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MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025
'Indians very happy': Jaishankar dismisses World Happiness Index as 'Mind Games'

South Asia

Hindustan Times
26 March, 2023, 09:00 pm
Last modified: 26 March, 2023, 09:03 pm

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'Indians very happy': Jaishankar dismisses World Happiness Index as 'Mind Games'

Hindustan Times
26 March, 2023, 09:00 pm
Last modified: 26 March, 2023, 09:03 pm
Photo: twitter.com/DrSJaishankar
Photo: twitter.com/DrSJaishankar

In a first response from the Narendra Modi government to the World Happiness Report released earlier this week, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called it 'mind games'.

Interacting with students at the RV Dental College in Bengaluru, S Jaishankar dismissed the report and cited an example of his friend from Singapore to claim how Indians are happier than the Europeans. 

 

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