Bhubaneswar, Sept. 25 -- Bhubaneswar: Ever imagined about the post-pandemic period or how stress-free people's lives would be once these grim events bid adieu? The way this virus has spread has hit everyone harder than expected, on all fronts.

Amid such circumstances, India's recently released Happiness Report 2020 based on five different components of happiness along with the impact COVID-19 has had on happiness, presented the overall rankings of 28 States and 8 Union Territories elucidating how people have adapted to such an uninvited crisis.

In the happiness rankings of States and UTs, Mizoram (with a score of 3.57) topped the chart followed by Punjab, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands while Odisha, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh stood a...