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18th-19th March
India ranks low at 118th on UN's world happiness index
India did not make any improvement in its happiness quotient, ranking 118th out of 156 countries
in a global list of the happiest nations, down one slot from last year on the index and coming
behind China, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Denmark takes the top spot as the happiest country in the world, displacing Switzerland, according
to The World Happiness Report 2016, published by the Sustainable Development Solutions
Network (SDSN), a global initiative for the United Nations.
Modi on TIME's Most Influential People on Internet for 2nd
Year
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among the most influential people on the Internet, TIME magazine
said, describing the Indian leader as an "Internet star" who often uses social media to "conduct
diplomacy".
The magazine cited Modi's unconventional announcement of his visit to Pakistan last year while
naming him among 'The 30 Most Influential People on the Internet' for the second year in a row in
this year's unranked list.
The list includes US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, reality TV stars Kim Kardashian and her
husband Kayne West, author J K Rowling, former Olympic athlete Caitlyn Jenner and soccer star
Cristiano Ronaldo.
18th-19th March
India ranks low at 118th on UN's world happiness index
India did not make any improvement in its happiness quotient, ranking 118th out of 156 countries
in a global list of the happiest nations, down one slot from last year on the index and coming
behind China, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Denmark takes the top spot as the happiest country in the world, displacing Switzerland, according
to The World Happiness Report 2016, published by the Sustainable Development Solutions
Network (SDSN), a global initiative for the United Nations.
Modi on TIME's Most Influential People on Internet for 2nd
Year
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among the most influential people on the Internet, TIME magazine
said, describing the Indian leader as an "Internet star" who often uses social media to "conduct
diplomacy".
The magazine cited Modi's unconventional announcement of his visit to Pakistan last year while
naming him among 'The 30 Most Influential People on the Internet' for the second year in a row in
this year's unranked list.
The list includes US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, reality TV stars Kim Kardashian and her
husband Kayne West, author J K Rowling, former Olympic athlete Caitlyn Jenner and soccer star
Cristiano Ronaldo.
