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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

According to the figures released by World Bank for the year 2017 India has emerged as the sixth largest economy by surpassing France. India's GDP worked out to be $2.597 trillion in comparison to France's $2.582 trillion. India's growth was stunted as a result of some of PM Modi's reforms such as demonetization and faulty implementation of new tax regime, Goods and Services Tax. Only last year the economy picked up and the recovery can be gauged by the increased GDP. The comparison with France is lopsided as the population of India is around 1.34 billion, almost twice as that of France's 67 million people. So the per capita income of Indians is 20 times lower than that of France. There is tremendous growth impetus in Manufacturing and Consumer spending that acted as main drivers of the economy in the latter half of the year 2017. India's GDP had doubled within the last decade propelling it as an economic power to reckon with in Asia. International Monetary Fund has projected that India will have a healthy 7.4% growth rate and it may well reach 7.8% by 2019 due to household spending and tax reform. This is far higher than the world's expected average 3.9% growth rate. According to London-based Centre for Economics and Business Research, a consultancy, India may even overtake both Britain and France in terms of GDP by the end of 2018. They predict that India may become the third largest economy by 2032.

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The digital advertising company, which receives ninety percent of its revenue from advertisers has publicized in its blog that it is dynamically tackling the "bad ads" that "promote illegal products and unrealistic offers" or "trick people into sharing personal information and taint devices with harmful software."

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), 6 February 2014, while announcing that more than 125 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East where FGM is most prevalent and data exist, warned that some 86 million young girls worldwide are likely to experience some form of the practice by 2030.

Jeff Goldblum is not dead. Rumors hit the 'net Thursday afternoon that New Zealand Police were reporting that actor Jeff Goldblum had fallen to his death

They don't get any bigger than that. A launch of this caliber can aptly be called inauguration day. The release of Nokia N97 is the Nseries counter-move that

Ladder platforms are able to make any construction related work easier and more comfortable, not to mention safer. Designed with secure steps that are meant to prevent accidental falls, a ladder platform will make the world of a difference as far as being safe is concerned. Accidents are common in construction works, so using a ladder that has the features able to assure your safety is not something to be ignored.

Ladder platforms are able to make any construction related work easier and more comfortable, not to mention safer. Designed with secure steps that are men to prevent accidental falls, a ladder platform will make the world of a difference as far as being safe is concerned. Accidents are common in construction works, so using a ladder that has the features able to assure your safety is not something to be ignored.

Mary Altaffer/Associated Press Carmelo Anthony is without a home in the NBA after he and the Houston Rockets agreed to "part ways" following 10 games this season. As Anthony awaits his official release from the team, Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com reported that league executives told him that they believe the forward may "have played his…

Otero ruled in October that Trump's statement was "rhetorical hyperbole" against a political adversary and was protected speech under the First Amendment. Although the lawsuit didn't get far before Otero tossed it, he said it was a "one of a kind" case that demanded a fair bit of legal work. "Given a case of this…

Cardi B has announced that she and husband Offset have decided to split after a year of marriage. The rapper took to social-media to confirm that the pair are still on good terms but have simply fallen out of love with each other in recent months. Getty In an Instagram video, she revealed: "So everybody…

Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Sen. Angus King (I-ME) warned that if impeachment is moved forward on the current evidence, "at least a third of the country would think it was just political revenge and a coup against the president." Host Chuck Todd asked, "Given that the government has-is now saying, the weight of…

President Donald Trump said Saturday that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is on his way out of the administration. Trump told reporters on the White House South Lawn that Kelly will be leaving "at the end of the year" and he will announce his replacement in the next day or two. Trump added…

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced on Sunday, 9 September that Statue of Unity will be unveiled by PM Narendra Modi on October 31, 2018. Speaking to the media during BJP's national executive meeting, Rupani claimed that the 182-meter tall statue is supposedly world's tallest statue.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that it could not prohibit chargesheeted lawmakers from contesting elections, and left the decision to the Parliament. However, the apex court ruled that political parties would have to publicize the list of cases pending against their candidates, if any.

CLOSE President Trump declared a national emergency to free up funding for his border wall between the U.S and Mexico. But declaring a national emergency isn't new -- in fact, the use of emergency powers is older than the country itself. USA TODAY, Just the FAQs WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's announcement Friday that he was…