Happiness

Mumbai takes the crown in the list of Asia's happiest cities of 2025

Mumbai emerges as Asia's happiest city with 94% of residents saying the city makes them happy; Beijing, Shanghai, Chiang Mai, and Hanoi follow

Feeling low? These simple five-minute acts could boost happiness fast

A global study of nearly 18,000 people finds that just five to ten minutes of simple daily acts like expressing gratitude or celebrating others can lower stress and boost happiness

India ranks below Pakistan on global happiness index; Finland on top

Pakistan's healthy life expectancy (at birth) was 56.9 years, while that of India was 58.1 in 2021

International Day of Happiness 2025 Wishes, quotes, and messages to share

Every year on Mar 20, the world observes the International Day of Happiness or World Happiness Day. This day is an essential human goal, as the name implies. It was first observed in 2013 by the UN

Are we a lot happier: Mapping India's position in global happiness index

The World Happiness Report 2025 is scheduled to be launched on 20 March globally to celebrate the event

International Day of Happiness 2025: The meaning behind the joyful occasion

The Day of Happiness is celebrated every year on March 20. This day motivates people to take a pause and reflect on what truly brings joy and happiness in life

World Smile Day 2024: Know date, history, significance, theme and more

World Smile Day: Every year, the world observes this day on the first Friday of October 2024. This day spreads smiles, and fosters connections, positivity and a wave of happiness

Laughter the best medicine in Japan: Local govt passes new health law

Explained: Japan's Yamagata prefecture's has introduced a new laughter ordinance aiming to promote better physical and mental health in the community

World Laughter Day 2024: What are the benefits and importance of laughter?

The first Sunday of May is celebrated as World Laughter Day recognizing the healing impacts of laughter in promoting joy and well-being. The therapeutic advantages of laughter are widely recognized

A happy life: 2 movies on pursuit of happy life and distractions in between

'Past Lives' and 'Three of Us' celebrate the pragmatism of love over the heady impulsiveness of romance

Happiness Curriculum's five-year journey 'remarkable', says Atishi

The five-year journey of the Happiness Curriculum at Delhi government schools has been "remarkable", Education Minister Atishi said on Monday and added that it significantly helped children increase focus on their studies and life. Delhi government-run schools on Monday began celebrations to mark the Happiness Curriculum's five years with the 'Happiness Saptah - 2023', inaugurated by Atishi. Interacting with the children, Atishi said, "The Delhi government's Happiness Curriculum has been teaching people outside schools to be happy and stress-free. The curriculum is an answer to all the challenges a person faces in their lives." She added that the curriculum has instilled self-confidence in students of Delhi government schools. "The Happiness Curriculum has instilled self-confidence in Delhi government school children it is a positive sign for the future of the nation. Spending moments with schoolchildren amid day-to-day work and files is my happiness class," Atishi said.

Finnish happiness versus Bhutanese happiness

Bhutan has slipped to No 97 in the World Happiness Report. To all appearances, though, both the Finnish and the Bhutanese are equally happy

Money-happiness link accelerates at nearly $100,000-a-year salary

Scientists debunk theory that the relationship starts to 'flatten' beyond an income of $60,000 per annum

Memories of an uncomplicated time when we did not dissect happiness

A large part of our life is now transactional. Happiness, too, is being treated as a means to profit

Felt good after buying that handbag, chocolate or cigarette? Here's why

Pleasure itself - that good feeling you get in response to food, sex and drugs - is driven by the release of a range of neurotransmitters in many parts of the brain

Proof of happiness is in giving

The study showed that generosity changed the activity in people's brains in ways that increase feelings of happiness

Enough's enough: buying more stuff isn't always the answer to happiness

It is for us to create ways of deciding together what is most important at any given time and place

Buying more stuff isn't always the answer to happiness

There is no inherent or fixed notion of optimal wealth or consumption

Madhya Pradesh to create Department of Happiness on lines of Bhutan

Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the step has been taken so that people don't take extreme steps like suicide in distress

All you need to know why India lags Pakistan and Somalia on global happiness index

A look at how this index is calculated and the parameters that are taken into consideration to determine this quotient