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The details of the great escape of Thai junior football team and their coach 'wild boars' are emerging out slowly. The boys and their coach entered the caves to explore on June 23rd and were trapped deep inside the cave complex as rains flooded the caves. Till July 2nd their whereabouts were not known. The British divers found them alive on a ledge in darkness. What struck the divers is their calm demeanour. In spite of staying in the darkness and with very low levels of food the boys did not panic. There is a reason for that. When the wild boars were found they were all meditating. Their coach, the real hero of the whole high drama that followed, was a Buddhist monk before he took the responsibility to coach the football team. Earlier the coach Ekapol Chanthawong spent a decade practising as a monk and is a practitioner of meditation. The coach and his team remained calm by meditating. Meditation kept the team healthy and strong. Mother of one of the trapped boy Chanin, Aisha Wiboonrungrueng was all praise for the coach. She was astonished watching the first video of the boys and said "Look at how calm they were sitting there waiting, No one was crying or anything. It was astonishing. Meditation kept the Thai boys trapped in a cave astonishingly calm". READ:Thai cave rescue to be made into a film A meditation expert Leah Weiss who was taught by the Dalai Lama said that the practice of meditation played a key role in keeping the group composed and alive. She was of the opinion that the meditation imparts mental training that improves focus and compassion. Weiss said " "For Buddhists, meditation is a go-to when distressed or in danger. Cognitive resources that would otherwise be hijacked by the threat can be accessed once again, meaning that problem-solving capacities increase." She further added that " Given that insufficient air and food was a major issue for the trapped boys, meditation is actually a very practical response to both of these c

The Government has announced a cut in the import duty on sunflower seeds to 10% from 30%. The Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, has issued a notification (No.9/2017 - Customs) on Thursday, amending the earlier notification No.12/2012-Customs, dated March 17, 2012. It has fixed the import duty on sunflower seeds at 10% and shall come into effect from April 1, 2017

Seeking to scotch rumours and identify fake news on social media platform WhatsApp, a team of experts at a city-based institution is working on developing an application that may be able to tell you whether a message is fake or not.

Reuters reported exclusively on Wednesday that both sides were drafting memorandums of understanding (MOUs) on cyber theft, intellectual property rights, services, agriculture and non-tariff barriers to trade, including subsidies. On Friday, Trump said he did not like MOUs because they are short-term in nature, and he wanted a long-term deal. An industry source briefed on…

LOS ANGELES: One day after Michael Jackson's sudden death, speculation was already turning on Friday to what killed the 50-year-old King of Pop just weeks

A massive fire broke out in Bagri market of Kolkata on Sunday, and firefighters are still struggling to contain it. Reportedly, another fire erupted on Monday morning on the third floor of a building located in Canning Street. 35 fire tenders and 230 firemen are present. The fire started at the ground floor of the five-storied building and aided by inflammable materials, it spread quickly.

The SC today adjourned hearing on a plea seeking a stay on the Rafale fighter jet deal between India-France. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha, and KM Joseph adjourned the matter till Oct-10 after petitioner M L Sharma said that he wanted to file some additional documents in the case.

France President François Hollande on Thursday accused Russia of not keeping its promises in Syria, while a local leader of the Syrian city of Aleppo called on Europe to send observers to ensure Security of evacuated civilians.

Ever since Trump called the landmark Iran nuclear deal a 'disastrous' one and threatened to dismantle it, there has been a lot of uncertainty regarding Iran's economic future. Amid speculations of US re-imposing sanctions on Iran, IMF said that renewed ambiguity on US's policy towards Iran is undermining economic sentiment.

Four UK's Members of Parliament (MPs) have asked the British government to make it a priority to strengthen trade relations with India after Brexit. During a debate on Thursday in Westminster Hall of Parliament on Commonwealth Trade, Jake Berry, a Conservative party MP led calls to focus on India as the UK exits the European Union (EU).

The Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) an arm of the Commerce Ministry has notified the final findings of the anti-dumping investigation on the dumping of aluminium radiators of various types. Aluminium radiator sub-assemblies, aluminium radiator core, including in CKD or SKD conditions are among the types of radiators used in automobiles, being investigated for dumping allegations from China. The notification was released on March 20, 2017.

GENEVA: The MSF charity demanded Wednesday the opening of an international fact-finding investigation into a deadly US air strike on a hospital it was running in the Afghan city of Kunduz. "We cannot rely on an internal military investigation," Doctors without Borders chief Joanne Liu told reporters, insisting that an "international humanitarian fact-finding commission" should probe the attack.

Pakistan's home ministry on Saturday said they were not immediately lifting a travel ban on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who suffered a heart problem on the way to his treason trial earlier this week.

Work platforms are constructions designed on the ocean to carry out several things such as oil drilling, tube laying, crane operations, diver assistance work and so on. They're fixed on the ocean and are constructed to resist tough circumstances and are properly equipped to cater for the procedure they will execute.

A "secret sister" gift exchange circulating on Facebook promises that participants will receive up to 36 gifts in exchange for just one of their own. It sounds too good to be true, and (unsurprisingly!) it is. And it's not just a dubious idea - it's actually an illegal pyramid scheme. Having circulated in some form…

The Indian-born businessman had been on a winning streak in Britain as an unlikely saviour of industries that many had given up on. He'd spent $1 billion in the previous two years on ageing industrial businesses discarded by Caparo, Rio Tinto and India's Tata Steel. Gupta's Liberty House company and his father's SIMEC shipping, energy…

She's a one-name icon, so it feels right that it would take three people to bring her to life eight times a week. The Cher Show, which just opened on Broadway, gives Cher the musical treatment - which, in theory, should be a perfect marriage for the campy, vampy icon. The show is a pretty…

Lyft and Uber- two of the world's best-known private companies - both said last week that they had begun the process to go public, sparking a frenzy of speculation and excitement on Wall Street. There's no word on when Lyft, easily the smaller of the two ride-hailing rivals, will actually have its initial public offering,…

In the latest development, in the alleged rape of a nun by the bishop, the case has been posted to September 24 for hearing, ANI reports. On Wednesday, the Kerala police sent summons to accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal to appear before on September 19. Earlier, police told nun was raped repeatedly.

The bourses are in full swing. All the indices are shooting through the roof. BSE touched the lifetime high of 37,026 and NSE also peaked at 11,179. All the indications are positive on Thursday. The Rupee strengthened against Dollar. Asian markets ended on the positive side.