10 Habits to Make You Happier “You are good enough!” Self-acceptance is a key happy habit, yet it’s one people ppracticethe least. A new survey of 5,000 people has found a strong link between self-acceptance and happiness, despite the fact that it’s a habit not frequently practiced. The finding comes from a survey carried out by the charity  Action for Happiness , in collaboration with  Do Something Different . For their survey, they identified ten everyday habits which science has shown can make people happier. Here are the 10 habits, with the average ratings of survey participants on a scale of 1-10, as to how often they performed each habit: G iving: do things for others — 7.41 R elating: connect with people — 7.36 E xercising: take care of your body — 5.88 A ppreciating: notice the world around — 6.57 T rying out: keep learning new things — 6.26 D irection: have goals to look forward to — 6.08 R esilience: find ways to bounce back — 6.33 E motio...

Cipla Embraces Gilead and a New Era as Priorities Change Divya Rajagopal Mumbai:   Once a steadfast backer of generics, co now enters into a deal to make Hepatitis drug for MNC ruary last year Hamied had said  In an interview to ET in 2013, YK Hamied, the founder chairm an of Cipla, and some say the scourge of multinational drug companies, prophesied that the Indian drug industry will witness a sea change around the year 2020.“The momentum of 1972 to 1995 (pre-patent era) can't stop . It will last till 2015, but not after that. So to protect myself for 2020 I have to make radical changes.“ On Monday , the world got a glimpse of the kind of change that Hamied had in mind when Cipla teamed up with California-based Gilead Lifesciences to make and sell its path-breaking Hepatitis C drug Sofosbuvir under voluntary licence. On the face of it, there is nothing wrong with this kind of a deal.Pharma companies ink many such pacts on a regular basis. But what...

 R N Bhaskar The BSE Sensex climbed to 27,211 Monday. It was around 23,171 the same time last year. Marketmen were quick in predicting that it would cross 30,000 before the next Union Budget to be announced in March 2015. The Nifty too climbed to an all time high of 8115 a day before. Market pundits reel off several reasons. The most important is that the markets still believe that good days are just round the corner (”Achchhe din aane wale hain”). They also point to the revival in GDP growth rates, the clear indications of a rise in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and the monsoon not turning out to be as bad as was earlier expected. But talk to economists and they believe that the inflow of money into the stock markets could have a lot to do with hot money. They believe that the pact that 47 countries signed in May this year could be the most important factor spurring the inflow of foreign funds into this country. It may be recalled that thanks...