Strong earthquake tremors hit north India Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) at around 10:25 pm today. As per the reports, the tremors lasted for more than 10 seconds.

The magnitude of the earthquake was measured at 6.6 on the Richter Scale. The epicenter of the earthquake is Fayzabad, Afghanistan. Initial reports said the quake was 7.7 on the Richter Scale.

According to the National Center for Seismology, the earthquake struck at a depth of 156 kilometres at a latitude of 36.09 and a longitude of 71.35.

No casualty has been reported yet.

As the row between the Centre and the Delhi Government escalates over the budget issue, Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday slammed the Centre over their objections in Delhi’s assembly. The Delhi CM in his attack on the Centre claimed the bases of the objections to be meritless.

Delhi CM in his attack also termed objection by the Centre to be unprecedented and further highlighted how no Central Government has violated the tradition of no objection and halted the budget of any state. Kejriwal then pointed out the objections cited by the Centre and claimed that 20,000 crores were allocated for infrastructure, whereas 500 crores were allotted for advertisement in the Delhi budget.

He further questioned how 500 is more than 20,000 and lashed out at the Centre and claimed that they have illiterate people from top to bottom. The statements by Arvind Kejriwal came after the home ministry reportedly said that the AAP government’s budget proposal had hiked the allocation of advertisement as compared to the low funding for infrastructure.

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The Centre had also sought an explanation from the Delhi Government over the budget for the proposed expenditure in the budget.

Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot while talking to the media also thwarted the Centre’s claim and said that of the 78,800 crore budget, 22,000 crores was allocated for infrastructure whereas 550 crores were allocated for advertisements.

As per the reports, the Delhi Government has resubmitted the budget to the ministry and the AAP Government will announce Delhi’s budget tomorrow.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also wrote to the Prime Minister on Tuesday and asked Prime Minister Modi why he hates the people of Delhi. In his letter, Kejriwal also urged the PM of letting the Delhi Budget be passed. CM Arvind Kejriwal also highlighted that objection by the Central Government is unprecedented.

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Finland has become the world’s happiest country for the sixth time in a row since 2017 while Afghanistan scores the lowest point of 2.523 and was ranked as the least happy country in the world in 2023.

Among the 137 counties, India is ranked 126, which is lower than even war-torn countries like Russia and Ukraine. India, despite being one of the fastest-growing economy in the world, still ranks below its neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Nepal, China, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Finland tops the ranking with a score of 7.8 followed by other Norwegian countries like Denmark and Iceland.

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World’s top 10 happiest countries

• Finland
• Denmark
• Iceland
• Israel
• Netherlands
• Sweden
• Norway
• Switzerland
• Luxembourg
• New Zealand

World’s top 10 unhappiest countries

• Afghanistan
• Lebanon
• Sierra Leone
• Zimbabwe
• Congo
• Botswana
• Malawi
• Comoros
• Tanzania
• Zambia

What is World Happiness Report?

The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network publishes a study titled World Happiness Report every year in honour of World Happiness Day, which is observed every year on March 20. The reports use a variety of metrics, including both domestic and global factors, to determine overall happiness.

The report speaks for countries’ levels of happiness based on the responses of a nationally representative sample of people about the levels of satisfaction in life these days.

World Happiness Index Factors

The countries are ranked on the basis of healthy life expectancy, low corruption, social support, GDP per capita, generosity in a community where people look after each other, and freedom to make key life decisions.

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