violin, The olympic sport using horizontal bar, taking place after they fi nish their day in harmonium, public speaking. rings and fl oor exercises on mats for the school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- Additional services include dance children from age 4 till 16. hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama education, choreograph music videos and Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and 10 dance cover albums, choreograph dance years old after school hours. musical projects, corporate workshops and Dr. Mashoor Gulati Clinic live in Doha events, choreograph events for schools, WHERE: Al Dana Club, Doha, Qatar colleges, alumni meets and corporate WHEN: April 26 and choreography events. For details, call TIME: 6pm – 10pm 33897609. Witness the genius of Indian stand-up comedian, Sunil Grover live as he plays his popular characters ‘Dr. Mashoor Gulati’ and ‘Gutthi’ from Kapil Sharma show. Sunil Grover will be performing live at Al Dana Club in Doha.

Syria Matters Exhibition WHERE: Museum of Islamic Art WHEN: Ongoing till April 30 TIME: 9am – 7pm Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Doha presents a major exhibition, co-curated by MIA Director Dr Julia Gonnella and Rania Arabic Calligraphy Workshop Abdellatif, as part of the MIA ten-year WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday anniversary celebrations. TIME: 6pm Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. Ballet Lessons Come and learn the artistic practice of Arabic WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier handwriting and calligraphy at Music and WHEN: Ongoing Arts Atelier. TIME: 4pm – 8pm The lessons will take place every Saturday, For more info e-mail at registration@ Monday and Wednesday at 6pm. For atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. more information, contact registration@ atelierqatar.com

Dance and Instrument Classes WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf Times Building WHEN: Wednesday – Monday MIA Park Bazaar 2019 Learn the movements of dance styles in WHERE: Museum Of Islamic Art Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical WHEN: Friday, Saturday instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard TIME: 12pm – 8pm for adults as well kids and move in the world MIA Bazaar has a vibrant mix of 350 of music. For details, contact 66523871/ stalls. MIA Park Bazaar is a modern version 31326749.

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 9, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Whale of a story Peregocetus had a long snout and a mouth with teeth sharp enough for it to hunt large animals and cut its prey into smaller pieces. Its legs were strong enough for the creature to stand on land, and it had hooves at the ends of its fingers and toes, writes Leila Miller

bout 43 million years ago, when South America was surrounded by water on all sides, there lived a whale with four legs, elongated toes, sharp teeth and perhaps even fur. AThis ancient creature looked more like the love child of an otter and a crocodile than any modern-day whale. And, unlike today’s whales, which dwell exclusively in the sea, this animal lived some of its life on land. “I think they were not very good at walking, and certainly not at running,” said Olivier Lambert, a vertebrate palaeontologist at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. Lambert has spent a lot of time with this whale, which was discovered in 2011 less than a mile from the beach along the southern coast of Peru. It didn’t take long for the researchers excavating the site to recognise some of the specimen’s remarkable features. Among them: • It had four limbs, like the whales that fi rst evolved in present-day Pakistan and India more than 50 million years ago. • It was one of the earliest whales known to have lived in the New World. • It belonged to an entirely new genus and species of whales. “We found a really incredible specimen,” said palaeontologist Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi of Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, who was part of the team that reported the fi nd Thursday in the journal Current Biology. The study authors dubbed it Peregocetus pacifi cus, or “the travelling whale that reached the Pacifi c.” The name honours its role in helping scientists understand REMARKABLE: Paleontologists unearthed fossils of a four-legged amphibious whale that lived during the Eocene period in what is how early whales migrated from the Mediterranean to the now Peru. Peregocetus pacificus could travel well on both land and sea and similar to modern otters and beavers. Atlantic and eventually to the New World, said Lambert, the study’s lead author. The specimen’s fossilised remains are not only very old, they are very much intact. “It was almost a complete specimen,” Salas-Gismondi said. “It was something we never expected to collect.” The connections between the bones indicated to the researchers that this whale had reached adulthood. It It was almost probably measured about 13 feet from tip to tail, and it weighed at least several hundred pounds. a complete Peregocetus had a long snout and a mouth with teeth sharp enough for it to hunt large animals and cut its prey specimen. It was into smaller pieces. (The pointed regions on its pre- molars and molars helped the study team classify the something we specimen as a four-legged whale.) never expected Its legs were strong enough for the creature to stand on land, and it had hooves at the ends of its fi ngers and toes. to collect But Peregocetus also likely had webbed feet to help it swim, Lambert said. Just like an otter, it might start by pushing back on its hind limbs. Then it might shift to undulating its body up and down from the tail to the hip. – Rodolfo Salas- The whale fed at sea and probably only came on land Gismondi, for specifi c activities that could have included breeding or giving birth, Lambert said. That would be similar to palaeontologist the behaviour of seals and sea lions today. It only took a few hours of excavation for diggers to fi nd the fi rst traces of the whale in Peru’s Pisco Basin. ‘ The fossilised bones were embedded among marine deposits that dated back about 42.6 million years, to the middle Eocene Epoch. Whales are descended from artiodactyls, a group of ’ mammals that includes cows, sheep, goats and other Tuesday, April 9, 2019 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY hoofed animals. The earliest four- legged whales from Pakistan and Whales are descended India lived in shallow rivers, said Hans Thewissen, an anatomist and from artiodactyls, a paleobiologist at Northeast Ohio group of mammals Medical University. “Those early animals are that includes cows, amphibious, but they are not very good swimmers,” said Thewissen, sheep, goats and other who didn’t work on the study. “At some point they learn to be better hoofed animals. The swimmers and learn how to cross earliest four-legged big oceans.” Hind legs likely helped whales from Pakistan Peregocetus’ ancestors swim from the northern coast of Africa and India lived in to South America more than 43 million years ago, Lambert said. At shallow rivers the time, the distance between the continents was only about half as much as it is today, and currents – Hans Thewissen, running between them may have facilitated the crossing. anatomist and He said it was unlikely that the whale diaspora occurred in a single paleobiologist generation. But to travel that far, whales would have needed to spend Lambert said. understand the locomotive ability days or weeks at sea, suggesting “The tail is much more effi cient of early whales. The specimen’s salient features they acquired the ability to sleep in for locomotion than a combination “That’s kind of exciting,” said the ocean. of tail and hind limbs,” he said. Pyenson, who was not involved • It had four limbs, like the whales known to have lived in the New As whales spent more time Nick Pyenson, curator of in the study. “That tells us early that first evolved in present-day World. swimming, they gradually lost fossil marine mammals at the on in whale evolution they had Pakistan and India more than 50 • It belonged to an entirely new their hind limbs, which interfered Smithsonian Institution’s National gotten much farther than we had million years ago. genus and species of whales. with a swimming motion that Museum of Natural History, previously understood.” —Los • It was one of the earliest whales relied primarily on tail movement, said the report helps scientists Angeles Times/TNS Found: Scene of devastation from dinosaur-killing asteroid

seas and waterways, heaving fi sh By Eric Adler onto shore to suff ocate. Meantime molten material spewed into the atmosphere with the explosive roundbreaking work by energy of billions of atomic bombs. a University of Kansas The Tanis site was riddled with doctoral student has glass blobs and debris known as provided the most tektites and powdery microtektites. detailed evidence The site seemed to have millions yetG for one of the most storied of them, a clear signature that moments in the history of the the deaths had occurred on that Earth. very day. Fish gills were fi lled with The moment is the day that a tektites, a sign that they were colossal asteroid smashed into the breathing them in just before the planet some 66 million years ago, water surge ejected the fi sh onto igniting worldwide forest fi res, land. triggering tsunamis, earthquakes “This is a huge fi nd. It is a and volcanic eruptions, and discovery that is made once in a sending a plume of debris into the century,” said researcher David atmosphere that so darkened and Burnham, one of DePalma’s poisoned the planet that it wiped University of Kansas doctoral out 99 percent of life, including the advisers who leads the fossil dinosaurs. preparation lab at the university’s The work by Robert A DePalma, Biodiversity Institute. “Nobody a 37-year-old geology student who has found anything like this for any is also a palaeontologist at the Palm impact that we know about. … Beach Museum of Natural History “It marks the event. And it is the in Florida, was published Monday smoking gun. This is minutes after in the prestigious Proceedings of impact.” Burnham said that the the National Academy of Sciences. University of Kansas is already in Eleven other scientists of renown possession of the fossils to become share authorship of the paper. But part of its permanent collection. the lead author is DePalma, based That strike, known as the Chicxulab to show what actually happened on boundary, tying them to within “We have some fi sh material on what he knew was a major fi nd impact, is recorded as a layer that day. In North Dakota, at a site minutes of the Chicxulab impact here now and some rock samples, in 2012. of rock called the KT boundary, called Tanis, within the Hell Creek thousands of miles away. and we are going to get a lot more,” Scientists for decades have named for when the Cretaceous geological formation, DePalma The paper reveals how the Burnham said. “It’s a really small known that the extinction of the period ended and the Tertiary found a palaeontological treasure impact created a magnitude 10 or 11 site, but there is a lot there. You’re dinosaurs is tied to a massive period began. trove of perfectly preserved animals earthquake, sending a seismic wave talking about these fi sh; they’re all asteroid that hurtled into the Until DePalma’s discovery, and fi sh fossils — heaps of them thousands of miles upland. together nose to tail.” —The Kansas Yucatan area of eastern Mexico. scientists had little direct evidence piled and layered — at the KT A surge of water swelled inland City Star (Kansas City, Mo.)/TNS 6 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 9, 2019 COMMUNITY MES organises workshop for faculty members

MES Indian School recently organised capacity building programme. The a workshop for its faculty members to workshop featured various topics, including equip them with the latest and innovative objectives and, purpose of questioning, methods in teaching and precisely on various methods and strategies to be the method of setting eff ective question adopted while setting eff ective question papers. papers for the present day generation, Inaugurating the programme, Hameeda Blooms Taxonomy of learning, changing Kadar, Principal of MES, highlighted the terminology and diff erent types of importance of garnering vital information. questions based on Blooms Taxonomy She also urged the teachers on the need with the aid of PowerPoint presentation, of updating teaching strategies to the video clips and handouts. preferences and latest requirements. Rema Devi, Department of English, Tapati Chatterjee, educationist, along proposed a vote of thanks. Sheela Pauly, with the respresentatives of S Chandi, Department of Chemistry, co-ordinated the New Delhi, conducted a workshop on programme.

BPS organises ‘Leadership Retreat’

Birla Public School (BPS) recently organised ‘Leadership Retreat’ for its faculty members. The Principal Co-Scholastic; and Bhavna Sonkamble, Vice Principal Capacity Building and Quality objective of the retreat was to invigorate the team towards the holistic development of each Enhancement Division. Speaking on the occasion, Radhika introduced the situational leadership learner in the school, to reorient them with the paradigm shift in the role of teacher and learning styles and their eff ects, which was followed by Rajesh Pillai with the various leadership styles pedagogies and the role of a leader. and its eff ects on one’s team. He also led the team in brainstorming the best application of each A P Sharma, Principal of BPS, welcomed the gathering and congratulated the team for their leadership style discussed. Further, Bhavna Sonkamble explained about the deeper realms of exceptional performance, latest CBSE reforms and action plan for the new academic session. situational leadership with various case studies of diff erent situations that a leader may encounter The retreat was conducted by Radhika Rele, Vice Principal Academics at BPS; Rajesh Pillai, Vice in the school.

Students of CISD win scholarship to study in Spain

Jay Toet and Mattie Peschel, Students of Grade XII at some excellent work that impressed the judges. This is a Compass International School Doha (CISD), recently wonderful achievement for the students, and it will have won a scholarship to study and live in Spain in July a huge impact on their language learning.” 2019. Three other students of Grade XII and XIII at True Spanish Experience (TSE) launched the CISD, including Owen Cardiff , Noureldin Hassabou and competition in 2002 and receives over 600 students Loujain al-Badi were also selected as finalists, winning annually from all over the world. Students come to accommodation and boarding for the two-week study at their two bases in A Coruña and Cuenca. The intensive summer programme. All students are studying competition included 100 international schools from the International Baccalaureate Ab-Initio Spanish around the world. TSE’s emphasis is on off ering students programme. Higgins, faculty member at CISD, said, a global immersion experience in Spain. This complete “The requirements for the competition also included immersion is accomplished by living with host families. a video explaining the judges why the students liked The programme also includes leisure, cultural and sport Spain. Their creativity shone through and they produced activities. Tuesday, April 9, 2019 GULF TIMES 7 COMMUNITY FNJ-Qatar Chapter marks 64th Anniversary

Federation of Nepali Baks Miya, Chairman Journalists (FNJ)- of FNJ-Qatar, presided Qatar Chapter over the event. recently organised Speaking on the a seminar to mark occasion, Bimal Subedi, its 64th Anniversary. Nepali community The seminar was leader, said, “Journalists attended by notable should be honest, free personalities, including and neutral.” Ramhari journalists, former Gaire also spoke on journalists and literary the occasion. Prem writers. Nawaraj BK, Bhattarai, Chairman of Vice-Chairman of International Nepalese FNJ-Qatar Chapter, Literary Society, and welcomed the Tirtha Sangam Rai, gathering. Ganesh writer, recited their Prasad Banjade, poems on the occasion. Principal Adviser of – Text and photos by FNJ-Qatar, and Karim Usha Wagle Gautam

IBPC marks International Women’s Day

The Indian Businessmen and Professionals Council (IBPC), the apex organisation of Indian added. Najat Abdulraheem, Qatari entrepreneur and Managing Director of Shoura Business Group, businessmen and professionals in Qatar working under the patronage of Embassy of India, recently gave a presentation on Entrepreneurship and shared her entrepreneurial journey from being a organised an event ‘Balance for Better’ to mark International Women’s Day at Holiday Inn Hotel. professional to a successful technology entrepreneur in Qatar, which was followed by a presentation The event featured a session on various topics, including entrepreneurship, work life balance and by Susan John, Head of Programs and Follow up at Doha International Family Institute (DIFI), an healthy lifestyle. Ritu Kumaran, wife of Ambassador of India, was the chief guest at the event. organisation under Qatar Foundation, on ‘Work Life Balance’. Nisha Agarwal, Health and Exercise Azim Abbas, President of IBPC, welcomed the gathering. “This platform will help achieve our long Professional at Aspire Active, spoke about healthy lifestyle and shared practical and useful tips on term goals of driving IBPC to be a very dynamic, inclusive and purposeful business council benefiting maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle. both the Indian and Qatari business community with a wider participation of women from the Indian The event was anchored by Ushas Andrews, Management Committee member and Co-ordinator at community,” said Azim. IBPC Women’s wing. The event was attended by notable personalities, including Sumit Malhotra, Vice “IBPC will provide a strong forum to the very talented and vast professional Indian women’s President of ICBF; and Manoj Magchiani, Joint General Secretary. community, under its banner and will continue to play that role with the help of Embassy of India,” he Sumit proposed a vote of thanks. 8 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 9, 2019 COMMUNITY ISC organises first Lawn Tennis Tournament

Indian Sports Centre (ISC) recently organised its first Lawn Tennis Tournament for Indian nationals at Radisson Blu Hotel. The tournament was divided in two categories, including Boys Under 18 and Men above 18. Lalith Jegatheeshan bagged the championship title in Boys Under 18 category, which was followed by Dominic Antony and Rithvik Sunil with first and second runners up, respectively. In Men above 18 category, Haff az Mohd Sattar won the title, which was followed by Kishore Nair and Shankar Lingam with first and second runners up, respectively. Some 32 people participated in Mens Category and 16 in Boys. T S Sreenivas conducted the closing ceremony, which was followed by presentation of tournament details by Dr Shafeeq. M S Bukhari was the chief guest at the event. He felicitated the winners. Nilangshu Dey, President of ISC, and Habib Un Nabi, General Secretary of ISC, welcomed the gathering. Sudheer proposed a vote of thanks. IIS organises orientation session

Ideal Indian School (IIS) recently organised an orientation session for the parents of the parents and teachers. Shirley D Sales, Headmistress of KG Section, also spoke on the occasion. students of Kindergarten session. Speaking on the occasion, Syed Shoukath Ali, Principal of She introduced the KG faculty members of IIS to the parents, which was followed by an IIS, emphasised on the responsibilities to be taken by the parents towards their children. He interactive session between parents and teachers. The event was compered by Mercy, Faculty also spoke about the transport facilities, punctuality, healthcare and communication between member at KG Section.

MES takes part in Autism Walkathon

MES Indian School recently participated in the Autism Walkathon conducted by Qatar Institute of Speech and Hearing at Al Bidda Park. The programme aimed at creating a positive attitude about Autism Spectrum Disorder among people and to extend moral support to them. Walkathon was successful in spreading the message of the rights of diff erentially abled people with equal opportunities, protection from exploitation and optimum participation in societal interactions. MES, along with other schools and organisations participated in the programme to extend support for a noble cause. Tuesday, April 9, 2019 GULF TIMES 9 COMMUNITY Millennium Kids marks 19th Annual Day

Millennium Kids recently organised to be with Millennium Kids after 17 a cultural event ‘Penperuma (Pride years. He appreciated Millennium and Grandeur of Women)’ to mark Kids members for promoting its 19th Annual Day at Ashoka Hall at the Malayalam language and Indian Cultural Centre. The winners conducting the mega Malayalam of 8th Malayalam Quiz were also Quiz. He also presented mementos felicitated on the occasion. to the principal of Noble Dr N P Hafiz Mohammed, was International School, expert panel the chief guest on the occasion. members of the quiz competition He was felicitated at the event and quiz master. by Manikantan, President of ICC, Manikantan and Baburajan handed and Unnikrishnan, President of over the prizes and certificates to Millennium Kids. Babu Rajan, the winners along with 1st and 2nd President of ICBF, along with C V runners up for both senior and Rappai, Director of NORKA Roots, junior category in quiz competition. and Santosh Kumar Pillai, Joint Special mementos were handed Secretary of ICBF, were the guests over to Noble School teachers by C of honour. V Rappai. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Kiran Checha Oomen welcomed N P Hafiz lauded parents for the gathering and Aditya Satish guiding their children in the right proposed a vote of thanks. Jithin direction and added that it was Chakkooth was the master of indeed a happy moment for him ceremony.

Domopan awards Doha College students

Domopan contracting company recently awarded six Doha College students for excelling in Umar Siddique science and maths. Dr Steff en Sommer, Principal of Doha College, said, “I am STEAM activities. STEAM is a group of disciplines which, when linked together, contribute to the exceptionally pleased that Domopan, our main construction company for the new campus in creation of an entrepreneurial mindset. The integration of science, technology, engineering, art Al Wajbah, off ered to issue awards to the students whom we had identified as top achievers and mathematics aims to teach students innovation, to think critically and use engineering or in the various STEAM areas. The award was quite substantial, as Domopan decided to off er technology in imaginative designs or creative approaches to real-world problems. QR1,000 worth vouchers for the students to be able to buy books and or equipment relating The ceremony was attended by Fouad Hamdan, CEO of Domopan, and Bassem Tawfik, Logistics to the STEAM subjects, thus putting them in an advantageous position to move on to further Manager at Domopan. They handed over the prizes and certificates to the students. studies. This is the highest award ever to be issued to individual students at Doha College and The award winners, included Rena Ghani, nominated for science, art and maths; Reem Ibrahim, it cements our fantastic relationship with Domopan. I am impressed as an educationist that science and maths; Oliver Llynn, art and computer science; Hannah Consunji, science and the CEO of Domopan is so heavily engaged in promoting the knowledge and skills that lead to maths; Akash Deshmukh, science, design and technology, maths and computer science; and engineering.” 10 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 9, 2019 COMMUNITY PHOTO ESSAY

Photos by Ramchandran Sreedharan The historic Al Thaqab Fort Located in the Ash Shamal area, approximately 110km away from the capital Doha, lies one of Qatar’s traditional forts. Al Thaqab Fort, also known as Qal’at al Thaqab, dates back to the 19th century but archaeological evidence suggests that the Thaqab village itself may have been inhabited since the 10th century. The fort was believed to have been built at a time when the country’s northern most settlements thrived as a result of international trade. The word ‘Thaqab’ means ‘the water in the bottom of the valley after the rain’, and not surprising then is the historic 35 feet deep well located to the west of the fort. Al Thaqab Fort famously has a square ground plan with three circular towers and a rectangular tower, which is a traditional layout for desert forts in Qatar. It also has a bent entrance and a couple of buildings for storing and processing dates. It was built from rough blocks of coral and limestone joined by a mud mortar. — Text by Azmat Haroon Tuesday, April 9, 2019 GULF TIMES 11 INFOGRAPHIC COMMUNITY Try This

Cut paper into a You’ll need ColorsColors 1 square; draw six dots Pieces of candy that 1/2 in. (1 cm) from come in different colors inin colorscolors edge (one of each color) How to take apart the Put six drops of colors used in candy. 2 Coffee filter paper water on piece of Scissors foil; put piece of candy touching Pencil each drop; leave 6 toothpicks until color dissolves Salt into water Tall glass Spoon Aluminum foil

Use toothpick to transfer small 3 drops of water from foil to dots on paper; use clean toothpick for each color; repeat three times for each color; let dry Stir pinch of salt into half a glass of water; pour 4 out all but 1/4 in. (5 mm) Fold paper and stand it in water; do not let water 5 touch dots

What happened?

Salt water climbs the paper, and dots of color spread upward with it

Colors like orange and green may separate into the colors they are made of (yellow, red and blue)

Graphic: Staff, Tribune News Service 12 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 9, 2019 COMMUNITY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE Foods labelled gluten-free are not trustworthy: study

uffering from coeliac restaurant foods is a frequent disease and want to occurrence, and these results avoid gluten? Then support that. Our findings restaurants should suggest pizza, pasta and foods be the last place you served at dinner were more likely Sshould visit as most foods labelled to have a problem,” said Benjamin ‘gluten-free’ have gluten, suggest Lebwohl, Assistant Professor at researchers. the Columbia Mailman School in The study, published in the US. the American Journal of For the study, 5,624 dishes Gastroenterology, showed more were analysed using Nima Gluten than half of the gluten-free pizza Sensor and 32 per cent of the and pasta dishes in restaurants tests revealed detectable gluten in had gluten and about one-third of dishes supposed to be gluten-free. supposedly gluten-free foods had Gluten-free pasta samples detectable gluten. were positive in 51 per cent tests Coeliac disease is an ailment and gluten-free pizza in 53 per in which the small intestine is cent cases. In addition, gluten hypersensitive to gluten, leading was detected in 27 per cent of to difficulty in digesting food. breakfasts, 29 per cent of lunches, Diners avoiding gluten have and 34 per cent of dinners. to rely on menu labels, word of Lebwohl suspects gluten- mouth and restaurant workers’ free foods are inadvertently advice. contaminated and the solution “Patients have long suspected may be better education for food that gluten contamination in preparers. —IANS

ARIES TAURUS GEMINI March 21 — April 19 April 20 — May 20 May 21 — June 20

Don’t get bogged down by past events today, Aries. It’s time to move Emotional conflict is likely to ensue today if you aren’t careful, Taurus. People may have missed your company lately, Gemini. Make an forward. Leap out of bed as if it were your first day on the planet. People may step on your toes if you give them the opportunity. Make appearance where you know it will be noticed and appreciated. Look Realise how lucky you are to be alive and how much power and sure you aren’t vulnerable to attack. Someone may be ready to confront for the good points in others instead of being so judgmental about influence you have. Use your power wisely, for you will find that it’s you, so you must be ready to defend yourself. The best way to combat the bad points. People aren’t going to miss you at all if you talk about stronger than usual. Note that relationships with women are apt to whatever force tries to shoot you down is to have confidence in yourself them behind their backs and only mention the unappealing parts of be especially rewarding on a day like this. even if you don’t have everything perfectly planned. their personalities. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Don’t act like you have all the answers today, Cancer. This attitude There’s a special power to your words today, Leo, and an internal Break open any door that seems to block you today, Virgo. It won’t will get you nowhere. Remember that everyone you encounter confidence that rarely comes around this strongly. You should notice take a great deal of eff ort on your part to accomplish this. The key has something to teach you, so don’t disregard that homeless strength in your emotions and personality. Take this opportunity is to be more flexible in your approach and merge with the group person on the street. The looks you exchange with a stranger may to get one step ahead of the game. You have a special influence eff ort instead of trying to fight against it. You will find that when make or break your attitude for the afternoon. Maintain a positive that can’t be matched by anyone. Don’t let others convince you of you open yourself to the people around you, there are a significant demeanour instead of a sour one and you will be quite successful. anything you aren’t 100 percent sure of yourself. number who want to break down that same door. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

If you feel like you’re running on reserve battery power, Libra, Add a bit of spark to your day, Scorpio. Get yourself into gear. It Fire up your energy today, Sagittarius, and demonstrate your power remember that you always have a reserve tank ready to kick in. might feel like there’s a great deal of anticipation in the air, but don’t to conquer. Create a bonfire of activity that gives off a great deal Don’t disregard this. It might help you to know that there’s only a get ahead of yourself. Enjoy the day you’ve been given, and make of heat to the people around you. Some might not be able to stand little time left on the clock. You work more eff iciently under pressure. sure you use every minute to its fullest potential. Small annoyances too close now. Don’t worry - that’s their problem, not yours. The key Just remain calm and remember that it isn’t the end of the world if may turn into large headaches unless you maintain an honest mind for you now is to be yourself. In this way, you will attract those who things don’t work out exactly the way you’d like. and neutral standpoint. enjoy the intense heat. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Get out of “gimme” mode, in which every new toy or gadget you see It’s important to turn your attention to more spiritual matters Reach out to those people you know will make you feel better today, calls out your name, Capricorn. If you keep thinking that you need now, Aquarius. Consider enrolling in a yoga class that combines Pisces. There’s no reason to sit in your room alone and depressed these material things in order to be happy, you will never be truly meditation with the physical practice. It’s vital to link your mind, when you know there are people who would love to hear from you. satisfied no matter how much you have. In this same vein, don’t body, and soul together. The more you can integrate these three Don’t think that others are too busy to listen to your thoughts and think that you need to buy tangible things for others in order to parts of your being, the healthier you will feel. A high-energy dance feelings. Your emotions are strong, and your incredibly sensitive demonstrate your love for them. class would also be a good way to achieve this goal. mind can off er a great deal of insight. Tuesday, April 9, 2019 GULF TIMES 13 ANIMALS COMMUNITY Do you really love your dog, or are you just projecting?

People love their pets – in some cases, more than their friends and family. But using pets to fulfil our human emotional needs can be dangerous, according to one animal specialist. writes Ulrike von Leszczynski

RELATIONSHIP: Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld famously had a very close TREND ON RISE: Animal pathologists say people are increasingly treating their pets like humans. relationship with his cat Choupette.

oo much love – is that a pets: “For over 100 years people as aff ection. The dog ended up thing? Apparently when have protested against the suff ering suff ocating. “We often misinterpret it comes to our pets, the of lab animals. For more than 40 animals’ behavioural patterns when answer can be yes – at years they have protested against we don’t least according to one fur. Now there are discussions understand them,” he adds. GermanT animal pathologist. Too about the treatment of livestock What most people see in a pet’s much love, in fact, can even cause and species extinction,” he adds. behaviour is mostly a projection, them physical pain. To him, these are all important and not uncommonly a mirror Achim Gruber loves animals. He and necessary debates. But one of one’s own needs, such as the grew up with a dog, an aquarium, taboo is talking about the sacrifi ces yearning for recognition or love. birds and a Greek tortoise. The fact animals are forced to make as Why can’t people see when that he became a veterinarian is in pets. “They are dying from this they’re no longer allowing their large part thanks to these animals. humanising. But no one is breaking pet to be an animal? For Gruber, Today he still has a dog, Benni. into apartments in order to fi lm this that’s also part of evolution. He loves animals so much that he suff ering,” he argues. Humanising People learned over thousands of even advocates taking them to bed doesn’t just mean making your pet years to interpret the non-verbal with you – as long as they’ve been your ersatz child or life partner communications of other people, dewormed and vaccinated, that is. and giving them a human name, he says. However, humans never “And if the animal likes it,” he says says Gruber. Today, he charges, developed this facility for animals. – which is actually the main theme animals are even being bred to look “We just ate them.” of his recent book. In it, he writes PATHOLOGIST: German animal pathologist Achim Gruber pictured with his more human-like: Short noses, Hellfristch is familiar with that people are not always good dog Benni. higher foreheads and eyes that projecting in the interpersonal at perceiving the needs of their look straight ahead – and with fur realm. But a person can learn pets – any that many don’t actually “We’re turning our pets into humanisation at the more extreme patterns that are attractive to the to protect themselves from want to. Pets are very popular: In victims,” he says. “They’ve become end. human eye. Extreme examples another’s projections, he says, Germany alone, there are about 34 so humanised that we’ve robbed “In any case, fi xating on a pet is include pugs and French bulldogs. “An animal that depends on you million of them, including about them of their nature.” seen as more normal than 20 or 30 The animals pay a high price. They has no – or barely any – ability 14 million cats and 9 million dogs. Lothar Hellfritsch, former years ago,” he says. Celebrities are don’t get enough air due to their to defend itself.” “A pet can also Owners there spend an astounding president of the Association of also contributing to the problem – small noses. For him it’s cruel, refl ect a person’s search for an 5.3 billion dollars a year on their German Professional Psychologists, just think of Karl Lagerfeld and his as not all breeders know the pain uncomplicated relationship. pets’ agrees that something has shifted beloved cat, Choupette. An animal they’re causing. There’s a danger of this,” adds food and toys. in the relationship between people can’t be asked if it wants to pose Gruber shakes his head when Hellfritsch. Karl Lagerfeld said Gruber is 52 years old and has and their pets. Before, pets were for an Instagram photo or dressed he sees owners put their dog or of his Choupette: “She is like a worked as an animal pathologist at mostly there for protection. Like up in something silly, says the cat on a vegetarian diet because human being. But the good thing the Free University of Berlin since the watchdog,” he says. “Today psychologist. they themselves eat that way. He is, she doesn’t say anything, there’s 2004. Over the years, he’s thought they’re often a temporary toy,” he Gruber says it’s about time describes in his book how one nothing to argue over.” What a lot about animals’ roles in our says, acknowledging that there’s animal rights movements evolved woman interpreted the way her did Choupette think about this? lives. an enormous spectrum, with to focus on how people treat their bulldog struggled in her arms There’s no way to know. – DPA 14 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 9, 2019 COMMUNITY POP SPOT Jack’s album Singing to Strangers titled by daughter

t was Jack Savoretti’s seven year old Switzerland where Jack attended The daughter who came up with the title American School, an experience which left for his UK chart-topping sixth studio him with an accent which he describes as album, Singing to Strangers. “transatlantic mutt.” “I overheard Connie talking to one He leaned heavily on his Italian roots ofI her friends,” smiled 35-year-old Jack. “It for the recording of Singing to Strangers was one of those what does your dad do kind with the album being created at Ennio of conversations and Connie said ‘I think he Morricone’s studio in Rome. goes around the world singing to strangers.’ “I really wanted to embrace my Italian “At fi rst, I wanted to disagree because I heritage. I’m very proud of my family. My regard the audiences at my concerts as being grandfather headed the Italian partisan like friends. But I realised she was right. My movement during the second World War. family, friends and fans are already onside. They freed Genoa and the surrounding area They want to hear me perform so I could from fascism. There is even a street in Genoa probably sing almost anything. which is named in my grandfather’s memory. “It’s the other people who don’t know “The album was recorded last summer my work at all or haven’t heard many of my when it was very hot in Rome. Luckily, songs. These strangers are the ones who Ennio Morricone’s studio is in the basement need to be convinced. I have to establish a of a huge church so it was much cooler. It connection with them. Another factor is that was also incredibly atmospheric and this even my biggest fans started out as strangers was particularly captured on the track, before they’d heard me so Connie’s words Candlelight.” were a fi tting description of what I do.” Despite the popularity of Jack’s recent Connie, his three-year-old son Winter and albums, he is still to have a signifi cant hit wife, British actress Jemma Powell, inspired single. Only three of his songs have made the romance in the songs on Singing to the top 100 with Candlelight being the most Strangers. successful but stalling at number 70. “They are the loves of my life. A critic Could collaboration with Bob Dylan actually described the album as shamelessly perhaps off er the possibility of a hit single? romantic and I’d have to agree with that. But The track, Touchy Situation, features Jack’s the songs are not just Baby I love you. There music allied to lyrics Bob cast aside in the are all kinds of romance. It can be feel good ON THE TOP: Jack Savoretti’s sixth studio album, Singing to Strangers is topping the UK charts. 1990s. of course but romance can be sad, funny or “The fi rst gig I ever attended was by Bob pretty much anything. The bottom line is it’s music critics. Radio 2 made it their album of poetry. I was writing all the time. I’d sit Dylan. It was in Zurich. I was 17 and with my a feeling.” the week as did the Tesco supermarket chain. under a tree with my notebook and then go high school sweetheart. After ten years of being an entertainment The end result was a peak position of number somewhere else in my head as I wrote my “I covered a little-known Dylan song, industry favourite but having his fi rst three seven on the UK chart and sales fi gures poems. Nobody ‘Cept You, for a track on Written in albums sell in largely insignifi cant numbers, which earned a gold disc from the British “It was my mother who got me into music. Scars. But the new track came about after my Jack’s breakthrough came four years ago with Phonographic Industry. She gave me a guitar and suggested I try American managers discovered a suitcase of Written in Scars. “That was the album when everything putting my words to music. I was 16 at that Bob’s unused lyrics. They got his permission “I had several songs feature in fi lms and TV came together – the right songs and the right time. for me to use some and I received an email shows. My (2005) debut album, Between the promotion at the right time. I promoted the “Once I’d learned to play, I was surprised to from Bob himself containing the lyrics for Minds, became an album of the week on BBC album on a British and Irish concert tour. fi nd how much more people were interested Touchy Situation. Radio 2. It actually did okay reaching number You’d have thought I was already a big star in listening to me sing rather than if I had “Creating the music was more diffi cult 70 on the UK chart and I felt confi dent that because every show was sold out. I may not read out my poem. After that, I wrote songs than I’d imagined. I started out trying to I’d be able to build on this. have sold a tremendous number of records almost every day. They became like a form of make a Dylan-style folk song but it didn’t “But my next two albums, (2009’s) Harder before Written in Scars but the fans I had were conversation, the way I interacted with the work. I eventually made it into a typical Jack Than Easy and (2012’s) Before the Storm, both extremely loyal.” world.” Savoretti song, Bob’s words but my song. I got good reviews but did virtually nothing in 2016’s Sleep No More confi rmed Jack’s Although most of Jack’s childhood was then had to get the okay from Bob. I don’t the charts. The highest position was number standing on the British music scene. The spent in England and he holds British know if he likes what I’ve done but I got it 109 with Before the Storm.” album earned him his second gold disc and nationality, his father is Italian and his approved.” Signing to major label BMG Chrysalis reached number six on the UK chart. mother is half Polish, half German. Indeed, The chart success of Singing to Strangers obviously helped to some degree but the “I’d come a long way from my teenage Jack’s given name is actually Giovanni. clearly indicates Jack’s fans share Dylan’s songs on Written in Scars were acclaimed by years when I was only interested in writing The family moved to Lugano in approval of his work.

South Los Angeles. US leg of their No Filter world tour released their self-titled third His death allegedly came about was postponed on doctors’ orders. studio album. It reached number in after Nipsey was involved in a No details were given at the two in their native Australia and personal dispute with 29-year-old time but it has since emerged that spawned the chart-topping single, aspiring rapper Eric Holder. 75-year-old Mick must undergo You Ruin Me. brief His assailant shot Nipsey six times heart valve replacement surgery. Although they have issued no in the parking lot at his Marathon While such an operation would new album in the meantime, twin Clothing store in the Hyde Park area normally require three months sisters Lisa and Jessica Origliasso of Los Angeles. recuperation for people of any have released four singles topping Nipsey Hussle Lap, was not released until February, Two other people were also age, the remarkably fit Mick has the Australian chart in 2016 with 2018. But it proved enormously wounded. apparently set himself the target In My Blood. Does the murder of any rapper successful peaking at number four Nipsey is survived by his of being back to full health in half These tracks may feature on really come as a surprise nowadays? on the Billboard 200 and earning heartbroken girlfriend, actress and that time. their as-yet-untitled fourth studio The latest victim is Ermias Joseph Nipsey a nomination for Best Rap model Lauren London, their son The American concerts were album which is set for release Asghedom, better known by his Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards. Kross and a daughter, Emani, from a scheduled to begin in Miami on later this year. Available now stage name of Nipsey Hussle. Although he was a former previous relationship. April 20. No dates have been fixed though is a new single, Think of An actor as well as a rapper, member of the notorious Rollin 60s but it looks like they will now start Me. 33-year-old Nipsey’s music success Neighborhood Crips street gang, Sir Mick Jagger in July. An accompanying video was based upon no fewer than 13 Nipsey had recently contacted the has still to be revealed but an mixtapes. These began in 2005 with Los Angeles Police Department to set Speculation raged as to what The Veronicas audio posting of the song can Slauson Boy. up a meeting about what he could might be wrong with Rolling Stones be heard at www.youtube.com/ His debut studio album, Victory do to help prevent gang violence in frontman Sir Mick Jagger after the It was 2014 when The Veronicas watch?v=pHOGgmcC4bE Tuesday, April 9, 2019 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY Kabir kept persona in mind for 83 casting

the match or the tournament are very emotional about the 1983 World Cup. It holds the emotion of nostalgia. AWAITED: The fifth season of Better Call Saul is not expected to “So every time I fi nalised an premiere until next year. actor, I tried to keep the persona of that cricketer in mind. Though Better Call Saul will not return until 2020 I tried to keep the physical resemblance – the physical The fi fth season of Bob Odenkirk’s Better Call Saul is not expected to structure and body language – in premiere until next year. mind, I was focusing more on the In an interview with Vulture, AMC President of Entertainment persona so that when the audience Networks Sarah Barnett said that the news was dropped on AMC’s most looks at those actors on-screen, recent earnings call, reports ew.com they could recall the original “Decisions like this are driven by talent needs, which we would not cricketers.” override if it would result in a worse show,” she said. Kabir said every actor has Better Call Saul, which launched in early 2015, unveiled season two undergone extensive cricket almost exactly a year later; season three came 14 months later while training for their roles. Ranveer has season four arrived 16 months after that. It is aired in India on Colors been sharing some of his moments Infi nity. of training with Kapil Dev on social Barnett also indicated in the interview that the show’s writers “have a media of late. In one video, he is very particular, very clear sense of the arc of their show”, and that “we’re seen trying to learn the Natraj shot. certainly getting closer” to the end of the series. “I have to say that making this Entertainment Weekly has confi rmed that the earnings call fi lm is quite challenging and all of mentioned a debut date of early 2020. Better Call Saul co-creator and us are doing so many tasks before executive producer Vince Gilligan is also busy these days with Breaking the camera rolls, but the process is Bad movie. very enjoyable. For instance, all our Better Call Saul follows the story of con-man turned small-time actors not only have to learn how lawyer James “Jimmy” Morgan McGill, six years before the events of to play cricket as an international Breaking Bad. It shows his transformation into criminal-for-hire Saul player, but they also have to match Goodman. the style of those players.” Talking about his role in an interview, Odenkirk, who essays the “Ranveer can learn how to bowl, role of McGill, had said: “I see a guy who lazily took part in con-jobs MINDFUL: Kabir Khan says he tried to match the persona of real-life but he has to learn how to bowl like and using others, then made a concerted eff ort to do right, then – out cricketers to cast the right actors for the project. Kapil Dev. Tahir has to learn how to of frustration and a broken heart – slipped down further and more bat like Gavaskar… it is diff erent, intentionally than he had ever gone before. ilmmaker Kabir Khan, Mohinder Amarnath, Chirag Patil and therefore challenging,” “He is now compartmentalising his sorrow and aiming, with who will soon begin the as Sandeep Patil – 83 has a huge explained the Bajrangi Bhaijaan confi dence and conscious eff ort, to be ‘the best’, most selfi sh, mercenary shoot of his ambitious ensemble cast. The versatile Pankaj director. lawyer he can be. But hopefully, there is still a beating heart underneath fi lm 83, which will tell Tripathi will be seen essaying team 83, presented by Reliance it all, and perhaps it will come out again.” – IANS the story of India’s 1983 manager Man Singh. Entertainment, also stars popular cricketF World Cup victory, says Sharing an insight of the Punjabi actor Ammy Virk and he tried to match the persona of preparation for the fi lm, Kabir said: YouTube sensation Sahil Khattar. Jeetendra turns 77, dances to Jawaani jaaneman real-life cricketers to cast the right “It was quite a daunting task to The cast of the fi lm is busy actors for the project. cast so many actors. You see, I am training in Dharamsala for the last Bollywood’s ‘jumping Jack’ From Ranveer Singh playing the going to tell a story that is a part of phase of preparation. The shooting Jeetendra, who turned 77, iconic Kapil Dev, to Tahir Raj Bhasin our history. Our earlier generation will begin with a 100-day schedule wore his dancing shoes for a as Sunil Gavaskar, Saqib Saleem as who watched that team winning from May 15 in London. — IANS birthday party and grooved to classic hits like Jawaani jaaneman and Saamne yeh Disney to get $17mn subsidy to kaun aaya, surrounded by shoot in Australia family members and loved ones. Australia’s federal government will provide a $17.1 His daughter Ekta Kapoor million subsidy to Disney to shoot a yet untitled Marvel took to Instagram on Sunday movie, speculated to be the fi rst superhero fi lm with an to share glimpses from a Asian protagonist, at Fox Studios Australia. party she hosted on Saturday. Disney took ownership of the Sydney studios last In one video, Jeetendra month as part of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox, and his wife Shobha are seen reports variety.com dancing on a live rendition of FAMILY: Jeetendra with his daughter Australia also off ers location incentive schemes, Jawaani jaaneman from the Ekta Kapoor known as off sets, that are directly linked to the amount 1982 fi lm Namak Halaal. of production spending in the country. The fi lm will “Jai Mata Di....Parents are like deity on earth! May you live my years also be able to claim the 16.5 per cent location off set. too. Happy birthday papa,” Ekta wrote alongside the video in which “The Australian government’s location incentive Jeetendra looks smart in his all-black ensemble. Shobha added colour increases the existing location off set rate from 16.5 to the frame with a lilac suit and a fl oral ‘gajra’. per cent to 30 per cent for eligible large budget In another video, Jeetendra and Shobha are seen seated with Ekta’s international productions that are successful through friend and Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin actress Mona Singh, and dancing to the application process,” according to Federal Minister Saamne yeh kaun aaya from the 1972 fi lm Jawani Diwani. for Communications and the Arts Mitch Fifi eld and the “Killer moves sitting. Family, friends like family,” Ekta tweeted New South Wales (NSW) state government’s Minister confi rmed the title of the fi lm they are proposing to of the moment from the party, which had several TV actors in for the Arts Don Harwin. subsidise, describing it only as “a major new Marvel attendance. Harwin said the fi lm will additionally be able to Studios movie” and “a big-budget superhero fi lm”. Mona also shared a glimpse of the party, and wished “Jeetu uncle” tap into the $7.1 million per year made in NSW fund But Australian Media have speculated that it is a happy birthday. “Happy birthday Jeetu uncle. May you always have which is intended “to support the attraction to NSW of Shang Chi, recently pitched as Marvel’s fi rst superhero that shining smile,” she wrote. – IANS signifi cant international screen projects”. The amount movie with an Asian protagonist. Last month, Marvel going from the NSW fund to the new fi lm was not announced that Destin David Cretton would be the specifi ed. fi lm’s director and that Dave Callaham is currently Neither Disney nor the Australian authorities have writing the script. – IANS 16 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 9, 2019 COMMUNITY Pak speaker urges community to further cement ties with Qatar

By Mudassir Raja “I have had a lot of political support he Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Asad Qaiser, from the Pakistani interacted with the Pakistani community here during a session expatriates held at the Embassy of Pakistan. TThe speaker, along with nine other living in Qatar. parliamentarians, is in Qatar to attend the 140th Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) The government Meeting that ends tomorrow. Asad Qaiser, who is associated with the ruling Pakistan considers overseas Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), had expressed his interest in having an interactive session with Pakistanis an asset his compatriots at the embassy during the visit. for the country. All Qaiser hails from the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and a large majority of of you have been Pakistani expatriates in Qatar also come from the same region. On the embassy premises, contributing a lot the members of the expatriate community were present in large numbers and listened to in the growth of the the visitor with keen interest. Speaking on the occasion, he said: “I am national economy” very pleased to be here among my brothers. I have had a lot of political support from the — Asad Qaiser Pakistani expatriates living in Qatar. The ADDRESS: Asad Qaiser, Speaker of National Assembly (lower house of Pakistan’s bicameral government considers overseas Pakistanis legislature), during his speech on the premises of Pakistan embassy yesterday. an asset for the country. All of you have been contributing a lot in the growth of the national economy.” Highlighting the policies of his government regarding economic aff airs, Qaiser said: “There is no doubt that our government has some challenges on the economic front. We have been in the government for just seven months. We have been taking the economy as our number one priority. The government has set its goals. In this regard, we want to have better ties with our neighbouring countries. Prime Minister Imran Khan has visited many friendly countries with a focus on trade and economy. He also visited Qatar a few weeks ago. We want to further consolidate our ties with the Islamic world. We have been trying to reach out to the Pakistani diasporas in diff erent countries.” The speaker said the government had been taking some hard decisions. “We are trying to put fewer burden on our people. We are endeavouring to utilise our own natural resources to boost the national economy. We are focusing on tourism, minerals, and agricultural products.” The seasoned parliamentarian also shed some light on Pakistan’s relations with India and Afghanistan. “We have our outstanding issues but both the countries need to address these problems. We have opened Kartarpur Corridor, giving easy access to Indian Sikhs to their religious sites in Pakistan. “As far as Afghanistan goes, we want that the people of our western neighbour should have the right to choose their leaders. We wish to see peace and stability in Afghanistan. Peace can help in making the whole region an INTERACTION: Speaker Asad Qaiser, centre, seated with Syed Ahsan Raza Shah, Ambassador of Pakistan, second right, and other off icers of the economic hub. Prime Minister Imran Khan Pakistan embassy in the front row. along with members of the community. Photos supplied has the vision of making Landi Kotal, a tribal area bordering with Afghanistan, turn into missions. We need to bridge the gap between community has earned a lot of respect in for Qatar, asked me that he would like to have a free economic zone. The prime minister our imports and exports. For the expatriates Qatar. I have also felt the positive infl uence of an interactive session with the community. He recently visited and held a public gathering in living in Qatar, there is a huge opportunity the Pakistani community. You need to further has taken out time from his very busy schedule. the tribal area of Jamrud.” to invest in Pakistan. I believe that Qatar can cement your bond with Qatar. You need to go all I see our community here as one of the best The speaker further highlighted the become a big opportunity for Pakistan. You out for the progress of both Qatar and Pakistan. Pakistani communities in the world. The economic diplomacy of his government. “In all are ambassadors of your country here.” Every individual here is very important.” speaker has placed the point of view of Pakistan pursuit of this policy, we will seek our trade Syed Ahsan Raza Shah, Ambassador In his welcome speech, Syed Ahsan Raza on diff erent international issues very well to the attaches to put in a lot of work in foreign of Pakistan to Qatar, has told me that our Shah said: “The speaker, before his departure audience at IPU.”