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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…

Indians have emerged the top foreign property investors in Dubai, spending over $3.2 billion last year alone, according to the Dubai Land Department.

According to the recently released Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking, IIM-Ahmedabad has emerged as India's top B-School, followed by IIM-Calcutta and IIM-Bangalore. Notably, in a proud moment for India, both IIM-Ahmedabad, and IIM-Calcutta ranked among the top 3 business schools in Asia.

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.

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

Speaking to the reporters on the margins of the international oil and gas meet CERA Week, Fatih Birol, Executive Director of IEA, said: "India is moving to the centre stage of global oil and energy markets. It is not only oil. It is coal. It is solar. It is out of the strong growth in the economy and the population growth."

In a new development that has surfaced in India's tumultuous e-commerce industry, Softbank is brokering a merger between arch rivals Flipkart and Snapdeal. Consolidation seems to be a logical step in an environment where no single player is able to decisively emerge successful.

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has summoned the national cricket team off-spinner, Bilal Asif, for accuracy of his suspect bowling action. According to PCB's spokesperson, Pakistan's emerging player will work on his suspect bowling action under the supervision of coaches at National Cricket Academy (NCA).